Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based Approach (Concept Map)

 This is my first attempt to display the connection between the various concepts in my recent MIT Press monograph. Let me know what you think!

Implicit Arguments for Dummies

In this post, I summarize my recent MIT Press monograph for non-linguists. 

Collins, Chris. 2024. Principles of Argument Structures: A Merge-Based Approach. MIT Press, Cambridge. 

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Principles of Argument Structure (cover with typo)

 

Blurbs/Praise for Principles of Argument Structure

“This carefully argued inquiry develops an original and persuasive Merge-based approach to fundamental questions about the syntactic foundations of semantic interpretation. A very valuable contribution to central issues in the study of language.”

Noam Chomsky

“Collins' stimulating new monograph delves into and sheds important new analytical light on some of the central questions in syntactic theory and will be essential reading on implicit arguments and the passive voice.”

Jason Merchant, 

Vice Provost and Lorna Puttkammer Straus Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago

“A beautiful trip into the intricacies of the organization of the nominal arguments of verbs, sometimes silent, sometimes overt, developed in such a sharp way, that makes one feel that deep properties have indeed been uncovered. Collins' book illustrates the scientific method at its best, leaving a feeling of freshness and clarity.”

Adriana Belletti, 

University of Siena, Italy

 

Summer Reading 2023

Continuing with the tradition I started last summer, I post my summer reading for 2023. These books cover roughly the time period between June 1, 2023, and August 31, 2023. If anybody wants to discuss these books with me, let me know.