Why did syntax evolve in the first place?
The adaptationist story and the by-product story make different predictions about acquisition. Only one survives contact with the data.
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Syntax
Linguistics Linguistics Modern Syntax: Schools of Contemporary Syntactic Theory
Minimalism, HPSG, LFG and construction grammar, described by what each one refuses to give up.
Linguistics Modern Syntax: Timeline
From Syntactic Structures to the Minimalist Program, with the detours that mattered.