Karl,
   Thanks.

Craig>


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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