norbert hornstein

Theory of Syntax

Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years.In evolutionary te...

Movement Theory of Control

Natural languages offer many examples of "e;displacement,"e; i.e. constructions in which ...

Syntactic Structures after 60 Years

This volume explores the continuing relevance of Syntactic Structures to contemporary research in...

Syntactic Structures after 60 Years

This volume explores the continuing relevance of Syntactic Structures to contemporary research in...

Understanding Minimalism

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program -...

Understanding Minimalism

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program -...

Chomsky and His Critics

In this compelling volume, ten distinguished thinkers -- William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffre...

Merge Hypothesis

Merge Hypothesis

The Merge Hypothesis is the central empirical theoretical contribution of the Minimalist Program ...

Understanding Minimalism

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program -...

Control as Movement

Presents the main arguments for and against the Movement Theory of Control.

Verb Movement

Work on the movement of phrasal categories has been a central element of syntactic theorizing sin...