Essays on Restrictiveness and Learnability
The articles collected in this book are concerned with the issues of restrictiveness and learnability within generative grammar, specifically, within Chomsky's 'Extended Standard Theory'. These issues have been central to syntactic research for decades an
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Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME20 Managing Editors
Joan Maling, Brandeis University Luigi Rizzi, Universite de Geneve Editorial Board
Guglielmo Cinque, University ofVenice Jane Grimshaw, Brandeis University Michael Kenstowicz, University ofVenice Hilda Koopman, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles Howard Lasnik, University ofConnecticut at Storrs Alec Marantz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hilf John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst James McCloskey, Cowell College, University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz
The fit/es published in this series are listed at the end ofthis volurne.
HOWARD LASNIK Dept. 01 Linguistics University 01 Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut u.s.A.
ESSAYS ON RESTRICTIVENESS AND LEARNABILITY
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Howard. Essays on restrlctiveness anc learnabi I ity ! Howard Lasnik. p. cm. -- (Studies In natural language & 11ngu1stic theory
L3S~ik.
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Includes
bibliog~aphical
references.
ISBN 978-0-7923-0629-0 ISBN 978-94-015-6859-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-6859-3
1. Generatlve gramman. 2. Grammar. Comoarative anc general-Syntax. I. Title. I!. Serles: Studles In natural language and
linguisTic theory ; v. 20. p158.L37 1990
L115--dc20
89-48866
ISBN 978-0-7923-0629-0
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
vü
Original Publication Details
ix
CHAPTER 1
Introduction H.Lasnik
1
CHAPTER 2
Some Issues in the Theory of Transformations R. Fiengo and H. Lasnik
7
CHAPTER 3
A Restrictive Theory of Transformational Grammar H. Lasnik and J. 1. Kupin
17
CHAPTER 4
Filters and Control N. Chomsky and H. Lasnik CHAPTER 5
Restricting the Theory of Transformations: a case study H.Lasnik
42
125
CHAPTER 6
Learnability, Restrictiveness, and the Evaluation Metric H.Lasnik
146
CHAPTER 7
On a Lexical Parameter in the Government-Binding Theory H.Lasnik
163
CHAPTER 8
Core Grammar, Case Theory, and Markedness H. Lasnik and R. Freidin
172
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
VI
CHAPTER 9
On Certain Substitutes for Negative Data H.Lasnik
184
CHAPTER 10
On the Nature of Proper Government H. Lasnik and M. Saito
198
Bibliography
256
Index of Names
263
Index of Subjects
265
PREFACE
The articles collected in this book are concerned with the issues of restrictiveness and learnability within generative grammar, specifically, within Chomsky's 'Extended Standard Theory'. These issues have been central to syntactic research for decades and they are even more central now as results on syntactic theory, on learnability, and on acquisition begin to converge. I h
