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The Syntax Workbook
A Companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e.
Second Edition
Andrew Carnie
This second edition first published 2021
© 2021 Andrew Carnie
Edition History: John Wiley and Sons (1e, 2013)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Carnie, Andrew, 1969- author. | Carnie, Andrew, 1969- Syntax.
Title: The syntax workbook : a companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e. / Andrew Carnie.
Description: Second edition. | Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021. |
Series: Introducing linguistics | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: This workbook contains enrichment and additional practice exercises that go along with each chapter in the book.
You can check your own answers against the answer key at the end of each chapter.
Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020037757 (print) | LCCN 2020037758 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119569299 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119569329 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119569282 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. | Generative grammar.
Classification: LCC P295 .C373 2021 (print) | LCC P295 (ebook) | DDC 415.071--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020037757
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020037758
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Image: Wassily Kandinsky, Almost Submerged, 1930
Contents
1 Cover
6 Part 1: Preliminaries Chapter 1: Generative Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of Speech Chapter 3: Constituency, Trees, and Rules Chapter 4: Structural Relations Chapter 5: Binding Theory
7 Part 2: The Base Chapter 6: X-bar Theory Chapter 7: Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories Chapter 8: Constraining X-bar: Theta Theory Chapter 9: Theta Grids and Functional Categories
8 Part 3: Movement Chapter 10: Head-to-Head Movement Chapter 11: DP Movement Chapter 12: Wh-movement and Locality Constraints Chapter 13: A Unified Theory of Movement
9 Part 4 Advanced Topics Chapter 14: Ditransitives Chapter 15: Raising, Control, and Empty Categories Chapter 16: Ellipsis Chapter 17: Advanced Topics in Binding Theory Chapter 18: Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality Chapter 19: Merge
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