The Syntax Workbook

The Syntax Workbook was written as a response to the students and instructors who, over the years, have requested more problem sets that give greater experience in analyzing syntactic structure. Aligned chapter-by-chapter with Carnie’s bestselling textbook, this workbook provides over 120 new exercises on all of the major topics in generative syntax.

• •  An all-new workbook to accompany the bestselling syntax textbook, Syntax: A Generative Introduction, which answers the need for a practical text in this field
• •  Features over 120 problem sets with answers, designed to give students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure
• •  Exercises and topics covered includes phrase structure, the lexicon, Case theory, ellipsis, auxiliaries, movement, covert movement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control
• •  Supported by expanded online student and instructor resources, including extra chapters on HPSG,  LFG and time-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets, PowerPoint slides, and an instructors’ manual
• •  Structured to reflect the style and chapter-by-chapter coverage of the textbook, but its practical, reader-friendly layout also makes it suitable for use as a stand-alone Workbook

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew Carnie is Professor of Linguistics and Faculty Director in the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. He specializes in generative syntactic theory with an emphasis on constituency, VSO languages, copular constructions and Celtic languages. He is the author of numerous other publications, including Irish Nouns (2008), Constituent Structure (2010), Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics (2011), Modern Syntax (2011), and Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Third Edition (2013).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Welcome 

Part 1 Preliminaries 

1 Generative Grammar 

2 Parts of Speech 

3 Constituency, Trees, and Rules 

4 Structural Relations 

5 Binding Theory 

Part 2 The Base 

6 X-bar Theory 

7 Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories 

8 Constraining X-bar Theory: Theta Theory 

9 Auxiliaries and Functional Categories 

Part 3 Movement 

10 Head-to-Head Movement

11 DP Movement 

12 Wh -movement and Locality Constraints 

13 A Unified Theory of Movement 

Part 4 Advanced Topics 

14 Expanded VPs 

15 Raising, Control, and Empty Categories 

16 Ellipsis 

17 Advanced Topics in Binding Theory 

18 Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality 

References 

Index