"Empirically rich, analytically sophisticated, and theoretically necessary. A major step forward in minimalist theorizing." --

This book offers a comprehensive account of adjuncts in generative grammar, seeking to reconcile the differing ways in which they have been treated in the past

This collection explicates one of the core ideas underpinning Minimalist theory – explanation via simplification – and its role in shaping some of the lates

This minimalist study proposes that the computational system of human language must consist of strictly local operations. In this highly original reanalysis of

This state-of-the-art guide to some of the most exciting work in current linguistics explores how the core components of the language faculty interact. It exami