Any theory of grammar must contain a lexicon, an interface with
the mechanisms of production and perception (PF), and an interface
with the interpretational system of semantics (LF). A traditional
way to relate these three components in generative theory is
through a derivation. Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program postulates
that grammatical derivations are constrained by economy conditions,
requiring that derivations be minimal. One of the most important
questions of syntax is what the economy conditions are and how they
operate.In Local Economy, Chris Collins proposes that economy
conditions are local. According to this theory, evaluating economy
conditions does not involve comparing whole derivations. Rather,
economy conditions are evaluated at each step in the derivation.
Collins shows that locative inversion and quotative inversion
provide strong arguments for local economy. In addition, he
explores the far-reaching consequences of this proposal for other
areas of syntax, including the strict cycle, binary branching,
successive cyclicity, and expletive constructions. He demonstrates
that local economy is superior to global economy on conceptual as
well as empirical grounds.Local Economy is one of the first books
other than Chomsky's The Minimalist Program (MIT, 1995) to deal in
a general way with economy of derivation and Minimalism.Linguistic
Inquiry Monograph No. 29
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