Deriving coordinate nouns with Merge and Principles of efficient computation

Authors

  • Anna Maria di Sciullo Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) / The State University of New York (SUNY)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2020.v16nEsp.a39406

Keywords:

simplest Merge, principles of efficient computation, binominals, co-compounds, conjunctions, extended projections, operator features, externalization, language learning, language evolution

Abstract

We analyze coordinate nouns in English and derive their properties from Merge and Principles of efficient computation. The proposed analysis relies on extended projections for the coordinate conjunction and provides derivations to the interfaces with consequences for the externalization of the coordinator and the semantic interpretation of the coordinate nouns. The proposed analysis challenges associative theories of learning. It also challenges the view that apparently simplex forms, two-words expressions, are remnants of a previous stage in the evolution of language.

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Original in English.

Author Biography

Anna Maria di Sciullo, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) / The State University of New York (SUNY)

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The State University of New York (SUNY)
Professor of Linguistics

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Published

2020-11-07

Issue

Vol. 16 (2020): Special Issue - Celebrating over 50 years of the Graduate Linguistics Program at UFRJ and of the Professor Emeritus Miriam Lemle’s career

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