Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Preliminaries -- 1. Generative Grammar -- 0. Preliminaries -- 1. Syntax as a Cognitive Science -- 2. Modeling Syntax -- 3. Syntax as Science -- the Scientific Method -- 4. Where Do the Rules Come From? -- 5. Choosing among Theories about Syntax -- 6. Scientific Method and the Structure of this Textbook -- 7. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 2. Parts of Speech -- 0. Words and Why They Matter to Syntax -- 1. Determining Part of Speech -- 2. Major Parts of Speech: N, V, Adj, and Adv -- 3. Open vs. Closed; Lexical vs. Functional -- 4. Subcategories and Features -- 5. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 3. Constituency, Trees, and Rules -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Rules and Trees --
2. How to Draw a Tree -- 3. Modification and Ambiguity -- 4. Constituency Tests -- 5. Constituency in Other Languages -- 6. Summary and Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 4. Structural Relations -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Parts of a Tree -- 2. Domination -- 3. Precedence -- 4. C-command -- 5. Grammatical Relations -- 6. Summary and Conclusions -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 5. Binding Theory -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Notions Coindex and Antecedent -- 2. Binding -- 3. Locality Conditions on the Binding of Anaphors -- 4. Distribution of Pronouns -- 5. Distribution of R-expressions -- 6. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- pt. 2
Base -- 6. X-bar Theory -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Bar-level Projections -- 2. Generalizing the Rules: The X-bar Schema -- 3. Complements, Adjuncts, and Specifiers -- 4. Some Definitional Housekeeping -- 5. Parameters of Word Order -- 6. Drawing Trees in X-bar Notation -- 7. X-bar Theory: A Summary -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 7. Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Determiner Phrases (DPs) -- 2. Descriptive Tangent into Clause Types -- 3. Complementizer Phrases (CPs) -- 4. Tense Phrases (TPs) -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 8. Constraining X-bar: Theta Theory -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Some Basic Terminology -- 2. Thematic Relations and Theta Roles -- 3. Lexicon -- 4.
Expletives and the Extended Projection Principle -- 5. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 9. Auxiliaries and Functional Categories -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Complementizers -- 2. Determiners -- 3. Understanding Tense, Aspect, Voice, and Mood -- 4. Auxiliaries -- 5. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- pt. 3 Movement -- 10. Head-to-Head Movement -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Verb Movement (V [→] T) -- 2. T Movement (T [→] C) -- 3. Do-support -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 11. DP Movement -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Puzzle for the Theory of Theta Roles -- 2. Passives -- 3. Case -- 4. Raising: Reprise -- 5. Passives: Reprise --
6. Tying Up a Loose End -- 7. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 12. Wh-movement and Locality Constraints -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Movement in Wh-questions -- 2. Relative Clauses -- 3. Islands -- 4. Minimal Link Condition -- 5. Echo Questions (Wh-in-situ) in English -- 6. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 13. Unified Theory of Movement -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Move -- 2. Explaining Cross-linguistic Differences -- 3. Scope, Covert Movement, and the MLC -- 4. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- pt. 4 Advanced Topics -- 14. Expanded VPs -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Problem of Ditransitive Verbs -- 2.
Active Voice Head and Other Light Verbs -- 3. Object Shift -- 4. Ditransitives: Reprise -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 15. Raising, Control, and Empty Categories -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Raising vs. Control -- 2. Two Kinds of Raising, Two Kinds of Control -- 3. Control Theory -- 4. Another Kind of Null Subject: "Little" pro -- 5. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 16. Ellipsis -- 0. Ellipsis -- 1. LF-copying or PF-deletion -- 2. Antecedent-Contained Deletion and Pseudogapping -- 3. Conclusion -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 17. Advanced Topics in Binding Theory -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Levels of Representation -- 2. Definition of Binding Domain --
Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets -- 18. Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Polysynthesis -- 2. Incorporation -- 3. Scrambling and Non-configurationality -- 4. Conclusions -- Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in this Chapter -- General Problem Sets -- Challenge Problem Sets.
