The Syntax Workbook A Companion to Carnie's Syntax

by Carnie, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781118347546
• ISBN10: 1118347544
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Syntax Workbook was written as a response to the students and instructors who, over the years, have requested more problem sets that give greater experience in analyzing syntactic structure. Aligned chapter-by-chapter with Carnie's bestselling textbook, this workbook provides over 120 new exercises on all of the major topics in generative syntax. An all-new workbook to accompany the bestselling syntax textbook, Syntax: A Generative Introduction, which answers the need for a practical text in this field Features over 120 problem sets with answers, designed to give students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure Exercises and topics covered includes phrase structure, the lexicon, Case theory, ellipsis, auxiliaries, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control Supported by online student and instructor resources at www.wiley.com/go/carnie, including extra chapters on HPSG and LFG, and time-saving teaching resources, including problem sets, PowerPoint slides, and an instructors' manual Structured to reflect the style and chapter-by-chapter coverage of the textbook, but its practical, reader-friendly layout also makes it suitable for use as a stand-alone Workbook

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome	p. 1
Preliminaries	p. 3
Generative Grammar	p. 5
Parts of Speech	p. 13
Constituency, Trees, and Rules	p. 20
Structural Relations	p. 39
Binding Theory	p. 46
The Base	p. 51
X-bar Theory	p. 53
Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories	p. 72
Constraining X-bar Theory: Theta Theory	p. 84
Auxiliaries and Functional Categories	p. 93
Movement	p. 107
Head-to-Head Movement	p. 109
DP Movement	p. 117
W7z-movement and Locality Constraints	p. 127
A Unified Theory of Movement	p. 145
Advanced Topics	p. 149
Expanded VPs	p. 151
Raising, Control, and Empty Categories	p. 157
Ellipsis	p. 169
Advanced Topics in Binding Theory	p. 174
Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configuration	p. 177
References	p. 180
Index	p. 182
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