Syntactic Theory

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures and Tables......Page 10
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 11
Preface to the First Edition......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
 1.1 The scientific study of language......Page 16
 1.2 The competence/performance distinction......Page 18
 1.3 Some simple approaches to grammaticality judgements......Page 22
 1.4 Language acquisition and universal grammar......Page 26
 1.5 Description and explanation: the case of structure-dependent rules......Page 29
 1.6 Introduction to the book......Page 33
 2.1 A simple starting point......Page 36
 2.2 Constituency......Page 42
 2.3 The elements of a phrase-structure tree and their relations......Page 46
 2.4 Are two levels enough?......Page 50
 2.5 Constituency tests: more applications and case studies......Page 61
 3.1 Introduction to X\'-Theory......Page 76
 3.2 Inside the XP......Page 77
 3.3 Functional categories......Page 81
 3.4 Coordination and X\'-Theory......Page 94
 3.5 Head-initial and head-final languages......Page 96
4 θ-Theory and Case Theory......Page 103
 4.1 An introduction to argument structure......Page 104
 4.2 θ-roles......Page 105
 4.3 Morphological case......Page 112
 4.4 Morphological case vs abstract case......Page 114
 4.5 Exceptional case marking......Page 119
 4.6 The Case Filter......Page 123
 4.7 The visibility condition: an improvement on the Case Filter?......Page 125
5 Introduction to Binding Theory......Page 134
 5.1 Anaphors and Principle A......Page 135
 5.2 Pronouns and Principle B......Page 152
 5.3 R-expressions and Principle C......Page 156
6 Movement and Chains......Page 165
 6.1 Transformations: an introduction......Page 166
 6.2 Wh-movement: subjacency and successive cyclicity......Page 171
 6.3 More evidence for successive cyclicity......Page 180
 6.4 Subjacency and the analysis of relative clauses......Page 183
 6.5 More transformations: passive and raising......Page 187
 6.6 Levels of application of principles......Page 191
 6.7 Chains......Page 192
7 Logical Form......Page 203
 7.1 Wh-movement in the LF component......Page 205
 7.2 Quantifier raising: another LF transformation......Page 216
 7.3 LF A-movement: expletive replacement......Page 231
 8.1 Binding Theory: a recap and (minor) reformulation......Page 242
 8.2 The Binding Theory status of DP-trace......Page 243
 8.3 The Binding Theory status of wh-trace......Page 245
 8.4 The search for null pronouns......Page 247
 8.5 [+ a, +p] revealed!......Page 250
 8.6 Interlude: a note on Plato’s Problem......Page 254
 8.7 The Empty Category Principle......Page 255
 8.8 From government to proper government......Page 258
 8.9 Subjacency vs the ECP......Page 264
 8.10 Adjuncts and antecedent government......Page 265
 8.11 Summary of the ECP......Page 270
 8.12 Relativized minimality: an introduction......Page 271
9 Towards the Minimalist Program: Clause Structure Revisited......Page 280
 9.1 The VP-internal subject hypothesis......Page 281
 9.2 More on the VP: double object verbs, VP-shells and light verbs......Page 286
 9.3 vP and Accusative Case assignment......Page 295
 9.4 From IP to TP......Page 301
 9.5 Rizzi (1997) and the ‘cartographic’ approach to CP......Page 302
 10.1 The copy theory of movement......Page 314
 10.2 A movement analysis of control......Page 322
 10.3 Introduction to verb movement......Page 334
Notes......Page 347
References......Page 351
Index......Page 355