Syntactic theory and the structure of English: A mimimalist approach: Andrew Radford, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xii + 558 pp. (including workbook sections and a glossary of linguistic terms). Published alongside an abridged version called Syntax: A minimalist introduction, covering the same range of topics; the longer version (containing “twice as much text material and three times as much exercise material (as well as a slightly extended glossary and bibliography)”, p. xii) is reviewed here