Samuel David Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 744267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel David Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel David |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | EPSTEIN S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Quantificational Domain of dou
Which NP does all associate with in e.g. "The pandas, the children all saw"-the pandas, the children, or both? The intuition of adult Mandarin Chinese native speakers regarding the interpretation of the adverbial quantifier dou 'all' remains unclear and controversial, and various incommensurate theories of domain selection have been proposed. These studies may have failed to yield clear results because they used testing materials in which the int…
Phase cancellation by external pair-merge of heads
As
Can crosslinguistically variant grammars be formally identical? Third factor underspecification and the possible elimination of parameters of UG
Labeling by Minimal Search
We argue that Chomsky's (2013) ''label identification by minimal search'' explains ''obligatory exit'' from intermediate positions, not only in the successive-cyclic Ā-movement phenomena that Chomsky analyzes, but also in (phase-internal) successive-cyclic A-movement. Moreover, it does so by employing simplest Merge and third-factor minimal search for label identification. Our extension of Chomsky's analysis to A-movement operates without any app…
Feature-Splitting Internal Merge
A central goal of this paper is to present a new account of improper-movement phenomena based on Chomsky's (2007, 2008) phase-based derivational approach. We claim that improper movement is excluded by virtue of Agree failure between a moving element and a finite T as a consequence of "feature-splitting" Internal Merge, which we argue is the most (or at least a very) natural implementation of Chomsky's φ-feature-inheritance system and Richards's …
When knowledge causes failure
Letters to Language
Letters to Language Martin Haspelmath, Alan S. Kaye, Dr. Peter Forster, Joseph F. Eska, Don Ringe, Sam Epstein, Norbert Hornstein, and Mira Ariel [Correction] Language accepts letters from readers that briefly and succinctly respond to or comment upon either material published previously in the journal or issues deemed of importance to the field. The editor reserves the right to edit letters as needed. Brief replies from relevant parties are incl…
EPP in T
This paper has two goals. First, it provides a solution to an important and particularly recalcitrant problem regarding non-control infinitival complements of derived nouns, which have been argued to provide independent motivation for the retention of the EPP in T. Second, it presents an unnoted problem regarding the elimination of the EPP in infinitival complements of underived nouns, proposing an analysis for them that need not appeal to the EP…
Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.2. On the status of representations and derivations: Michael Brody.3. Eliminating Labels: Chris Collins.4. Rule applications as cycles in a level-free syntax: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.5. Crash-proof syntax: John Frampton & Samuel Gutmann.6. Reprojections: Norbert Hornstein & Juan Uriagereka.7. Pronouns and their antecedents: Richard Kayne.8. Scrambli…
Letter from the Founding Editors
Minimal Ideas
Overt Scope Marking and Covert Verb-Second
In this article I investigate certain phenomena relating to superiority, the Empty Category Principle (ECP), and scope. I propose a chain-based scope-marking convention and a new analysis of adjunction, and hypothesize that English is a covert verb-second grammar. The analysis is couched within checking theory and ultimately within the bare theory of phrase structure. I propose category-neutral(-ized) LF representations, displaying VP-recursion b…
Second language acquisition
To what extent, if any, does Universal Grammar (UG) constrain second language (L2) acquisition? This is not only an empirical question, but one which is currently investigable. In this context, L2 acquisition is emerging as an important new domain of psycholinguistic research. Three logical possibilities have been articulated regarding the role of UG in L2 acquisition: The first is the “no access” hypothesis that claims that no aspect of UG is av…
Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax
Differentiation and reduction in syntactic theory
Feature-Splitting Internal Merge
A central goal of this paper is to present a new account of improper-movement phenomena based on Chomsky's (2007, 2008) phase-based derivational approach. We claim that improper movement is excluded by virtue of Agree failure between a moving element and a finite T as a consequence of "feature-splitting" Internal Merge, which we argue is the most (or at least a very) natural implementation of Chomsky's φ-feature-inheritance system and Richards's …
EPP in T
This paper has two goals. First, it provides a solution to an important and particularly recalcitrant problem regarding non-control infinitival complements of derived nouns, which have been argued to provide independent motivation for the retention of the EPP in T. Second, it presents an unnoted problem regarding the elimination of the EPP in infinitival complements of underived nouns, proposing an analysis for them that need not appeal to the EP…
Overt Scope Marking and Covert Verb-Second
In this article I investigate certain phenomena relating to superiority, the Empty Category Principle (ECP), and scope. I propose a chain-based scope-marking convention and a new analysis of adjunction, and hypothesize that English is a covert verb-second grammar. The analysis is couched within checking theory and ultimately within the bare theory of phrase structure. I propose category-neutral(-ized) LF representations, displaying VP-recursion b…
