The central idea of Dynamic Antisymmetry is that movement and phrase                  structure are not independent properties of grammar; more specifically, that                  movement is triggered by the geometry of phrase structure. Assuming a minimalist                  framework, movement is traced back to the necessity for natural language to organize                  words in linear order at the interface with the perceptual-articulatory                  module.Andrea Moro uses this innovative perspective to analyze several empirical                  domains, focusing on small clauses, split wh-movement, and clitic constructions. In                  a final speculative chapter, he examines the general consequences for the design of                  grammar implied by Dynamic Antisymmetry.The book is self-contained, with a synopsis                  of current theories of movement and a synthetic presentation of the theory of                  antisymmetry. An appendix presents the essentials of a unified theory of copular                  sentences, which plays a central role in the argument and has several important                  consequences for syntax, for example, for expletives and locality.Linguistic Inquiry                  Monograph No. 38

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