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This textbook is intended to give students a quick start in using theory to address syntactic questions. At each stage, Cowper introduces a theoretical apparatus that is no more complex than is required to deal with the phenomenon under consideration.

Table of Contents
1 The Theory in Context 2 Categories and Phrase Structure 3 Thematic Relations and Theta Roles 4 Predicting Phrase Structure 5 NP-Movement 6 Government and Case 7 WH-Movement 8 Move Alpha and the Theory of Movement 9 The Empty Category Principle 10 Interpretation of Nominals 11 Clauses and Categories 12 A Unified Approach to Locality Constraints References Index

Animal Ecology

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 March 1992
      ISBN-13 9780226116464
      978-0226116464
      ISBN-10 0226116468
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      Grammar, syntax and morphology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This textbook is intended to give students a quick start in using theory to address syntactic questions. At each stage, Cowper introduces a theoretical apparatus that is no more complex than is required to deal with the phenomenon under consideration.

      Table of Contents
      1 The Theory in Context 2 Categories and Phrase Structure 3 Thematic Relations and Theta Roles 4 Predicting Phrase Structure 5 NP-Movement 6 Government and Case 7 WH-Movement 8 Move Alpha and the Theory of Movement 9 The Empty Category Principle 10 Interpretation of Nominals 11 Clauses and Categories 12 A Unified Approach to Locality Constraints References Index

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