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The central idea of this book is that movement and phrase structure are not independent properties of grammar; instead, movement is triggered by the geometry of phrase structure. Using this idea of "Dynamic antisymmetry", the book analyzes the consequences for the design of grammar.

A new theory of the syntax-semantics interface that relies on hierarchical orderings in language, with the English auxiliary system as its empirical ground.

It is standardly assumed that Universal Grammar (UG) allows a given hierarchical representation to be associated with more than one linear order. This book proposes a restrictive theory of word order and phrase structure that denies this assumption. According to this theory, phrase structure always completely determines linear order, so that if two phrases differ in linear order, they must also differ in hierarchical structure.

A proposal for a compositional semantics for subjunctive (or would) conditionals in English.

An argument that the word order of a given language is largely predictable from independently observable facts about its phonology and morphology.

An argument that agreement and agreementless languages are unified under an expanded view of grammatical features including both phi-features and certain discourse configurational features.

This monograph presents an important extension of government-binding theory in syntax.

A radically new approach to argument structure in the minimalist program.

This minimalist study proposes that the computational system of human language must consist of strictly local operations.

An exploration of the architecture of the grammar, where conditions apply, and the nature of the lexical/functional split.

A view of the locality conditions on vowel harmony, aligning empirical phenomena within phonology with the principles of the Minimalist program.