Please join us for a special session of the syntax-semantics reading group on Friday, 9/25.
Who: Chris Collins (NYU)
When: 1:00-2:30PM
Where: 32-144
Title: A formalization of Minimalist Syntax
The goal of this formalization is to give a precise, formal account of certain fundamental notions in minimalist syntax, leading up to the definition of a convergent derivation. We would like this formalization to be useful to minimalist syntacticians in evaluating their own proposals (both conceptually and empirically), and comparing their proposals to others.
The talk is joint work with Ed Stabler.