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The minimalist program

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The minimalist program. By Chomsky Noam, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Robert Freidin
Robert Freidin*
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Princeton, University
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Department of Philosophy, 1879 Hall, Princeton, University Princeton, NJ 08544-1006 [bob@clarity.princeton.edu]
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Language , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 571 - 582
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Copyright © 1997 Linguistic Society of America

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