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In [[minimalism]], '''Merge''' is the structure-building operation. It takes two elements from the [[numeration]], combines them and assigns a [[label]] to the structure thus formed; the label is identical to one of the elements that are merged.

===Example===
Take for instance Merge of a [[direct object]] with a verb:

/\
Merge / \
build + airplanes -------> build airplaines

build
/\
label assignment / \
----------------> build airplaines

The label determines the syntactic properties of this structure; in this sense, the label is equivalent to the notion of [[projection]]. The trees are shorthand for set-theoretic notations: (i) is shorthand for (ii):

(i) build (ii) {build, {build, airplanes}}
/\
/ \
build airplaines

===Comments===

Chomsky uses the term [[substition]] for instances of Merge that are not [[adjunction]]. [[Adjunct]]s are also attached by means of Merge; the difference with non-adjunction structures is reflected in slightly different notations; adjunction of A to B results in:

{<B,B>, {A,B}} (Chomsky 1995)

or:

{B, <A,B>} (Chomsky 1998)

Chomsky (1998) proposes to make label assigment dependent on the selection properties of the elements that are being merged. In the case of substitution, the selector always projects. In adjunction structures, the element that projects is the one that is being adjoined to.

===Link===
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/Uil-OTS/Lexicon/ Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

===References===
*{{:Chomsky 1993}}
*{{:Chomsky 1995}}
*{{:Chomsky 1998}}

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 Chomsky uses the term [[substition]] for instances of Merge that are not [[adjunction]]. [[Adjunct]]s are also attached by means of Merge; the difference with non-adjunction structures is reflected in slightly different notations; adjunction of A to B results in:
-{<B,B>, {A,B}} (Chomsky 1995)
+<b>{<B,</b><b>B</b><b>>, {A,B}} (Chomsky 1995)
 or:
-{B, <A,B>} (Chomsky 1998)
+{B, <A,B>} (Chomsky 1998) </b>
 Chomsky (1998) proposes to make label assigment dependent on the selection properties of the elements that are being merged. In the case of substitution, the selector always projects. In adjunction structures, the element that projects is the one that is being adjoined to.

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