A novel proposal regarding predicate-argument agreement that combines detailed empirical
investigation with rigorous theoretical discussion. In this book, Omer Preminger investigates …

The subject of nonfinite clauses is often missing, and yet is understood to refer to some
linguistic or contextual referent (eg'Bill preferred __ to remain silent'is understood as' Bill …

This thesis studies movement operations in natural languages. It is observed that certain
heads—C, v, and, in most languages, P—cannot be stranded; the complements of these …

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist
Program-the model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it …

This monograph constitutes a complete revision and considerable extension of my doctoral
dissertation submitted to the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College …

In this thesis, I argue that the obligatory nature of agreement in [phi]-features
(henceforth,[phi]-agreement) cannot be captured by appealing to" derivational time-bombs" …

Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years. In
evolutionary terms, this is the mere blink of an eye. If this is correct, then much of what we …

The main thesis of this dissertation is that morphological case is a purely morphological
phenomenon, determined exclusively within the post-Spell-out portion of the derivation on …

This paper develops an argument for the copy theory ofmovement based on consideration of
Holmberg's Generalization [HG], a well-documented constrainton object shift in the …

Islands and Chains Page 1 Islands and Chains Resumption as stranding Cedric Boeckx John
Benjamins Publishing Company Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today 63 Page 2 Islands and …