ABSTRACT

Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.

chapter 1|5 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 3|20 pages

LAST RESORT AND ATTRACT F

chapter 5|28 pages

PSEUDOGAPPING PUZZLES

chapter 6|20 pages

ON FEATURE STRENGTH

Three minimalist approaches to overt movement

chapter 7|15 pages

A GAP IN AN ELLIPSIS PARADIGM

Some theoretical implications

chapter 8|7 pages

ON A SCOPE RECONSTRUCTION PARADOX

chapter 9|14 pages

SOME RECONSTRUCTION RIDDLES

chapter 10|19 pages

CHAINS OF ARGUMENTS