Carnie The Syntax Workbook

A Companion to Carnie's Syntax
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-35283-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Introducing Linguistics

The Syntax Workbook was written as a response to thestudents and instructors who, over the years, have requested moreproblem sets that give greater experience in analyzing syntacticstructure. Aligned chapter-by-chapter with Carnie'sbestselling textbook, this workbook provides over 120 new exerciseson all of the major topics in generative syntax.
* An all-new workbook to accompany the bestselling syntaxtextbook, Syntax: A Generative Introduction, which answersthe need for a practical text in this field
* Features over 120 problem sets with answers, designed to givestudents greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure
* Exercises and topics covered includes phrase structure, thelexicon, Case theory, ellipsis, auxiliaries, movement, covertmovement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control
* Supported by expanded online studentand instructorresources, including extra chapters on HPSG, LFG andtime-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets,PowerPoint slides, and an instructors' manual
* Structured to reflect the style and chapter-by-chapter coverageof the textbook, but its practical, reader-friendly layout alsomakes it suitable for use as a stand-alone Workbook

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carnie, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Welcome 1
Part 1 Preliminaries 3
1 Generative Grammar 5
2 Parts of Speech 13
3 Constituency, Trees, and Rules 20
4 Structural Relations 39
5 Binding Theory 46
Part 2 The Base 51
6 X-bar Theory 53
7 Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories 72
8 Constraining X-bar Theory: Theta Theory 84
9 Auxiliaries and Functional Categories 93
Part 3 Movement 107
10 Head-to-Head Movement 109
11 DP Movement 117
12 Wh -movement and Locality Constraints 127
13 A Unified Theory of Movement 145
Part 4 Advanced Topics 149
14 Expanded VPs 151
15 Raising, Control, and Empty Categories 157
16 Ellipsis 169
17 Advanced Topics in Binding Theory 174
18 Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality 177
References 180
Index 182

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Carnie is Professor of Linguistics and Faculty Director in the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. He specializes in generative syntactic theory with an emphasis on constituency, VSO languages, copular constructions and Celtic languages. He is the author of numerous other publications, including Irish Nouns (2008), Constituent Structure (2010), Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics (2011), Modern Syntax (2011), and Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Third Edition (2013).