Question

Specific term required; various word forms are acceptable. A search algorithm named for this word labels syntactic objects, per the 2013 paper “Problems of Projection.” Luigi Rizzi proposed a “relativized” (10[1])version of a concept named for this word, which is the idea that an element A only governs B if there is no intervening potential governor. A “strong thesis” named for this word proposes that language (10[1])is an optimal solution to the problem of associating sound and meaning. A 1993 paper introduced a framework named for this word (-5[1])that is based (10[1])on a small set of basic operations, (-5[1])including Merge, (10[1])and uses (-5[1])bare phrase (10[2])structure (10[1]-5[1])to replace X-bar theory. (10[1])Two words with (-5[1])exactly one differing phoneme (10[2])are this sort of “pair.” (10[4]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])a framework (10[1])that aims to reduce the amount of theoretical (10[1])apparatus required to explain language was dubbed what type of “program” (10[1])by Noam Chomsky? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: minimalist [or minimalism; or minimum; or minima; accept minimal search; accept Relativized Minimality; accept Strong Minimalist Thesis; accept minimal pair; accept Minimalist Program]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2396%0%26%114.86

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacky XuCornell AToronto B2910
Jem BurchYaleWaterloo B6510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AUC Berkeley A87-5
Liam KusalikWaterloo AColumbia A9010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateTexas97-5
Crow HeNorth Carolina BVirginia9910
John MarvinChicago ANorthwestern101-5
John ChenBritish ColumbiaOttawa10310
Ben WismathToronto CJohns Hopkins10310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BNYU104-5
Ezra SantosChicago BGeorgia Tech10410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AIndiana10810
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateWUSTL B111-5
Orion KellerVirginia TechMinnesota11510
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ARutgers11510
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEFlorida12010
Nathan SheffieldMITHarvard12010
Michał GerasimiukStanfordIllinois A12010
Henry BonWinona StateMaryland12010
Skand ParvatikarArizona StatePenn State120-5
Todd MaslykMichiganUCF12310
Cade ReinbergerRITOhio State12510
June YinWUSTL BGeorgia State13310
Owen MimnoNYUUC Berkeley B14410
Chris SimsNorthwesternChicago A14710
Jisoo YooTexasIowa State14810
Yash MandaviaIllinois BVanderbilt1480
Teigue KellyPenn StateArizona State14810
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWUSTL A14810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltIllinois B1480