The derivation of anaphoric relations - Hicks, Glyn (John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Derivation of Anaphoric Relations; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Notes for the reader; Introduction; Binding theory and the Minimalist programme; The binding theory does not apply at LF; Eliminating Condition A; Eliminating Condition B; Extensions to other Germanic languages; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
The Derivation of Anaphoric Relations resolves a conspicuous problem for Minimalist theory, the apparently representational nature of the binding conditions. Hicks adduces a broad variety of evidence against the binding conditions applying at LF and builds upon the insights of recent proposals by Hornstein, Kayne, and Reuland by reducing them to the core narrow-syntactic operations (specifically, Agree and Merge). Several novel and independently motivated claims about syntactic features and phases are made, not only explaining the previously stipulated roles played by c-command, reference, and