{"product_id":"a-minimalist-theory-of-simplest-merge-9781032078090","title":"A Minimalist Theory of Simplest Merge","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection explicates one of the core ideas underpinning Minimalist theory  explanation via simplification  and its role in shaping some of the latest developments within this framework, specifically the simplest Merge hypothesis and the reduction of syntactic phenomena to third factor considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together recent papers on the topic by Epstein, Kitahara, and Seely, with one by Epstein, Seely and Obata, and one by Kitahara, the book begins with an introduction which situates the papers in a cohesive overview of some of the latest research on Minimalism, as facilitated by current theoretical developments. The volume integrates a historical overview of evolutions in Merge, starting with Chomsky's (pre-Merge) \u003cem\u003eAspects\u003c\/em\u003e model up to current theoretical models, including a primer of Chomsky's most recent theory of Merge based on the concept of Workspace. The Minimalist notions of perfection and simplification are also outlined, providing clearly explic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018827923799,"sku":"9781032078090","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032078090.jpg?v=1750778303","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-minimalist-theory-of-simplest-merge-9781032078090","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}