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The book contains a collection of papers dealing with the question
of how rhythm shapes language. Until now, there was no
comprehensive theory that addressed these findings adequately. By
bringing together researchers from many different fields, this book
will make a first attempt to fill this gap.
The volume is a collection of 12 papers which focus on empirical
and theoretical issues associated with syntactic phenomena falling
under the rubric of Relativized Minimality (Rizzi 1990) or, in more
recent terms, Minimal Link Condition (MLC, Chomsky 1995). The bulk
of the papers are based on the ideas presented at the Workshop
"Minimal Link Effects in Minimalist and Optimality Theoretic
Syntax" which took place at the University of Potsdam on March
21-22, 2002. All contributors are prominent specialists in the
topic of syntactic Minimality. The empirical phenomena brought to
bear on Minimality/MLC in the present volume include, but not
limited to: Superiority effects in multiple wh-questions, including
those with 'D-linked' wh-phrase(s) (Muller, Haida, Haider)
Stylistic Fronting in Germanic and Romance (Fisher, Poole)
Transitive sentences in Hindi-type ergative languages (Stepanov)
Word order 'freezing' effects in double-nominative constructions in
Korean (Lee) Double object constructions in Greek
(Anagnostoupoulou) Remnant constituent displacement in German and
Japanese (Hale and Legendre) Nine of the proposed accounts are
couched in the Minimalist framework (Chomsky 1995, 2000, 2001),
three in the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky
1993). Thematically, the contributions divide into three groups
addressing the following major questions: How can apparent
violations of syntactic Minimality/MLC be accounted for? (Haida,
Stepanov, Poole, Fisher, Anagnostopoulou) What is the status of
MLC? Is it a primitive or a theorem in the grammar? (Muller,
Fanselow, Lechner, Vogel, Lee, Haider) Can Minimality phenomena
shed decisive evidence in favor of a derivational (Minimalist type)
or a representational (Optimality theory like) framework? (Hale and
Legendre, Haider)
This volume focuses on the role of the postulated derivational and
filtering devices in current linguistic theory and aims to promote
the exchange of ideas between the proponents of MP and OT in order
to evaluate the role of these devices in the two frameworks. It
sheds more light on the tenability of the often proclaimed opinion
that MP and OT are incompatible frameworks given that the
explanatory power of the former mainly resides on the generative
device whereas the explanatory power of the latter mainly resides
in the filtering device. Papers from various perspectives discuss
and compare the two devices in the two frameworks. The volume thus
collects a large number of the arguments in favour of more a
strictly derivational approach, a more strictly filtering approach,
or a more hybrid approach. The book will be of interest to any
researcher or advanced student in Linguistic Theory. It is more
specifically directed to syntacticians working within the current
frameworks that have developed from Chomsky's minimalist program
(MP) and Prince and Smolensky's Optimality Theory (OT).
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