Chapter 3.5 Extensions of the Minimalist Program
the Minimalist Program
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Table Summary
Core Terminology
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At the level of Logical Form (LF)
In the Minimalist Program, at which level do the Projection Principle and θ-Criterion become unnecessary?
The requirement of feature checking
What 'mechanical requirement' drives linguistic derivations rather than a search for intelligibility?
Greed (in the context of Last Resort)
The principle that Move α applies to an element only to satisfy its own morphological properties.
Copy Theory of Movement
The trace left by movement is a complete copy of the moved element, which is deleted at PF but remains at LF.
The PF (Phonetic Form) component
In the Copy Theory of Movement, what component is responsible for deleting the trace of overt movement?
Cliticization$_{LF}$
An LF operation where an anaphor raises to a head position to be associated with its antecedent.