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Remarks on Minimalist feature theory and Move

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2006

DAVID ADGER
DAVID ADGER
Affiliation:
Queen Mary, University of London
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Abstract

I'd like to start this brief response to Asudeh & Toivonen's 2006 review article ‘Symptomatic imperfections’ (henceforth SI) with a word of thanks for the careful job they've done and generally collegial manner in which they've done it. They make many good points about Adger (2000; Core syntax – henceforth CS) which will help a great deal in improving the book for any future edition. Because of this, I don't want to dwell on any minor quibbles I have about their comments. Instead, I'd like to focus on some broader conclusions they draw about the theoretical devices used in CS and the perspective taken there. My remarks will address mainly SI's concerns about the feature theory I outlined in CS, and the question of movement.

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Notes and Discussion
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , November 2006 , pp. 663 - 673
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2006 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Many thanks to Daniel Harbour for the proof in section 2.1, and for comments on a previous draft. Thanks also to Ash Asudeh, Bob Borsley, Ida Toivonen and an anonymous JL referee.