Move Alpha Conditions on Its Application and Output

This major contribution to modern syntactic theory elaborates a principles-and-parameters framework in which the differences and similarities among languages with respect to WH-questions can be captured. Move alphais part of an overall program, initiated by Noam Chomsky, to create a global theory in which the entire transformational component can be reduced to a single process, Move a. Lasnik and Saito are concerned particularly with bounding requirements on movement (Subjacency) and proper government requirements on traces (the Empty Category Principle). Current Studies in Linguistics No. 22Lasnik, Howard is the author of 'Move Alpha Conditions on Its Application and Output' with ISBN 9780262620918 and ISBN 026262091X.