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On UG and materialization

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

This essay discusses Universal Grammar (UG) and the materialization of internal and external language (commonly misconceived of as “lexicalization”). It develops a few simple but central ideas. First, the Universal Lexicon (the “lexical” part of UG) contains two elements: an initial root, Root Zero, and an initial functional feature, Feature Zero, identified as the Edge Feature (zero as they are void of content). Second, UG = a Minimal Language Generator, containing a) Merge, b) Root Zero, and c) Feature Zero. Third, both External and Internal Merge are preconditioned by Feature Zero or the Edge Feature (the Generalized Edge Approach). Fourth, the growth of internal language in the individual involves reiterated (formal) Copy & Merge of Root Zero and Feature Zero (the Copy Theory of Language Growth). The essay focuses on the materialization of internal language, but it also contains a brief discussion of externalization and language variation.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

367-388

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Linguistic Analysis

Volym

37

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Linguistic Analysis

Ämne

  • Languages and Literature

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • GRIMM

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0098-9053