The main claim of this paper is that the minimalist framework and optimality theory adopt more or less the same architecture of grammar: both assume that a generator defines a set S of potentially well-formed expressions that can be generated on the basis of a given input, and that there is an evaluator that selects the expressions from S that are actually grammatical in a given language L. The paper therefore proposes a model of grammar in which the strengths of the two frameworks are combined: more specifically, it is argued that the computational system of human language CHL from MP creates a set S of potentially well-formed expressions, and that these are subsequently evaluated in an optimality theoretic fashion.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:3234 |
Date | January 2006 |
Creators | Broekhuis, Hans |
Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
Source Sets | Potsdam University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Article |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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