Syntax: A Generative Introduction - Softcover

Carnie, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405133848 ISBN 13: 9781405133845

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the second edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in Principles and Parameters syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions.

• Includes new and extended problem sets in every chapter, all of which have been annotated for level and skill type
• Features three new chapters on advanced topics including vP shells, object shells, control, gapping and ellipsis and an additional chapter on advanced topics in binding
• Offers a brief survey of both Lexical-Functional Grammar and Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
• Succeeds in strengthening the reader's foundational knowledge, and prepares them for more advanced study
• Supported by an instructor's manual and online resources for students and instructors, available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the new edition of Syntax provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in Principles and Parameters syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, binding, movement, and locality conditions. Unique among syntax texts, this book also contains short chapters on both HPSG and LFG.

Syntax succeeds in strengthening the foundational knowledge of its readers, preparing them for more advanced study.

The fully revised second edition includes:

• Extended discussion in the foundational chapters, including many more sample trees
• New and extended problem sets in every chapter, all of which have been annotated for level and skill type
• A new foundational chapter on parts of speech
• Three new chapters on advanced topics including vP shells, object shift, gapping and ellipsis, control, and an additional chapter on advanced topics in binding

Syntax, Second Edition is supported by an instructor’s manual and online resources for students and instructors, available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie.

About the Author:

Andrew Carnie is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is the editor of several books including Verb First (2005), Formal Approaches to Function (2003), and The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405133848
• ISBN 13: 9781405133845
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512