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
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