Craig,

The term has a specific meaning within generative linguistics. The 
Minimalist Program is the name given to the most recent iteration of 
Chomskian linguistics. It's an outgrowth of the older Principles and 
Parameters approach.

Karl

Craig Hancock wrote:

>Ed,
>   I think many of us involved in teaching grammar think of "minimalism"
>in relation to pedagogy rather than structural theory (and I have no
>idea of which was requested.)  Like so many terms, it can mean
>different things in different contexts (disciplines.) So you have
>raised my curiosity.  Have you read the book? What does he mean by
>minimalist?
>
>Craig>
>
>
>Just returned from a long trip and thought I saw among the many items in
>  
>
>>my
>>e-mail box a request for a book on minimalism.   Since I can't recall who
>>asked, I'm responding to the listserv:   How about "Syntactic Theory and
>>the
>>Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach" by Andrew Radford?   It's a
>>Cambridge
>>University Press book originally published in 1997.   Hope that's recent
>>enough.
>>
>>Ed S
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