Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction

✍ Scribed by Andrew Radford

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 294
• Edition: abridged edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook is a concise, readable introduction to current work in syntactic theory, particularly to Chomsky's Minimalist program. It gives an overview of theoretical concepts and descriptive devices. The discussion is based on varieties of English (Modern Standard, Belfast, Shakespearean, Jamaican Creole) and does not assume prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a glossary. It is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach (CUP, 1997).

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1 Grammar......Page 12
2 Categories......Page 40
3 Structure......Page 72
4 Empty categories......Page 93
5 Head movement......Page 117
6 Operator movement......Page 141
7 Subjects......Page 162
8 A movement......Page 186
9 VP shells......Page 209
10 Agreement projections......Page 234
Glossary and list of abbreviations......Page 263
References......Page 287
Index......Page 290

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Синтаксис;