Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

1965. Second printing. x, 251pp. Avram Noam Chomsky (born 1928) is an American professor and intellectual, best known for his work in linguistics and social criticism. In Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, he presents a deeper, more extensive reformulation of transformational generative grammar, a new kind of syntactic theory that he had introduced in the 1950s with the publication of his first book, Syntactic Structures. The work is widely considered to be the foundational document and a proper articulation of Chomskyan theoretical framework of linguistics. The book is bound in the original dark blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with light soiling and light bumping to the spine ends and top corners. The front panel of the wrapper is green and the spine is blue, but we are uncertain if this is as printed or the result of fading. A small piece is missing from the top front spine corner and there are a few unrepaired tears of up to about 1/2" on the top edge.…