Syntactic Theory
2nd Edition
Published on 23. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-230-24394-1 (ISBN)
Description
Clear, practical and accessible, Syntactic Theory introduces students to theory building and evaluation through Government-Binding Theory. Now fully updated, this second edition features new chapters on the Minimalist Program, expanded chapters on Phrase Structure and Functional Categories and extensively revised end-of-chapter exercises.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a highly recommendable book. It elegantly introduces generative grammar as an empirical science. Written in a clear and friendly tone, it is extremely readable and makes complicated linguistic theory accessible to students' - Ken Ramshoj Christensen, Aarhus University, DenmarkMore details
Series
Edition
2nd ed. 2011
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-24394-1 (9780230243941)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-34531-7
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
GEOFFREY POOLE Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of various articles on phrase structure and conditions of movement.
Content
Introduction.- 1. Phrase Structure and Constituency.- 2. X'-Theory and Functional Categories.- 3. ?-Theory and Case Theory.- 4. Introduction to Binding Theory.- 5. Movement and Chains.- 6. Logical Form.- 7. Empty Categories and their Constraints.- 8. Towards the Minimalist Program: Clause Structure Revisited.- 9. Towards the Minimalist Program: Movement Revisited.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.