List of Figures and Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 The scientific study of language
1.2 The competence/performance distinction
1.3 Some simple approaches to grammaticality judgements
1.4 Language acquisition and universal grammar
1.5 Description and explanation: the case of structure-dependent rules
1.6 Introduction to the book
2 Phrase Structure and Constituency
2.1 A simple starting point
2.2 Constituency
2.3 The elements of a phrase-structure tree and their relations
2.4 Are two levels enough?
2.5 Constituency tests: more applications and case studies
3 X'-Theory and Functional Categories
3.1 Introduction to X'-Theory
3.2 Inside the XP
3.3 Functional categories
3.4 Coordination and X'-Theory
3.5 Head-initial and head-final languages
4 θ-Theory and Case Theory
4.1 An introduction to argument structure
4.2 θ-roles
4.3 Morphological case
4.4 Morphological case vs abstract case
4.5 Exceptional case marking
4.6 The Case Filter
4.7 The visibility condition: an improvement on the Case Filter?
5 Introduction to Binding Theory
5.1 Anaphors and Principle A
5.2 Pronouns and Principle B
5.3 R-expressions and Principle C
6 Movement and Chains
6.1 Transformations: an introduction
6.2 Wh-movement: subjacency and successive cyclicity
6.3 More evidence for successive cyclicity
6.4 Subjacency and the analysis of relative clauses
6.5 More transformations: passive and raising
6.6 Levels of application of principles
6.7 Chains
7 Logical Form
7.1 Wh-movement in the LF component
7.2 Quantifier raising: another LF transformation
7.3 LF A-movement: expletive replacement
8 Empty Categories and Their Constraints
8.1 Binding Theory: a recap and (minor) reformulation
8.2 The Binding Theory status of DP-trace
8.3 The Binding Theory status ofwh-trace
8.4 The search for null pronouns
8.5 [+a, +p] revealed!
8.6 Interlude: a note on Plato's Problem
8.7 The Empty Category Principle
8.8 From government to proper government
8.9 Subjacency vs the ECP
8.10 Adjuncts and antecedent government
8.11 Summary of the ECP
8.12 Relativized minimality: an introduction
9 Towards the Minimalist Program: Clause Structure Revisited
9.1 The VP-internal subject hypothesis
9.2 More on the VP: double object verbs, VP-shells and light verbs
9.3 vP and Accusative Case assignment
9.4 From IP to TP
9.5 Rizzi (1997) and the 'cartographic' approach to CP
10 Towards the Minimalist Program: Movement Revisited
10.1 The copy theory of movement
10.2 A movement analysis of control
10.3 Introduction to verb movement
Notes
References
Index
