Thomas S Stroik
Biographic Data
| ID | 1498409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas S Stroik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas S |
| FAMILY NAME | Stroik |
| SIGNATURE | STROIK T S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Structural Design of Language
Although there have been numerous investigations of biolinguistics within the Minimalist Program over the last ten years, many of which appeal to the importance of Turing's Thesis (that the structural design of systems must obey physical and mathematical laws), these studies have by and large ignored the question of the structural design of language. They have paid significant attention to identifying the components of language - settling on a le…
Locality in Minimalist Syntax
This minimalist study proposes that the computational system of human language must consist of strictly local operations. In this highly original reanalysis of minimalist syntax, Thomas Stroik considers the optimal design properties for human language. Taking as his starting point Chomsky's minimalist assumption that the syntactic component of a language generates representations for sentences that are interpreted at perceptual and conceptual int…
Arguments in middles
On the Light Verb Hypothesis
Linguistic Inquiry - Volume 32, Number 2, Spring 2001
Middles and Reflexivity
This article investigates the argument structure of middle predicates. It argues that middle verbs syntactically project the entire argument grids of their active counterparts; however, middle verbs, like passive verbs, project the external (Agent) arguments of their active counterparts as adjuncts. These demoted Agent arguments can appear, in middle constructions, as the objects of for-PPs
Extraposition and expletive-movement: A minimalist account
Some remarks on superiority effects
On the Distribution of Temporal and Locative Np Adverbials
Expletive NPs in Object-Position
Chomsky (1981, 1986b) formulates the Theta Criterion so that it prohibits non-argument NPs such as the expletives it and there from occurring in theta-marked positions. One consequence of this formulation is that raising-to-object analyses for (1) are disallowed because they would permit an expletive to occupy an object position, a position which is theta-marked by the verb: (1) John believes there to be a woman outside
On the Light Verb Hypothesis
Linguistic Inquiry - Volume 32, Number 2, Spring 2001
Middles and Reflexivity
This article investigates the argument structure of middle predicates. It argues that middle verbs syntactically project the entire argument grids of their active counterparts; however, middle verbs, like passive verbs, project the external (Agent) arguments of their active counterparts as adjuncts. These demoted Agent arguments can appear, in middle constructions, as the objects of for-PPs
Extraposition and expletive-movement: A minimalist account
Some remarks on superiority effects
Expletive NPs in Object-Position
Chomsky (1981, 1986b) formulates the Theta Criterion so that it prohibits non-argument NPs such as the expletives it and there from occurring in theta-marked positions. One consequence of this formulation is that raising-to-object analyses for (1) are disallowed because they would permit an expletive to occupy an object position, a position which is theta-marked by the verb: (1) John believes there to be a woman outside
On the Distribution of Temporal and Locative Np Adverbials
Some remarks on superiority effects
Extraposition and expletive-movement: A minimalist account
Middles and Reflexivity
This article investigates the argument structure of middle predicates. It argues that middle verbs syntactically project the entire argument grids of their active counterparts; however, middle verbs, like passive verbs, project the external (Agent) arguments of their active counterparts as adjuncts. These demoted Agent arguments can appear, in middle constructions, as the objects of for-PPs
On the Light Verb Hypothesis
Linguistic Inquiry - Volume 32, Number 2, Spring 2001
Arguments in middles
Locality in Minimalist Syntax
This minimalist study proposes that the computational system of human language must consist of strictly local operations. In this highly original reanalysis of minimalist syntax, Thomas Stroik considers the optimal design properties for human language. Taking as his starting point Chomsky's minimalist assumption that the syntactic component of a language generates representations for sentences that are interpreted at perceptual and conceptual int…
The Structural Design of Language
Although there have been numerous investigations of biolinguistics within the Minimalist Program over the last ten years, many of which appeal to the importance of Turing's Thesis (that the structural design of systems must obey physical and mathematical laws), these studies have by and large ignored the question of the structural design of language. They have paid significant attention to identifying the components of language - settling on a le…
Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Minimalist program (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Syntax (3 works)