Phase Theory is the latest empirical and conceptual innovation in syntactic theory within the Chomskyan generative tradition. Adopting a cross-linguistic perspective, this book provides an introduction to Phase Theory, tracing the development of phases in minimalist syntax.
An argument that Merge is binary but its binarity refers to syntactic positions rather than objects. In this book, Barbara Citko and Martina Gračanin-Yüksek examine the constraints on Merge--the basic structure-building operation in minimalist syntax--from a multidominant perspective. They maintain that Merge is binary, but argue that the binarity of Merge refers to syntactic positions Merge relates: what has typically been formulated as a constraint that prevents Merge from combining more than two syntactic objects is a constraint on Merge's relating more than two syntactic positions.
U zabitim šumskim predjelima savezne države Virginije lovci i izletnici pronalaze davno ostavljena trupla mladih parova. Doktorica Kay Scarpetta, glavni sudski patolog, usprkos svojem bogatom iskustvu, neće uspjeti utvrditi uzroke smrti iz posmrtnih ostataka, a kamoli naći neki trag koji bi policijskog inspektora Marina mogao dovesti do iznimno opreznog i lukavog ubojice. No kada kći jedne od najmoćnijih žena u američkoj politici postane žrtvom opakog serijskog ubojice, pritisak na doktoricu Scarpettu postat će neizdrživ. Od najtanjih niti indicija, gotovo nepostojećih dokaza, kontradiktornih činjenica i maglovitih sumnji Kay Scarpetta bit će prisiljena isplesti paukovu mrežu nadajući se da će biti dovoljno čvrsta da se ubojica uplete u nju.
Richmond, Virginie. Quatre femmes ont été torturées, violées, égorgées. Une femme noire et trois blanches. Rien, pas le moindre indice ne les relie entre elles, si ce n'est précisément l'assassin. Le docteur Scarpetta s'acharne à traquer le tueur en série. Il est intelligent, rusé et ne semble commettre aucune faute qui pourrait mettre les enquèteurs sur la voie. Elle sait qu'il n'arrètera pas. Si elle ne trouve pas très vite une piste pour remonter jusqu'à lui, une autre femme va mourir. Tout semble se liguer contre la police et Kay pour favoriser le tueur. Peu à peu, Kay Scarpetta commence à se sentir menacée. Postmortem remporte à sa sortie cinq prix internationaux parmi les plus prestigieux, notamment le prix Edgar Poe et le John Creasey Award, ainsi que le prix du Roman d'aventures.
After months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And, why is Beryl's latest manuscript missing? Persuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer - Beryl's jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta's high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence - clues that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination - that leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.