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Book SynopsisCurrent developments of the Minimalist Program in generative linguistics put the procedure of labeling syntactic objects at the center of the syntax–semantics transition. This book provides a discussion of consequences of such proposals for a proper analysis of different varieties of the operation Merge and their interpretive reflexes, as well as for the general theory of the syntax–semantics relationship. It argues that the absence of substitutional operations in Narrow Syntax should restrict the range of admissible interpretive operations on adjunction structures in the conceptual-intentional component. It also debates that syntactic chains are subject to interpretive procedures properly analyzed with the help of counterpart-theoretic concepts.
Table of ContentsProperties of the labeling algorithm and the theory of feature interpretability – External and internal merge and their consequences for operations at the interface of syntax and the C-I component – The relevance of the evolutionary emergence of the syntactic component for the emergence of distinctively human cognitive capacities
