Various cases of backward and forward anaphora are studied in a number of seemingly unrelated constructions and argued to be a manifestation of a unitary principle, namely Principle C of the Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981; 1986). We point out an unexpected restriction on (forward) anaphora that is argued to be a case in which Principle C operates at the “reconstructed” level. Italian-speaking ch...

A well-studied phenomenon in language acquisition is the acquisition of pronouns and reflexives (e. The adult use of reflexives and pronouns can be described by Principles A and B of Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981). (1) a. Principle A: a reflexive must be bound in the local domain. b. Principle B: a pronoun must be free in the local domain. Here, the local domain is defined as the minimal clause...

En este artículo se realiza un estudio de tres las obras más relevantes Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688), mencionado por Chomsky en Lingüística cartesiana. Metodológicamente nos basamos los pilares la historiografía lingüística según Swiggers y división dimensión interna externa Brekle, utilizando como instrumento fundamental teoría series textuales (Hassler; Zamorano Aguilar 2013). La hipótesis defe...

The comprehensive fracture tests of notched and unnotched beams presented in the preceding paper are evaluated to clarify the size effects and fracture energy dissipation. The test results for beams with notches of various lengths agree closely with Bažant’s Type 2 size effect law and yield the value of the initial fracture energy Gf. Since nearly complete post-peak softening load–displacement ...

Based on the framework outlined in chapter 4 of The Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995), Chomsky (1999, 2000) rethinks the issues and concerns that motivate the minimalist program and further develops minimalism. Chomsky 2000 is the first part of an unfinished manuscript and Chomsky 1999 is the extended and revised version of Chomsky 2000. Some significant claims in Chomsky 1999, 2000 are summari...

Generative Grammar came to the attention of psychologists by way of its trenchant critique of behaviorist theories of language acquisition and use, and indeed that critique played an important role in the cognitive revolution (Chomsky, 1959). But along with Generative Grammar-hiding under its coattails, so to speak-came a curious brand of nativism (Chomsky, 1968). What was most curious from the...

Recent work in the Minimalist Program has made use of the Extended Projection Principle as a licensing feature for subject nominals explicitly separate from abstract nominative Case (Chomsky 1995). Both features are checked in Chomsky's system by the Tense head. Chomsky adopts the case system for licensing PRO proposed in Chomsky and Lasnik 1993, whereby PRO receives null case from an appropria...

A central goal of modern generative grammar has been to discover the invariant properties of language, principles presumably “part of the innate schematism of mind that is applied to the data of experience” and that “might reasonably be attributed to the organism itself as its contribution to the task of the acquisition of knowledge” (Chomsky, 1971). One such putative principle is the structure...