Syntax: A Generative Introduction (Introducing Linguistics)

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions.

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• Walks the student through complicated analyses, pointing out common mistakes and how to avoid them
  
• Includes extensive foreign language examples and exercises
  
• Contains exercises designed both to cement foundational knowledge and to take the student to the next level
  
• Accompanied by a supplementary website with sample problems, chapter summaries and relevant links: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie

Andrew Carnie is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is co-moderator, with Helen Dry and Anthony Aristar, of the Linguist List, and is co-editor, with Eithne Guilfoyle, of The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (2000).