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Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system that differs from all current theories on four key points. First, the theory rests on a modular separation of word syntax from phrasal syntax, where word syntax corresponds roughly to what has been called derivational morphology. Second, morphosyntax (corresponding to what is... Read more
Introduction. Part I. Morphology and Derivation 1. "Dumping Lexicalism" 2. Derivational Prefixes are Projective, not Realizational 3. Merge and Mirrors Part II. Functional Structure and Derivation 4. Subjects of Different Heights 5. There Is No Alternative to Cartography 6. Scope and Verb Meanings 7. Islands Regained
Biography
Edwin Williams received his PhD from MIT in 1974, and has worked at Princeton University for the last 20 years. He co-authered "Introduction to Syntactic Theory" with H. van Riemsdijk in 1986, coauthored "On the Definition of Word" with A-M. di Sciullo in 1986, wrote "Thematic Structure in Syntax in 1994, and "Representation Theory" in 2003.
