Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English / Edition 2

by Andrew Radford

Overview

Andrew Radford's latest textbook provides a concise, accessible introduction to current work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntactic theory, Radford leads students through a diverse range of topics in English syntax. Each chapter contains a workbook section, in which students are encouraged to make their own analysis of English phrases and sentences through exercises, model answers, and "helpful hints". There is also an extensive glossary of terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521834971
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/27/2004
Series:	Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Andrew Radford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex.

Table of Contents

1. Principles, parameters and universal grammar; 2. Categories and features; 3. Syntactic structure and merger; 4. Null constituents; 5. Head movement; 6. Wh-movement; 7. A-movement; 8. Case, agreement and movement; 9. Split projections; 10. Phases.