A Course in Minimalist Syntax: Foundations and Prospects

Uriagereka, Juan,Lasnik, Howard

ISBN 10: 0631199888 / ISBN 13: 9780631199885

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Course in Minimalist Syntax: Foundations and Prospects
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631199888
• ISBN 13: 9780631199885
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A Course in Minimalist Syntax is a straightforward and detailed introduction to essential topics in the minimalist program, designed for students and scholars alike.

• maintains an informal tone for students yet also contains enough fresh material to appeal to specialists
  
• provides a natural extension of the classroom approach to linguistics, showing readers a new way of approaching syntax by thinking in minimalist terms
  
• written by two prominent syntax researchers, the authors of the classic A Course in GB Syntax, Howard Lasnik and Juan Uriagereka

About the Author

Howard Lasnik is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. His publications include Essays on Anaphora (1989), Minimalist Syntax (Blackwell, 1999), and Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory (2003).

Juan Uriagereka is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, and is author of A Course in GB Syntax (with Howard Lasnik, 1988) and Rhyme and Reason: An Introduction to Minimalist Syntax (1998).

Cedrick Boeckx is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. He is the author of Islands and Chains (2003) and Multiple Wh-fronting (edited with K. K. Grohmann, 2003).