An Introduction to English Sentence Structure

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Keyfeatures......Page 10
Companionvolume......Page 11
Dedication......Page 12
1.2 Traditional grammar: Categories and functions......Page 13
1.3 Universal Grammar......Page 23
1.4 The Language Faculty......Page 27
1.5 Principles of Universal Grammar......Page 31
1.6 Parameters......Page 34
1.7 Parameter-setting......Page 38
1.8 Summary......Page 42
1.9 Bibliographical background......Page 44
2.2 Phrases......Page 51
2.3 Clauses......Page 56
2.4 Clauses containing complementisers......Page 61
2.5 Testing structure......Page 63
2.6 Structural relations and the syntax of polarity items......Page 70
2.7 The c-command condition on binding......Page 74
2.8 Bare phrase structure......Page 76
2.9 Summary......Page 78
2.10 Bibliographical background......Page 81
3.2 Null subjects......Page 93
3.3 Null auxiliaries......Page 98
3.4 Null T in finite clauses......Page 101
3.5 Null T in infinitive clauses......Page 106
3.6 Null C in finite clauses......Page 108
3.7 Null C in infinitive clauses......Page 113
3.8 Defective clauses......Page 117
3.9 Null determiners and quantifiers......Page 120
3.10 Summary......Page 123
3.11 Bibliographical background......Page 125
4.2 T-to-C movement......Page 132
4.3 Movement as copying and deletion......Page 135
4.4 V-to-T movement......Page 140
4.5 Head movement......Page 144
4.6 Auxiliary Raising......Page 146
4.7 Another look at negation......Page 149
4.8 do-support......Page 152
4.9 Summary......Page 156
4.10 Bibliographical background......Page 158
5.2 Wh-questions......Page 164
5.3 Wh-movement as copying and deletion......Page 167
5.4 Driving wh-movement and auxiliary inversion......Page 173
5.5 Pied-piping of material in the domain of a wh-word......Page 177
5.6 Pied-piping of a superordinate preposition......Page 183
5.7 Long-distance wh-movement......Page 186
5.8 Multiple wh-questions......Page 194
5.9 Summary......Page 197
5.10 Bibliographical background......Page 200
6.2 Subjects in Belfast English......Page 208
6.3 Idioms......Page 211
6.4 Argument structure and theta-roles......Page 213
6.5 Unaccusative predicates......Page 217
6.6 Passive predicates......Page 223
6.7 Long-distance passivisation......Page 227
6.8 Raising......Page 231
6.9 Comparing raising and control predicates......Page 233
6.10 Summary......Page 239
6.11 Bibliographical background......Page 241
7.2 Agreement......Page 249
7.3 Feature Valuation......Page 252
7.4 Uninterpretable features and Feature Deletion......Page 254
7.5 Expletive it subjects......Page 258
7.6 Expletive there subjects......Page 263
7.7 Agreement and A-movement......Page 270
7.8 EPP and agreement in control infinitives......Page 273
7.9 EPP and person agreement in defective clauses......Page 274
7.10 Defective clauses with expletive subjects......Page 279
7.11 Summary......Page 284
7.12 Bibliographical background......Page 286
8.2 Split CP: Force, Topic and Focus projections......Page 291
8.3 Split TP: Aspect and Mood projections......Page 299
8.4 Split VP: Transitive ergative structures......Page 304
8.5 Split VP: Other transitive structures......Page 310
8.6 Split VP: Unaccusative structures......Page 316
8.7 Split VP: Passive and raising structures......Page 322
8.8 Summary......Page 325
8.9 Bibliographical background......Page 328
9.2 Phases......Page 335
9.3 Intransitive and defective clauses......Page 339
9.4 Phases and A-bar movement......Page 342
9.5 A-bar movement in transitive clauses......Page 346
9.6 Uninterpretable features and feature inheritance......Page 352
9.7 Independent probes......Page 358
9.8 Subject questions......Page 367
9.9 More on subextraction......Page 371
9.10 Summary......Page 374
9.11 Bibliographical background......Page 375
Glossaryand list of abbreviations......Page 382
References......Page 422
Index......Page 447