Minimalist Program;
Universal Grammar;
merge;
third factor;
LANGUAGE FACULTY;
EVOLUTION;
D O I:
10.4067/S0718-48832014000100003
中图分类号:
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号:
030303 ;
0501 ;
050102 ;
摘要:
This paper addresses various aspects of a novel proposal made by the chomskyan Minimalist Program (MP), as compared with previous stages in Generative Grammar: the idea of an underspecified Universal Grammar (UG). The content attributed to UG within the MP is identified, the reasons underlying the minimalist reduction of UG are made explicit, and the effects of the underdetermination of UG are analyzed with respect to both the issue of the specificity of human language and the studies on first language acquisition.