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GEOFFREY POOLE Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of various articles on phrase structure and conditions of movement.

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'This is a highly recommendable book. It elegantly introduces generative grammar as an empirical science. Written in a clear and friendly tone, it is extremely readable and makes complicated linguistic theory accessible to students' - Ken Ramshoj Christensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Phrase Structure and Constituency 2. X'-Theory and Functional Categories 3. Theory and Case Theory 4. Introduction to Binding Theory 5. Movement and Chains 6. Logical Form 7. Empty Categories and their Constraints 8. Towards the Minimalist Program: Clause Structure Revisited 9. Towards the Minimalist Program: Movement Revisited Notes Bibliography Index.

Syntactic Theory Macmillan Modern Linguistics

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: 1/23/2011 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780230243941, 978-0230243941
      ISBN10: 0230243940
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      Grammar, syntax and morphology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      GEOFFREY POOLE Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of various articles on phrase structure and conditions of movement.

      Trade Review
      'This is a highly recommendable book. It elegantly introduces generative grammar as an empirical science. Written in a clear and friendly tone, it is extremely readable and makes complicated linguistic theory accessible to students' - Ken Ramshoj Christensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. Phrase Structure and Constituency 2. X'-Theory and Functional Categories 3. Theory and Case Theory 4. Introduction to Binding Theory 5. Movement and Chains 6. Logical Form 7. Empty Categories and their Constraints 8. Towards the Minimalist Program: Clause Structure Revisited 9. Towards the Minimalist Program: Movement Revisited Notes Bibliography Index.

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