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Hacken, Pius ten. The Nature, Use, and Origin of Explanatory Adequacy. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WS8R6X

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TitleThe Nature, Use, and Origin of Explanatory Adequacy
PublisherUniversitätsverlag Potsdam
NameHacken, Pius ten (Author)
Date Created2006
SubjectSyntax, Minimalist program, Minimalist theory (Linguistics), Optimality theory (Linguistics), Chomskyan linguistics, Levels of adequacy, Research program
Extent24 p.
DescriptionIf we want to compare the explanatory and descriptive adequacy of the MP and OT, the original definitions by Chomsky (1964) are or little direct use. However, a relativized version of both notions can be defined, which can be used to express a number of parallels between the study of individual I-languages and the language faculty. In any version of explanatory and descriptive adequacy, the two notions derive from the research programme and can only be achieved together. They can therefore not be used to characterize the difference in orientation between OT and the MP. Even if ‘OT’ is restricted to a particular theory in Chomskyan linguistics (to the exclusion of, for instance, its use in LFG), it cannot be said to be stronger in descriptive adequacy than in explanatory adequacy in the technical sense of these terms.
NoteThe definitive version of this paper is published in Linguistics in Potsdam 25 (2006).
NoteHacken, P. (2006). The Nature, Use and Origin of Explanatory Adequacy. In H. Broekhuis & R. Vogel (Eds), Linguistics in Potsdam 25. Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A possible Convergence? Potsdam : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
GenreBook Chapter
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WS8R6X
LanguageEnglish
CollectionRutgers Optimality Archive
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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