Minimalist Analysis

Minimalist Analysis
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Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0631210938
ISBN-13 : 9780631210931
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Minimalist Analysis by : Howard Lasnik

This volume presents an introduction to the basic ideas and concepts of minimalism, arguably the most important recent development in syntax.

Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780393609042
ISBN-13 : 0393609049
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by : Fumio Sasaki

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life. Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.

Minimalist Essays

Minimalist Essays
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9789027233554
ISBN-13 : 9027233551
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Minimalist Essays by : Cedric Boeckx

The Minimalism Program is many things to many researchers, and there are by now many alternative versions of it. Central to all is the fundamental question: to what extent is the human language faculty an optimal solution to minimal design specifications. Taken as a whole, the volume outlines the main features of Minimalism, its historical and conceptual sources, and provides an illustration of minimalist theorizing by looking at several properties of the syntactic component of grammar. Some contributions concentrate on what kind of computational tools are made available in a minimalist syntactic component, and how the computational system interacts with external and interface domains of the mind/brain. Other contributions specifically focus on direct empirical gains that emerge from adopting minimalist guidelines.

Understanding Minimalism

Understanding Minimalism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9781139936590
ISBN-13 : 113993659X
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Minimalism by : Norbert Hornstein

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program - the model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program's predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky's minimalist framework.

The Longing for Less

The Longing for Less
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781635572117
ISBN-13 : 1635572118
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Longing for Less by : Kyle Chayka

The New Yorker staff writer and Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the deep roots-and untapped possibilities-of our newfound, all-consuming drive to reduce. “Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, “minimalism,” has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume. But minimalism has richer, deeper, and altogether more valuable gifts to offer. In The Longing for Less, one of our sharpest cultural critics delves beneath the glossy surface of minimalist trends, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. Kyle Chayka's search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits. As Chayka looks anew at their extraordinary lives and explores the places where they worked-from Manhattan lofts to the Texas high desert and the back alleys of Kyoto-he reminds us that what we most require is presence, not absence. The result is an elegant synthesis of our minimalist desires and our profound emotional needs. With a new afterword by the author.

The Minimalist Syntax of Defective Domains

The Minimalist Syntax of Defective Domains
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9789027233622
ISBN-13 : 9027233624
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Minimalist Syntax of Defective Domains by : Acrisio Pires

This book unifies the analysis of certain non-finite domains, focusing on subject licensing, agreement, and Case and control. It proposes a minimalist analysis of English gerunds which allows only a null subject PRO (TP-defective gerunds), a lexical subject (gerunds as complements of perception verbs), or both types of subjects (clausal gerunds). It then analyzes Portuguese infinitives, showing that the morphosyntactic properties of non-inflected and inflected infinitives correlate with distinct treatments of obligatory and non-obligatory control. It explores these and other phenomena to show that tense and event binding do not correlate with the contrast between control and raising/exceptional case marking (ECM), against null Case theories of control. A Probe-Goal approach to Case and agreement is adopted in combination with a movement analysis of control. The book then investigates diachronic morphosyntactic phenomena involving infinitives, verb movement and cliticization in Portuguese, exploring a cue-based theory of syntactic change grounded in language acquisition.

Minimalist Syntax

Minimalist Syntax
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 576
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ISBN-10 : 9780470758199
ISBN-13 : 0470758198
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Minimalist Syntax by : Randall Hendrick

Minimalist Syntax is a collection of essays that analyze major syntactic processes in a variety of languages, all unified by their perspective from within the Minimalist Program. Introduces important concepts in the Minimalist approach to syntactic theory. Emphasizes empirical consequences of the Minimalist approach through innovative analyses. Highlights the importance of Minimalist syntax in explaining features of natural languages. Includes contributions from leading syntacticians.

Understanding Minimalism

Understanding Minimalism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 428
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0521531942
ISBN-13 : 9780521531948
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Minimalism by : Norbert Hornstein

Understanding Minimalism is a state-of-the-art introduction to the Minimalist Program the current model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program s predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these new skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky s minimalist framework.

Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory

Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 364
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781134675326
ISBN-13 : 1134675321
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory by : Howard Lasnik

Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.

Minimalism

Minimalism
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 358
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0300105908
ISBN-13 : 9780300105902
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Minimalism by : James Meyer

Critic and art historian Meyer, a leading authority on Minimalism, examines the style from its inception to its broader cultural influence. This sourcebook features an excellent selection of nearly 300 color and b&w images to illustrate the surprising variety of the work.