This work covers the principles and parameters theory of syntax. The aim of the textbook is to take students from a basic knowledge of syntax up to the point where they are able to read the primary research literature and understand the latest theoretical developments. It provides a brief introduction to the minimalist programme, and the intent is to give students enough knowledge of pre-minimalist theory so that they can progress from it to the minimalist literature. It brings together the central concepts of universal grammar with recent work, reviewing these principles across language boundaries. Each section includes exercises, details of further reading and an appendix covering more technical points of the chapter.
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978-0-340-67659-2 (9780340676592)
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Part 1 Universal grammar: language universals; approaching universals inductively - word-order correlations; approaching universals deductively; principles and parameters. Part 2 X-bar theory: problems with earlier PS-rule systems; the categorial component; hierarchical structure and linear order. Part 3 Head movement: inversion; V-to-I movement; constraining and triggering head-movement. Part 4 Case theory: preliminaries - basic concepts of lexical structure; the distribution of overt NPs; rules for case-assignment; case and category; the modes of case-assignment. Part 5 NP-movement: passives; unaccusatives; raising. Part 6 Binding theory: reflexives and reciprocals; pronouns; PRO; R-expressions; traces and binding theory; long distance anaphora. Part 7 The empty category principle: background - island phenomena and subjacency; COMP-trace effects; long extraction of complements and non-complements; NP-traces and the EPC - superraising; head traces and the EPC; head-government, agreement and COMP-trace effects. Part 8 The null subject parameter: empty subjects of tensed clauses; free inversion and COMP-trace effects; evidence from Italian and Arabic dialects; null objects; other cases of pro. Part 9 Extensions of parameter theory: first-language acquisition; second-language acquisition; diachronic syntax. Part 10 Issues in the theory of parameters: how are parameters set - the question of learnability; the form of parameters; the functions of parameters.
