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Labelling Algorithm and Multiple Specifiers

Recently, Chomsky (2013, 2015) has abandoned the concept of the endocentricity of phrase, which has been taken as a near axiom in the tradition of phrase structure theory. Instead, he proposes an algorithm for labelling (LA; labelling algorithm) by taking it away from the Merge operation. This, in effect, is a measure for solving the so-called specifier problem a la Adger 2012, and then enable novel explanation of the non-existence of specifiers. Paradoxically, we will see in this paper that\ Chomsky’s (2013, 2015) effective elimination of specifiers not only renders the configuration of multiple specifiers possible, but also helps us to try simpler explanation of them.