The strong minimalist thesis is too strong: Syntax is more than just merge

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This paper raises specific puzzles for the Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT) based on certain crosslinguistic patterns. I do so by pointing out that SMT entails two undesirable consequences: first, assumes Borer-Chomsky Conjecture is true; in other words, all syntactic variation across languages due to lexical differences. Second, it there can be no ordering restrictions Merge, because they would imply existence of an independent linguistically proprietary entity. first present evidence from case and agreement alone not sufficient account variation. then a cartographic distinction between high low complementizers. argue both these patterns are purely syntactic, Merge. conclude problems raise saltationist theories language evolution.

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عنوان ژورنال: Biolinguistics

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['1450-3417']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.9861