Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax
- Series page
- The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Background
- Part II Modern generative approaches to the study of sentence structure
- 4 Principles and Parameters theory and Minimalism
- 5 Minimalism and Optimality Theory
- 6 Lexical-Functional Grammar
- 7 Phrase structuregrammar
- 8 TreeAdjoining Grammar
- Part III Syntactic structures
- Part IV Syntactic processes: their nature, locality, and motivation
- Part V Syntax and the internal interfaces
- Part VI Syntax and the external interfaces
- References
- Index of language names
- Index
5 - Minimalism and Optimality Theory
from Part II - Modern generative approaches to the study of sentence structure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax
- Series page
- The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Background
- Part II Modern generative approaches to the study of sentence structure
- 4 Principles and Parameters theory and Minimalism
- 5 Minimalism and Optimality Theory
- 6 Lexical-Functional Grammar
- 7 Phrase structuregrammar
- 8 TreeAdjoining Grammar
- Part III Syntactic structures
- Part IV Syntactic processes: their nature, locality, and motivation
- Part V Syntax and the internal interfaces
- Part VI Syntax and the external interfaces
- References
- Index of language names
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses the relation between the Minimalist Program (MP) and Optimality Theory (OT) and shows that, contrary to popular belief, MP and OT are not inherently incompatible or competing frameworks/theories. The second section of this chapter provides some background on some characteristic features of MP and OT. The third section of this chapter shows that the hybrid system makes it possible to eliminate the EPP-features from MP by replacing them by an OT-evaluation of the output of the computational system. The third section discusses certain aspects of Scandinavian Object Shift. By splitting up the Minimal Link Condition into two separate conditions, we can derive Burzio's Generalization, and also capture differences between languages (and between constructions within a language) in whether nominative case can be licensed on an object in dative and ergative subject constructions.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax , pp. 122 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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