Syntax: A Generative Introduction

Andrew Carnie

Wiley, Feb 28, 2002 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 390 pages

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions.

• Walks the student through complicated analyses, pointing out common mistakes and how to avoid them
  
• Includes extensive foreign language examples and exercises
  
• Contains exercises designed both to cement foundational knowledge and to take the student to the next level
  
• Accompanied by a supplementary website with sample problems, chapter summaries and relevant links: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie

About the author

Andrew Carnie is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is co-moderator, with Helen Dry and Anthony Aristar, of the Linguist List, and is co-editor, with Eithne Guilfoyle, of The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (2000).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Syntax: A Generative Introduction; Volume 5 of Wiley Desktop Editions
• Author: Andrew Carnie
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Wiley, 2002
• ISBN: 0631225447, 9780631225447
• Length: 390 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax