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ABOUT THE BOOK

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About The Book

“Andrew Carnie's Syntax quickly became the standard textbook in generative syntax because it was neither overly technical nor artificially simple. The second edition is substantially better and more complete. The original discussion is expanded and there are a number of new chapters on advanced topics like raising and control, and the book continues to include chapters that introduce alternative theories like LFG and HPSG. To my mind, this is by far the best choice on the market today.” Peter Cole, University of Delaware

“The book is written in a reader-friendly way, and guides students to grasp complicated syntactic concepts and analyses.” The Linguist List (of the first edition)

Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the second edition of Carnie's Syntax provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in Principles and Parameters syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions.

Includes new and extended problem sets in every chapter, all of which have been annotated for level and skill type
Features three new chapters on advanced topics including vP shells, object shells, control, gapping and ellipsis and an additional chapter on advanced topics in binding
Offers a brief survey of both Lexical-Functional Grammar and Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Succeeds in strengthening the reader's foundational knowledge, and prepares them for more advanced study
Supported by an instructor's manual and online resources, including Powerpoint slides and problem sets.

Publication Details

9-781-4051-3384-5 paperback
400 pages
Format: 6.75 x 9.75 inches
Publication date: November 2006

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Sample Chapters

Chapter 1: Generative Grammar
Chapter 9: Head to Head Movement

Table of Contents


Preface and Acknowledgments
PART 1: PRELIMINARIES
1. Generative Grammar: 0. Preliminaries; 1. Syntax as a Cognitive Science; 2. Modeling Syntax; 3. Syntax as Science - the Scientific Method; An Example of the Scientific Method as Applied to Syntax; ASources of Data; 4. Where do the Rules Come From?; Learning vs. Acquisition; Innateness: Language as an Instinct; The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition; Other Arguments for UG; Explaining Language Variation; 5. Choosing among Theories about Syntax; 6. The Scientific Method and the Structure of this Textbook; 7. Summary; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
2. Parts of Speech.
: 0. Words and Why They Matter to Syntax; 1. Determining Part of Speech; The Problem of Traditional Definitions; Distributional Criteria; 2. The Major Parts of Speech: N, V, Adj, and Adv; Nouns; Verbs; Adjectives; Adverbs; 3. Open vs. Closed; Lexical vs. Functional; Open vs. Closed Parts of Speech; Lexical vs. Functional; Some Functional (Closed) Categories of English; Summary; 4. Subcategories and Features; Subcategories of Nouns; Subcategories of Verbs; 5. Summary; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
3. Constituency, Trees, and Rules.
: 0. Introduction; 1. Rules and Trees; Noun Phrases (NPs); Adjective Phrases (AdjPs) and Adverb Phrases (AdvPs); Prepositional Phrases (PPs); Verb Phrases (VPs); Clauses; Summary; 2. How to Draw a Tree; Bottom-up Trees; The Top-down Method of Drawing Trees; Bracketed Diagrams; 3. Modification and Ambiguity; 4. Constituency Tests; 5. Summary and Conclusion; Appendix: How to do Foreign Language PSR Problems; A1. Doing problems with word-by-word glosses; A2. Doing problems without word-by-word glosses; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
4. Structural Relations.
: 0. Introduction; 1. The Parts of a Tree; 2. Domination; Domination; Exhaustive Domination; Immediate Domination; 3. Precedence; 4. C-command; 5. Grammatical Relations; 6. Summary and Conclusions; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
5. Binding Theory.
: 0. Introduction; 1. The Notions Coindex and Antecedent; 2. Binding; 3. Locality Conditions on the Binding of Anaphors; 4. The Distribution of Pronouns; 5. The Distribution of R-expressions; 6. Conclusion; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
PART 2: THE BASE
6. X-bar Theory.
: 0. Introduction; 1. Bar-level Projections; V-bar; Adj-bar and Adv-bar; P-bar; 2. Generalizing the Rules: The X-bar Schema; 3. Complements, Adjuncts, and Specifiers; Complements and Adjuncts in NPs; Complements and Adjuncts in VPs, AdjPs, AdvPs, and PPs; The Notion Specifier; 4. Some Definitional Housekeeping; 5. Parameters of Word Order; 6. Drawing Trees in X-bar Notation; Important Considerations in Tree Drawing; A Sample Tree; 7. X-bar Theory: A Summary; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
7. Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories.
: 0. Introduction; 1. Determiner Phrases (DPs); 2. A Descriptive Tangent into Clause Types; 3. Complementizer Phrases (CPs); 4. Tense Phrases (TPs); 5. CP, TP, DP tree; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
8. Constraining X-bar Theory: The Lexicon.
: 0. Introduction; 1. Some Basic Terminology; 2. Thematic Relations and Theta Roles; 3. The Lexicon; 4. Expletives and the Extended Projection Principle; 5. Summary; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
PART 3: MOVEMENT
9. Head-to-Head Movement.: 0. Introduction; 1. Verb Movement (V –> T); French; Irish; 2. T Movement (T –> C); 3. Do-support; 4. Multiple Auxiliaries and Affix-hopping in English; Multiple Auxiliaries; Affix-hopping; 5. Summary; Appendix: Tests for Determining if a Language has V –> T or Affix Lowering; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
10. DP Movement.: 0. Introduction; 1. A Puzzle for the Theory of Theta Roles; 2. Passives; 3. Case; 4. Raising: Reprise; 5. Passives: Reprise; 6. Closing Up a Loose End; 7. Conclusion; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
11. Wh-movement.: 0. Introduction; 1. Movement in Wh-questions; 2. Islands; 3. The Minimal Link Condition; Wh-islands and the Minimal Link Condition; The MLC in DP Movement and Head Movement; 4. Echo Questions (Wh-in-situ) in English; 5. Conclusion; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
12. A Unified Theory of Movement.: 0. Introduction; 1. Move; 2. Explaining Cross-linguistic Differences; 3. Scope, Covert Movement, and The MLC; MLC Effects in Wh-in-situ Languages; English Quantifiers and Scope; 4. Conclusion; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
PART 4: ADVANCED TOPICS
13. Expanded VPs.: 0. Introduction; 1. The Problem of Ditransitive Verbs; 2. Light Verbs; 3. Object Shift; 4. Ditransitives: Reprise; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
14. Raising, Control, and Empty Categories.: 0. Introduction; 1. Raising vs. Control; Two Kinds of Theta Grids for Main Predicates; Distinguishing Raising from Control; What is PRO?; 2. Two Kinds of Raising, Two Kinds of Control; Two Kinds of Raising; Two Kinds of Control; Summary of Predicate Types; 3. Control Theory; 4. Another Kind of Null Subject: “Little” pro; 5. Summary; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
15. Advanced Topics in Binding Theory.: 0. A Quick Review of Chapter 5 Binding Theory; 1. Levels of Representation; 2. The Definition of Binding Domain; A Miscellany of Domain Violations; Anaphors; Pronouns; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Sets; Challenge Problem Sets
PART 5: ALTERNATIVES
16. Lexical-Functional Grammar.: 0. Alternative Theories; 1. C-structure; 2. Functions; 3. The Lexicon; 4. F-structure; Why F-structures?; 5. Assorted Phenomena; Head Mobility; Passives; Raising and Control; Wh-movement: Long Distance Dependencies; 6. Conclusion; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Set; Challenge Problem Sets
17. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar.: 0. Introduction; 1. Features; 2. The Lexicon; 3. Rules, Features, and Trees; 4. Binding; 5. Long Distance Dependencies; Ideas Introduced in this Chapter; Further Reading; General Problem Set; Challenge Problem Sets; Conclusions and Directions for Further Study.
References
Index.