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Principles and Parameters

An Introduction to Syntactic Theory

By: Peter W. Culicover

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Paperback | 1 January 1997

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Principles and Parameters is a new textbook intended for the advanced undergraduate or postgraduate student of linguistics. In this readable and authoritative survey of the theory, incorporating much of Government and Binding (GB) theory, Peter Culicover summarizes the major proposals and results of Case theory, Theta theory, X''-theory, Binding theory, the theory of A- and A''- movement, locality conditions, and the theory of Logical Form (LF). He provides an up-to-date introduction to a number of more recent proposals, including Chomsky''s Minimalist Program, Larsonian shells, and Kayne''s Antisymmetry theory. A major concern and organizing principle of the book is to give the student an understanding of how specific methodological assumptions underlie the core analyses that have played a central role in the development of the theory. Each chapter is followed by an extensive set of exercises which lead the student from the point of applying the mechanics of the theory to developing and organizing new data, providing analyses, and exploring alternative hypotheses. There are also graded and annotated guides to further reading for each chapter, and, as a general aid to the student, a comprehensive glossary of terms.

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one of the better books that are available on the market. It differentiates itself with the richness in iys range of topics, its overall attitude, and its ability to skillfully summarize some key words in the literature...Culicover is especially very skillful in extracting the essence of each theory and introducing it in a straightforward and user-friendly way./Murat Kural/Glot International, Volume 3, Issue 4, April 1998.

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A Note on the Exercises	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foundations and Methods	p. 1
Further Reading	p. 14
Arguments, Government, and Case	p. 16
Case Resistance	p. 51
Case Resistance	p. 56
Binding Theory	p. 58
Where is Binding Theory?	p. 78
Further Reading	p. 87
A-Movement	p. 89
Psych Predicates	p. 122
Further Reading	p. 132
X′-Theory	p. 134
the Status of Grammatical Relations	p. 167
Further Reading	p. 177
A′-Movement	p. 179
Further Reading	p. 226
Barriers	p. 228
Strong and Weak Islands	p. 266
Further Reading	p. 277
Lf Representations	p. 279
Further Reading	p. 313
Binding and Logical Form	p. 315
Further Reading	p. 336
Head Movement and Minimalism	p. 337
Further Reading	p. 385
Gb Theory Roadmap	p. 387
Glossary of Terms	p. 388
Notes	p. 403
References	p. 421
Index	p. 439
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