A Comparative Study on English and Turkish Syntactic Structures within the Terms of the Minimalist Program

İlker AYDIN; Emrullah ŞEKER

doi:10.5296/ijl.v5i1.3308

Teoria gerativa: contexto histórico e perspectivas

Cadernos CESPUC de Pesquisa Série Ensaios ◽

10.5752/p.2358-3231.n33p21-35 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 21-35

Author(s):

Gisely Gonçalves De Castro

Keyword(s):

Generative Grammar ◽

Minimalist Program ◽

Semantic Interpretation ◽

Syntactic Structures

Este artigo fornece um percurso histórico do empreendimento gerativo, desde o seu surgimento até os desenvolvimentos recentes do Programa Minimalista. O artigo objetiva prover um levantamento compreensivo do campo da Teoria Gerativa e explorar perspectivas para pesquisas futuras. Os fundamentos no qual o presente trabalho se apoia compreendem os textos precursores das diferentes abordagens gerativas: Syntactic Structures (CHOMSKY, 1957), Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (CHOMSKY, 1965), Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar (JACKENDOFF, 1972), Lectures on Government and Binding (CHOMSKY, 1981) e Minimalist Program (CHOMSKY, 1995). Ao final do percurso, indicam-se três perspectivas para as pesquisas de base gerativa: a cooperação interdisciplinar para o estudo da FL, a redução da aparente complexidade da GU e a compreensão dos sistemas que interagem com a linguagem.

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Some remarks on word order and information structure in Romance and Greek

ZAS Papers in Linguistics ◽

10.21248/zaspil.20.2000.81 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 119-136

Author(s):

Artemis Alexiadou

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Word Order ◽

Information Structure ◽

Syntactic Structures ◽

Null Subject

This paper is a preliminary comparative study of the relation between word order and information structure in three Null Subject Languages ((NSLs) Spanish, Italian and Greek). The aim is twofold: first I seek to examine the differences and the similarities among these languages in this domain of their syntax. Secon, I investigate the possible derivations of the various patterns and attempt to localize the differences among these languages in different underlying syntactic structures.

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The Status of Sì in Yoruba

Journal of language and Education ◽

10.17323/2411-7390-2017-3-1-58-66 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 58-66

Author(s):

Olabode Abimbola

Keyword(s):

Minimalist Program ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Structural Position ◽

Syntactic Structures ◽

The Third ◽

The Status ◽

Syntactic Function ◽

Bottom To Top ◽

Computational Systems ◽

Yoruba Language

This paper examines the syntax of sentential conjunction in the Yoruba language with the view of ascertaining the actual syntactic function of sì on which opinions have been polarized in the syntax of Yoruba grammar. This paper argues that the Yoruba language has a sentential/clausal conjunction element but its structural position is not the between the two clauses. The researcher conducted a series of structured interviews and also consulted existing works targeting the sì in compound clauses so as to generate the data for the research. The research adopts the Minimalist Program (MP) as its theoretical tool for the analyses presented in the article. MP views syntactic derivations as resulting from computational systems whose operations are based on operation Select and operation Merge. Syntactic structures are built in a par-wise fashion from bottom to top by putting two items together at a time. The research shows that there are three different sì in Yoruba occurring in seemingly similar environment but they are performing different syntactic functions. One sì denotes “emphasis” as a preverbal element; the second one denotes “consecutiveness of action” while the third one performs the function of sentential/clausal conjunction, an overt realization of the in the second clause. The overtly marked sentential/clausal conjunction also has a variant, which is an abstract realization between the two conjoined clauses.

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A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Isamal Ergatives: Movement in Ergative Structures

Southeastern Philippines Journal of Research and Development ◽

10.53899/spjrd.v26i2.154 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 63-82

Author(s):

Rodney Jubilado

Keyword(s):

Indigenous People ◽

Minimalist Program ◽

Lexical Information ◽

Verb Morphology ◽

Syntactic Structures ◽

Dominant Language ◽

Austronesian Language ◽

Morphosyntactic Analysis

Isamal is an Austronesian language spoken by around 8,000 indigenous people of Samal Island, Mindanao, Philippines. Fieldwork has shown that every speaker of Isamal is bilingual in Cebuano, the most dominant language in the island with a population of 104,123 according to Philippine Census (2015). This paper deals with the morphosyntax of Isamal ergatives, and analysis is made using the Minimalist Program with focus on the movement of elements in the structure. Verb morphology is given a description to lend a hand in the analytical scrutiny of the projections of the lexical information encoded in the argument and thematic structures of the verbs. Like all ergatives, Isamal ergatives have only one argument, that is, the theme-DP. There are three primary syntactic structures that are analyzed in this paper, namely, VP, TP, and CP. With the employment of the Minimalist Program for analysis, movement in the ergative structures shows that verbs, arguments and adjuncts can move.

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A Comparative Study of WH-Movement in Urdu and English: A Minimalist Perspective

International Journal of English Linguistics ◽

10.5539/ijel.v8n6p203 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 203

Author(s):

Binish Maqsood ◽

Asif Aziz ◽

Tahir Saleem ◽

Summiya Azam

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Empirical Evaluation ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Minimalist Program ◽

Evaluation Of Data

The present study aims at presenting a comparative study of Urdu and English in terms of Wh-movement in the light of the minimalist program (MP) as the theoretical framework of the study. For this purpose, Urdu and English data related to Wh-expressions is used. The empirical evaluation of data reveals that Wh-movement is mandatory in English while, non-mandatory in Urdu. Furthermore, it shows that the movement of tense markers in English is obligatory along with the movement of Wh-phrase as compared to Urdu in which it is optional. The movement of tense markers is covert in Urdu as compared to its overt movement in English. The findings of the study show that the feature of [+WH, EPP] stimulates the movement of Wh-expression in order to check these features. The findings of the study are expected to prove helpful for students and researchers in understanding the nature of syntax in general and Wh-movement particularly.

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