Chapter 3: Minimalist assumptions on negation in Biblical Hebrew syntax

Abstract

From text: In this chapter, section 3.1.1 will provide a brief background on the major assumptions of Minimalist Syntax. Section 3.1.2 discusses the structure-building mechanism in Minimalist Syntax. Reference is also
made to the different types of features with a discussion on interpretable and uninterpretable features. In section 3.1.3 the procedure of checking these interpretable and uninterpretable features is discussed, with a brief
reference to the economy principles applicable to feature-checking. In 3.2 a typical BH sentence is derived exemplifying the procedure of featurechecking. Negation within generative syntax is discussed in section 3.3.
References will be made to negation in a number of languages in 3.3.1. Section 3.3.2 will determine whether the negative ??? l?) represents a lexical or functional category. In 3.3.3 and 3.3.4 a discussion on the position of the
negative  ??? l?) in the negative phrase (NegP) and the position of the NegP in the syntactic structure will follow. In section 3.4 a discussion on the phenomenon of scope will follow.