minimalist program
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linguistic research program proposed by N. Chomsky; radically revises the Government and Binding approach; asserts that Universal Grammar is a “perfect” system, i.e. optimal according to several global metrics; abandons concepts such as government
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- Minimalist program
- inception
- 1993-00-00
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- MP
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