ABSTRACT

Generative Grammar presents a substantial contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together for the first time the author's most significant work on the theory of generative grammar.

The essays collected here display Freidin's role in moving the theory forward in terms of new proposals, and analyse the efforts to understand the evolution and history of the theory by careful investigation of how and why it has changed over the years.

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

chapter |2 pages

PART I Theory

part |2 pages

§A: Movement

chapter 2|30 pages

Cyclicity and the theory of grammar

chapter 3|22 pages

Superiority, Subjacency and Economy

chapter 4|24 pages

Cyclicity and minimalism

part |2 pages

§B: Case

chapter 5|12 pages

Core grammar, Case theory, and markedness

chapter 6|22 pages

Lexical Case phenomena

chapter 7|28 pages

The subject of defective T(ense) in Slavic

part |2 pages

§C: Binding