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Generally, generative grammar assumes that syntactic objects that merge are words or, more recently, inscriptions(e.g., Chomsky et al., 2023). However, certain phenomena seem difficult to explain within a system describing them as syntactic objects. This article introduces a new kind of syntactic object: the pointer. By using pointers, the structural burden of I-language is dramatically reduced as pointers only consist of an identifier and a lexical address. Because pointers target the underlying concepts of an entry, the inaccessibility of specific formal features dose not preclude Merge. This mecahnism explains how the system can merge entries even when their phonological or formal forms are “forgotten.” This article also argues for the existence of pre-linguistic ‘proto-thought’, which predates the evolution of I-language. This proto-thought provides the conceptual scaffolding necessary for further operations involving lexical selection and pointer-based operations.

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Problems of Merge with Words and Inscriptions
2.1. Problem 1: Too Complex to Merge
2.2. Problem 2: Nothing to Merge with
2.3. Problem 3: Distinguishing Two Identical Syntactic Objects
3. I-language and Pointers
3.1. Pointers in Language: A Miracle? Or a Co-option?
3.2. Lexical Precursor Cells and Roots
3.3. Pointer System: The Nature of Pointers
3.4. Thought and Proto-thought; IM and Copy
3.5. Pointer System: Merge and the Lexicon
3.6. Solving the Problems
4. Conclusion
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생성문법 내적 언어 병합 포인터 단어 어근 형태복제 generative grammar I-language Merge pointer word root FormCopy

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• Heung Taek Shin [ Pusan National University/Doctoral Graduate ]

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