Minimalist Interfaces: Evidence from Indonesian and Javanese

by Yosuke Sato

This monograph explores the interface between syntax and its related components through in-depth investigation of a sizable portion of the grammar of Indonesian and Javanese. It can be read on two levels. Theoretically, it proposes the minimalist interface thesis that syntax-external linguistic interfaces are endowed with domain-specific operations (insertion, deletion, and type shifting) to legitimize an otherwise non-convergent result of the syntactic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027255385
• ISBN13: 9789027255389
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 159 Pages