Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Content of Syntactic Theory
6. 1. The Nature of the Project 5
7. 2. Syntactic Theory and Psychology 47
8. 3. Etiological Analysis of Ungrammaticality 70
9. Part II. A Theory of Syntax and its Applications
10. 4. The Framework 100
11. 5. Finite Verb Complementation in English 158
12. 6. Infinitival Complementation 178
13. 7. Constraints on Predicate Coordination 202
14. Peroratio 228
15. Appendix: Pedagogical Exercises 230
16. References 245
17. General Index 253