Cedric Boeckx
List of John Benjamins publications in which Cedric Boeckx is involved.
Book series
ISSN 0166-0829
Minimalist Essays
Edited by Cedric Boeckx
The Minimalism Program is many things to many researchers, and there are by now many alternative versions of it. Central to all is the fundamental question: to what extent is the human language faculty an optimal solution to minimal design specifications. Taken as a whole, the volume outlines the… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 91] 2006. xvi, 399 pp.
Agreement Systems
Edited by Cedric Boeckx
Agreement plays a central role in modern generative grammar. The present collection brings together contributions from experts on various aspects of agreement systems in the world’s languages in an attempt to formulate formal and substantive universals in this domain. All the papers contained here… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 92] 2006. ix, 346 pp.
Islands and Chains: Resumption as stranding
Cedric Boeckx
The present work provides a detailed analysis of chain formation and locality conditions imposed on it within the Minimalist Program. It does so by analyzing resumptive strategies in great detail. This study claims that resumptive pronouns and their antecedents are first merged as constituents, and… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 63] 2003. xii, 224 pp.
Multiple Wh-Fronting
Edited by Cedric Boeckx and Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the “classic”… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 64] 2003. ix, 289 pp.
2010 Why edges are needed Edges, Heads, and Projections: Interface properties, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria and Virginia Hill (eds.), pp. 11–22 | Article
The term edge has become ubiquitous in syntactic theory in recent years: one reads of the left edge of the clause or the edge of VP in cartographic approaches, of the edge of phases in phase-based computations, of edge features driving movement, and even of edge features underlying merge. In this… read more
2010 A tale of two minimalisms: Reflections on the plausibility of crash-proof syntax, and its free-merge alternative Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars, Putnam, Michael T. (ed.), pp. 105–124 | Article
2008 Copy-reflexive and copy-control constructions: A movement analysis Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2008, van Craenenbroeck, Jeroen (ed.), pp. 61–100 | Article
This paper discusses reflexive and control constructions in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec (Lee 2003) and Hmong (Mortensen 2003), where instead of a reflexive in the former and a null category in the latter, one may find a copy of the antecedent. The paper argues that these constructions provide… read more
2007 Pseudoclefts: a Fully Derivational Account Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages: Essays in honour of K. A. Jayaseelan, Bayer, Josef, Tanmoy Bhattacharya and M.T. Hany Babu (eds.), pp. 29–40 | Article
This paper develops a syntactic account of pseudoclefts that is consonant with current attempts to develop a strictly derivational account of syntactic relations. In what follows, I show that recent proposals in the realm of the higher functional field, remnant movement, and binding conspire to… read more
2006 Overview Minimalist Essays, Boeckx, Cedric (ed.), pp. xiii–xv | Miscellaneous
2006 Introduction Agreement Systems, Boeckx, Cedric (ed.), pp. 1–12 | Article
2005 The Wh /Clitic-Connection Clitic and Affix Combinations: Theoretical perspectives, Heggie, Lorie and Francisco Ordóñez (eds.), pp. 301–314 | Article
2003 Resumption and asymmetric derivation Asymmetry in Grammar: Volume 1: Syntax and semantics, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 85–98 | Article
2003 Symmetries and asymmetries in multiple checking Multiple Wh-Fronting, Boeckx, Cedric and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (eds.), pp. 17–26 | Article
2003 Introduction Multiple Wh-Fronting, Boeckx, Cedric and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Article
2002 On the co-occurrence of expletives and definite subjects in Germanic Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology, Abraham, Werner and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 45–64 | Article
2002 Agree or attract? A Relativized Minimality solution to a Proper Binding Condition puzzle Theoretical Approaches to Universals, Alexiadou, Artemis (ed.), pp. 41–64 | Article
2001 French Complex Inversion in the Light of a Minimalist Program Romance Syntax, Semantics and L2 Acquisition: Selected papers from the 30th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, Gainesville, Florida, February 2000, Camps, Joaquim and Caroline R. Wiltshire (eds.), pp. 43–56 | Article
2001 Optionality, Presupposition, and WH-in-situ in French Romance Syntax, Semantics and L2 Acquisition: Selected papers from the 30th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, Gainesville, Florida, February 2000, Camps, Joaquim and Caroline R. Wiltshire (eds.), pp. 57–72 | Article