Phase Theory is the latest empirical and conceptual innovation in syntactic theory within the Chomskyan generative tradition. Adopting a cross-linguistic perspective, this book provides an introduction to Phase Theory, tracing the development of phases in minimalist syntax.
An argument that Merge is binary but its binarity refers to syntactic positions rather than objects. In this book, Barbara Citko and Martina Gračanin-Yüksek examine the constraints on Merge--the basic structure-building operation in minimalist syntax--from a multidominant perspective. They maintain that Merge is binary, but argue that the binarity of Merge refers to syntactic positions Merge relates: what has typically been formulated as a constraint that prevents Merge from combining more than two syntactic objects is a constraint on Merge's relating more than two syntactic positions.
Quatre couples disparaissent, abandonnant leurs véhicules en rase campagne. Leurs cadavres ne sont découverts que plus tard, ne laissant à Kay Scarpetta que d'infimes indices. Une nouvelle voiture est retrouvée sur une aire d'autoroute. Sa jeune propriétaire rentrait dans sa famille en compagnie de son petit ami. Aucune trace d'eux. Mais la mère de la conductrice n'est autre que la responsable du programme de lutte contre la drogue, lancé par le président des Etats-Unis. Elle est énergique et remue ciel et terre pour retrouver sa fille vivante. Les intérêts politiques s'affrontent, sur fond de rigueur scientifique.
After months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And, why is Beryl's latest manuscript missing? Persuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer - Beryl's jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta's high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence - clues that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination - that leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.
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