Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis - Noam Chomsky, Andrew McInnerney, Yushi Sugimoto, T. Daniel Seely, Sandiway Fong, Robert C. Berwick, M. A
The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite…