Merge: Binarity in (Multidominant) Syntax

by Martina Gracanin-Yuksek and Barbara Citko

Book Overview

An argument that Merge is binary but its binarity refers to syntactic positions rather than objects. In this book, Barbara Citko and Martina Gracanin-Y ksek examine the constraints on Merge--the basic structure-building operation in minimalist syntax--from a multidominant perspective. They maintain that Merge is binary, but argue that the binarity of Merge refers to syntactic positions Merge relates- what has typically been formulated as a constraint...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262539861
• ISBN13: 9780262539869
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.0"