There are two prominent schools in linguistics: Minimalism (Chomsky) and Construction Grammar (Goldberg, Tomasello). Minimalism comes with the claim that our li

There are two prominent schools in linguistics: Minimalism (Chomsky) and Construction Grammar (Goldberg, Tomasello). Minimalism comes with the claim that our li

Recent developments in the generative tradition have created new interest in matters of argument structure and argument projection, giving prominence to the dis

Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various dire