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Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the second edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major issues in Principles and Parameters syntactic theory, including phrase structure, the lexicon, case theory, movement, and locality conditions. Includes new and extended problem sets in every chapter, all of which have been annotated for level and skill typeFeatures three new chapters on advanced topics including vP shells, object shells, control, gapping and ellipsis and an additional chapter on advanced topics in bindingOffers a brief survey of both Lexical-Functional Grammar and Head-Driven Phrase Structure GrammarSucceeds in strengthening the reader's foundational knowledge, and prepares them for more advanced studySupported by an instructor's manual and online resources for students and instructors, available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie
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For this new edition Carnie (linguistics, U. of Arizona) has expanded foundation chapters, prepared new and extended problem sets and provided new chapters on parts of speech, vP shells, gapping and ellipses, control, and advanced topics in binding. Building an introduction to linguistics majors and others intending to continue linguistics study, Carnie works through preliminaries such as generative grammar, constituency, trees, rules, structural relations and binding theory and then expands to the basics of x-bar theory, including its extension to functional categories and its constraint through the lexicon, movement (including head-to-head movement, DP movement, Wh movement and a unified theory) and moves to advanced topics such as expanded vPs and raising v. control. He describes alternatives such as lexical-functional grammar and phase structure grammar, and thoughtfully provides directions for further study and supplementary materials such as a glossary on the associated web site. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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