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An overview of the development and character of Operator Grammar, grammars of sublanguages, and the theory of linguistic information. The nature of language imposes an obligation to seek a 'least grammar' (hence, "minimalist") using only those metalinguistic resources which are intrinsic to language.
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This essay surveys results in A grammar of English on mathematical principles (1982), A theory of language and information (1991), and The form of information in science (1989). It aims to dispel prevalent misconceptions about this work.
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This page is a summary of: A minimalist program for linguistics, Historiographia Linguistica, January 1993, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/hl.20.2-3.06nev.
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