Representation Theory

by Edwin Williams and Edwin Williams

In this theoretical monograph, Edwin Williams demonstrates that when syntax is economical, it economizes on shape distortion rather than on distance. According to Williams, this new notion of economy calls for a new architecture for the grammatical system--in fact, for a new notion of derivation. The new architecture offers a style of clausal embedding--the Level Embedding Scheme--that predictively ties together the locality, reconstructive behavior,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262731509
• ISBN13: 9780262731508
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher