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Simplifications and extensions of the Miracle Creed

 | Keio University
 | Eastern Michigan University
Published online: 3 July 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.00040.kit
Abstract
We review central components of the Miracle Creed framework of . 2024. The Miracle Creed and SMT. In M. Greco and D. Mocci (Eds) A Cartesian Dream: a geometrical account of syntax in honor of Andrea Moro. Lingbuzz Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar and then present a number of simplifications and extensions of that framework, tracing empirical consequences.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The Miracle Creed (MC), Chomsky (2024)
    • 2.1Motivating MC: A problem for GK
    • 2.2Basic properties of MC
    • 2.3Some consequences of the MC system for successive cyclic movement
  • 3.MC: Questions, potential problems, and possible solutions
    • 3.1A potential challenge to MC
    • 3.2A possible solution: Beyond the Miracle Creed
    • 3.3Cross-linguistic variation as externalization
    • 3.4Deriving the desirable effects of the duality of semantics
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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