LINGUIST List 13.647

Fri Mar 8 2002

Books: Syntactic Theory

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  • Barnett Polly, New book: Syntactic Theory by Geoffrey Poole

    Message 1: New book: Syntactic Theory by Geoffrey Poole

     Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:12:02 -0000
    From: Barnett Polly <p.barnettpalgrave.com>
    Subject: New book: Syntactic Theory by Geoffrey Poole


    SYNTACTIC THEORY Geoffrey Poole

    PALGRAVE MODERN LINGUISTICS SERIES Edited by Andrew Spencer and No�l Burton-Roberts

    ABOUT THE BOOK

    An ideal vehicle for teaching students logical and critical reasoning and how to conduct scientific inquiry generally. Students have the opportunity to learn the importance of formal statements and definitions, hypothesis-testing and falsification and the need for independent motivation, whilst demonstrating and testing the developing theory virtually instantaneously. The textbook develops and motivates Chomsky's Government and Binding Theory framework. The initial chapters guide the reader through introductory topics such as X'-Theory, Transformations, and elementary Binding Theory while later chapters cover more advanced topics, which form the core empirical background to contemporary research, including the Empty Category Principle and the "Split" Infl hypothesis.

    The engaging, informal style makes the most difficult topics clear and accessible, and the liberal use of in-text exercises engage students at every stage of the theory-development process. An "Open Issue" at the end of every chapter encourages students to see themselves as active participants in a research community.

    CONTENTS Introduction Phrase Structure Functional Categories Theta-Theory and Case Theory Introduction to Binding Theory Movement and Chains Logical Form The Binding Theory and Empty Categories The Empty Category Principle Verb Raising and the Analysis of Infl References Index

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    GEOFFREY POOLE is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Harvard University in 1996. He is the author of various articles on phrase structure and conditions on movement.

    Published by Palgrave October 2001 336 pp 234x156mm

    Hardback �55.00 $75.00 0-333-77096-X Paperback 18.99 $26.95 0-333-77097-8

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