Article published in:
Minimalism and Beyond: Radicalizing the interfacesEdited by Peter Kosta, Steven L. Franks, Teodora Radeva-Bork and Lilia Schürcks
[Language Faculty and Beyond 11] 2014
► pp. 9–34
A program for the Minimalist Program
Norbert Hornstein | University of Maryland
The paper reviews current understandings of the Minimalist enterprise and defends one version thereof. Our main departure from the norm involves substituting ‘cognitive generality’ (viz. non-linguistic-parochialism) for ‘computational efficiency’ as a minimalist regulative ideal. We argue that the former is important to realize minimalist ambitions. The latter, though welcome, is less vital.
Published online: 24 September 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.11.01hor
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.11.01hor
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