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Just pair‐merge

open access: yesSyntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Two structure‐building operations are currently posited in minimalist theory: an operation forming sets (set merge), and an operation forming ordered pairs (pair‐merge). I argue that pair‐merge is sufficient to generate syntactic relations, so set merge, also called simple merge, should be eliminated from syntactic theory on grounds of ...
Ken Safir
wiley   +1 more source

Optimality theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Honeybone, P.
core  

Cross‐clausal scrambling and subject case in Balkar: On multiple specifiers and the locality of overt and covert movement

open access: yesSyntax, EarlyView.
Abstract We use fieldwork data about cross‐clausal scrambling in Balkar (Turkic) to clarify the nature of movement and its constraints. Balkar has a variety of embedded nominalized clauses, with different subject cases and possibilities for movement.
Tatiana Bondarenko, Colin Davis
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of Gender‐Just Language in First‐Year German Textbooks

open access: yesDie Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the inclusion of binary and non‐binary gender‐just language in US first‐year college German textbooks. The analysis covers eight textbooks, evaluating their use of gender‐just forms such as the gender star and neopronouns, which explicitly represent non‐binary positionalities, as well as “neutral” or binary gender‐inclusive
Lindsay Preseau
wiley   +1 more source

On Evolutionary Phonology

open access: yesBiolinguistics, 2007
Bridget Samuels
doaj   +1 more source

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