Lectures on government and binding

Title Page......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
1 Outline of the theory of core grammar......Page 11
2.1 Levels of representation......Page 27
2.2 LF-representation and θ-theory (1)......Page 44
2.3 The categorial component and the theories of case and government......Page 58
2.4.1 Trace and PRO......Page 65
2.4.2 Further properties of PRO......Page 74
2.4.3 Control theory......Page 84
2.4.4 Trace and bounding theory......Page 89
2.4.5 The evolution of the notion \"trace\" in transformational generative grammar......Page 95
2.5 The Base......Page 102
2.6 LF-representation and θ-theory (2)......Page 111
2.7 Some remarks on the passive construction......Page 127
2.8 Configurational and non-configurational languages......Page 137
2.9 Modules of grammar......Page 145
Notes......Page 148
3.1 The OB-framework......Page 163
3.2 The GB-framework......Page 171
3.2.1 The concept of government......Page 172
3.2.2 Case theory and θ-roles......Page 180
3.2.3 The theory of binding......Page 193
Notes......Page 232
4.1 NIC and RES(NIC)......Page 241
4.2 Basic Properties of RES(NIC)......Page 243
4.3 The pro-drop parameter (1)......Page 250
4.4 The empty category principle (ECP)......Page 258
4.5 The pro-drop parameter (2)......Page 263
4.6 Recoverability and clitics......Page 285
Notes......Page 288
5.1 The theory of indexing......Page 295
5.2 Prepositional phrases......Page 299
5.3 Modifications of the ECP......Page 310
Notes......Page 324
6 Empty categories and the rule move-α......Page 331
Notes......Page 354
Bibliography......Page 357
Index of Names......Page 365
General Index......Page 369