This pathbreaking study presents a new perspective on the role of
derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed.
Working within the Minimalist Program and focusing on English, the
authors develop an original theory of generative syntax, providing
illuminating new analyses of some central syntactic constructions.
Two key questions are explored: first, can the Extended Projection
Principle (EPP) be eliminated from Minimalist analysis without
loss, and perhaps with a gain in empirical coverage; and second, is
the construct 'A-Chain' similarly eliminable? The authors argue
that neither EPP nor the A-chain is in fact a property of Universal
Grammar, but rather their descriptive content can be deduced from
independently motivated properties of lexical items, in accordance
with overarching principles governing derivation. In investigating
these questions, a range of new data is introduced, and existing
data re-analyzed, presenting a pioneering challenge to fundamental
assumptions in syntactic theory.
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