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).

He has over 15 years teaching experience, including positions at the MIT, Harvard , Michigan , Calgary and Toronto . His linguistic interests center primarily on Chomskyan syntax, semantics, phrase structure, copular constructions, predication theory, VSO order, and Celtic languages (Irish in particular).

For further details of courses taught, course materials and a full curriculum vitae, visit Andrew Carnie's homepage.