Reflections on the plausibility of crash-proof syntax, and its free-merge alternative: A tale of two minimalisms

Boeckx, Cedric

doi:10.1075/lfab.3.06boe

In:Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars
Edited by Michael T. Putnam
[Language Faculty and Beyond 3] 2010
► pp. 105–124

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A tale of two minimalisms

Reflections on the plausibility of crash-proof syntax, and its free-merge alternative

Cedric Boeckx | ICREA | UAB

Published online: 15 September 2010

https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.3.06boe

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