제1장 최소주의(Minimalism) ···················· 1
1.1 최소주의 프로그램 ································································ 1
1.2 최소주의 그 큰 그림 ····························································· 3
1.2.1 최소주의의 연구 대상 ······························································· 3
1.2.2 최소주의 작업 가설 ·································································· 9
1.3 보이는 것을 너머 ································································ 17
1.4 일곱 가지 조건 ···································································· 22

제2장 병합: Merge에서 MERGE로 ·········· 26
2.1 병합(Merge) ······································································· 26
2.2 작업 공간, 외부 병합, 내부 병합 ······································ 31
2.3 Merge에서 MERGE로 ························································ 39
2.4 MERGE의 적법성: 결정성과 작업 공간 원소 제한 ········ 47
2.5 MERGE의 쟁점들: 쌍 병합(Pair-Merge)를 중심으로 ···· 55
2.6 병합의 비용 ··········································································· 63

제3장 일치, 국면, 전이, 자질 상속 ······ 69
3.1 자질의 해석성 ····································································· 69
3.2 일치(AGREE) ······································································ 75
3.3 국면과 전이(TRANSFER) ················································· 80
3.4 TRANSFER의 쟁점들 ························································ 84
3.5 국면의 형상 ········································································· 97
3.6 명사구의 형상 ··································································· 101
3.7 일치 자질과 자질 상속 ···················································· 104

제4장 표찰 이론(Labeling Theory) ········· 108
4.1 표찰 알고리즘(Labeling Algorithm) ······························ 108
4.2 쟁점들 ················································································ 115
4.2.1 공유 자질로의 표찰화 문제 ················································ 115
4.2.2 규칙 적용 순서의 문제 ······················································· 122
4.2.3 복사체 비가시성의 문제 ····················································· 129

제5장 최소주의와 한국어 ···················· 132
5.1 일치와 한국어 ··································································· 132
5.2 격과 한국어 ······································································· 135
5.2.1 격 자질과 한국어 ································································ 135
5.2.2 한국어와 (소위) 격 조사 ··················································· 139iii
5.2.3 정보 구조와 한국어 ····························································· 142
5.3 한국어 연구의 뼈대: 꼬리들의 전쟁 ······························· 149
5.3.1 명사 소사 ············································································· 149
5.3.2 어미 ······················································································· 155

제6장 Chomsky et al. (2019) 쟁점 ········· 158
6.1 Introduction ········································································ 158
6.2 Basic Properties of I-language ············································· 162
6.3 Operations and Constraints ·················································· 169
6.4 Interfaces ·············································································· 173
6.5 Open Questions and Future Directions ······························· 178

제7장 최소주의 전망 ···························· 183
7.1 생성 문법 전망 ································································· 183
7.2 한국의 생성 문법과 언어학 전망 ···································· 187
7.2.1 한국의 생성 문법 ·································································· 187
7.2.2 한국의 언어학 ······································································· 190