Linguistic Inquiry Monographs

These monographs present new and original research beyond the scope of the article. We hope they will benefit our field by bringing to it perspectives that will stimulate further research and insight. Originally published in limited edition, the Linguistic Inquiry Monographs are now more widely available. This change is due to the great interest engendered by the series and by the needs of a growing readership.

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When Arguments Merge

by Elise Newman

ISBN: 9780262549103

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 15, 2024

A novel theory of argument structure based on the order in which verbs and their arguments combine across a variety of languages and language families.

Principles of Argument Structure

A Merge-Based Approach

by Chris Collins

ISBN: 9780262548274

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 17, 2024

A new theory of argument structure, based on the syntactic operation Merge and presented through an in-depth analysis of properties of the English passive construction.

On Linearization

Toward a Restrictive Theory

by Guglielmo Cinque

ISBN: 9780262544955

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 7, 2023

The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.

Syntax in the Treetops

by Shigeru Miyagawa

ISBN: 9780262543491

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 3, 2022

A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.

A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control

by Idan Landau

ISBN: 9780262542852

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 19, 2021

A novel, systematic theory of adjunct control, explaining how and why adjuncts shift between obligatory and nonobligatory control.

Merge

Binarity in (Multidominant) Syntax

by Barbara Citko and Martina Gračanin-Yuksek

ISBN: 9780262539869

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 2, 2021

An argument that Merge is binary but its binarity refers to syntactic positions rather than objects.

A Theory of Indexical Shift

Meaning, Grammar, and Crosslinguistic Variation

by Amy Rose Deal

ISBN: 9780262539210

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 13, 2020

A comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift that develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages.

Probes and Their Horizons

by Stefan Keine

ISBN: 9780262538275

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 25, 2020

A comprehensive theory of selective opacity effects—configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others—within a Minimalist framework.