• Title: When Arguments Merge
• Author(s) Elise Newman
• Publisher: The MIT Press (October 15, 2024); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 230 pages
• eBook: PDF and PDF Files
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262549107
• ISBN-13: 978-0262549103
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Book Description

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. Merge is the structure-building operation in Chomsky's Minimalist Program.

• Elise Newman is Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT.

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