Download or read book Linguistic Minimalism written by Cedric Boeckx and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minimalist Program for linguistic theory is Noam Chomsky's boldest and most radical version of his naturalistic approach to language. Cedric Boeckx examines its foundations, explains its underlying philosophy, exemplifies its methods, and considers the significance of its empirical results.