Labeling by Minimal Search
We argue that Chomsky's (2013) ''label identification by minimal search'' explains ''obligatory exit'' from intermediate positions, not only in the successive-cyclic Ā-movement phenomena that Chomsky analyzes, but also in (phase-internal) successive-cyclic A-movement. Moreover, it does so by employing simplest Merge and third-factor minimal search for label identification. Our extension of Chomsky's analysis to A-movement operates without any app…
Differentiation and reduction in syntactic theory
Can crosslinguistically variant grammars be formally identical? Third factor underspecification and the possible elimination of parameters of UG
The Quantificational Domain of dou
Which NP does all associate with in e.g. "The pandas, the children all saw"-the pandas, the children, or both? The intuition of adult Mandarin Chinese native speakers regarding the interpretation of the adverbial quantifier dou 'all' remains unclear and controversial, and various incommensurate theories of domain selection have been proposed. These studies may have failed to yield clear results because they used testing materials in which the int…
Differentiation and reduction in syntactic theory
Second language acquisition
To what extent, if any, does Universal Grammar (UG) constrain second language (L2) acquisition? This is not only an empirical question, but one which is currently investigable. In this context, L2 acquisition is emerging as an important new domain of psycholinguistic research. Three logical possibilities have been articulated regarding the role of UG in L2 acquisition: The first is the “no access” hypothesis that claims that no aspect of UG is av…
Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax
Overt Scope Marking and Covert Verb-Second
In this article I investigate certain phenomena relating to superiority, the Empty Category Principle (ECP), and scope. I propose a chain-based scope-marking convention and a new analysis of adjunction, and hypothesize that English is a covert verb-second grammar. The analysis is couched within checking theory and ultimately within the bare theory of phrase structure. I propose category-neutral(-ized) LF representations, displaying VP-recursion b…
Minimal Ideas
Letter from the Founding Editors
Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.2. On the status of representations and derivations: Michael Brody.3. Eliminating Labels: Chris Collins.4. Rule applications as cycles in a level-free syntax: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.5. Crash-proof syntax: John Frampton & Samuel Gutmann.6. Reprojections: Norbert Hornstein & Juan Uriagereka.7. Pronouns and their antecedents: Richard Kayne.8. Scrambli…
Letters to Language
Letters to Language Martin Haspelmath, Alan S. Kaye, Dr. Peter Forster, Joseph F. Eska, Don Ringe, Sam Epstein, Norbert Hornstein, and Mira Ariel [Correction] Language accepts letters from readers that briefly and succinctly respond to or comment upon either material published previously in the journal or issues deemed of importance to the field. The editor reserves the right to edit letters as needed. Brief replies from relevant parties are incl…
EPP in T
This paper has two goals. First, it provides a solution to an important and particularly recalcitrant problem regarding non-control infinitival complements of derived nouns, which have been argued to provide independent motivation for the retention of the EPP in T. Second, it presents an unnoted problem regarding the elimination of the EPP in infinitival complements of underived nouns, proposing an analysis for them that need not appeal to the EP…
When knowledge causes failure
Feature-Splitting Internal Merge
A central goal of this paper is to present a new account of improper-movement phenomena based on Chomsky's (2007, 2008) phase-based derivational approach. We claim that improper movement is excluded by virtue of Agree failure between a moving element and a finite T as a consequence of "feature-splitting" Internal Merge, which we argue is the most (or at least a very) natural implementation of Chomsky's φ-feature-inheritance system and Richards's …
Labeling by Minimal Search
We argue that Chomsky's (2013) ''label identification by minimal search'' explains ''obligatory exit'' from intermediate positions, not only in the successive-cyclic Ā-movement phenomena that Chomsky analyzes, but also in (phase-internal) successive-cyclic A-movement. Moreover, it does so by employing simplest Merge and third-factor minimal search for label identification. Our extension of Chomsky's analysis to A-movement operates without any app…
Can crosslinguistically variant grammars be formally identical? Third factor underspecification and the possible elimination of parameters of UG
Phase cancellation by external pair-merge of heads
As
The Quantificational Domain of dou
Which NP does all associate with in e.g. "The pandas, the children all saw"-the pandas, the children, or both? The intuition of adult Mandarin Chinese native speakers regarding the interpretation of the adverbial quantifier dou 'all' remains unclear and controversial, and various incommensurate theories of domain selection have been proposed. These studies may have failed to yield clear results because they used testing materials in which the int…
Computer Science (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (11 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Minimalist program (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Syntax (4 works)