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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Radford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex. Klappentext This abridged version of Radford's Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English offers a concise, accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, it leads students through a range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. An extensive glossary is included and each chapter contains a workbook section with "helpful hints," exercises, and model answers, suitable for class discussion and self-study. Zusammenfassung This textbook! first published in 2004! is an abridged version of Radford's Minimalist Syntax and provides a concise and accessible introduction to syntactic theory. Assuming little prior grammatical knowledge! it takes students through a range of topics in English syntax. Includes an extensive glossary! 'helpful hints'! and exercises with model answers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Principles, parameters and universal grammar; 2. Categories and features; 3. Syntactic structure and merger; 4. Null constituents; 5. Head movement; 6. Wh-movement; 7. A-movement; 8. Case, agreement and movement; 9. Split projections; 10. Phases.
