Andrew Carnie - The Syntax Workbook

For my family: Jean, Morag, Fiona, Aoife, Crònan, and Nechtan

A Companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e .

Second Edition

Andrew Carnie

This second edition first published 2021

© 2021 Andrew Carnie

Edition History: John Wiley and Sons (1e, 2013)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Carnie, Andrew, 1969- author. | Carnie, Andrew, 1969- Syntax.

Title: The syntax workbook : a companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e. / Andrew Carnie.

Description: Second edition. | Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021. |

Series: Introducing linguistics | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Summary: This workbook contains enrichment and additional practice exercises that go along with each chapter in the book.

You can check your own answers against the answer key at the end of each chapter.

Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020037757 (print) | LCCN 2020037758 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119569299 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119569329 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119569282 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. | Generative grammar.

Classification: LCC P295 .C373 2021 (print) | LCC P295 (ebook) | DDC 415.071--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020037757

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020037758

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Cover Image: Wassily Kandinsky, Almost Submerged, 1930

1 Cover

2 Dedication For my family: Jean, Morag, Fiona, Aoife, Crònan, and Nechtan

3 Title page The Syntax Workbook A Companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e . Second Edition Andrew Carnie

4 Copyright

5 Preface and Acknowledgments

6 Part 1: Preliminaries Chapter 1: Generative Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of Speech Chapter 3: Constituency, Trees, and Rules Chapter 4: Structural Relations Chapter 5: Binding Theory

7 Part 2: The Base Chapter 6: X-bar Theory Chapter 7: Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories Chapter 8: Constraining X-bar: Theta Theory Chapter 9: Theta Grids and Functional Categories

8 Part 3: Movement Chapter 10: Head-to-Head Movement Chapter 11: DP Movement Chapter 12: Wh -movement and Locality Constraints Chapter 13: A Unified Theory of Movement

9 Part 4 Advanced Topics Chapter 14: Ditransitives Chapter 15: Raising, Control, and Empty Categories Chapter 16: Ellipsis Chapter 17: Advanced Topics in Binding Theory Chapter 18: Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality Chapter 19: Merge

10 References

11 Index

12 End User License Agreement

1 Cover

2 Dedication For my family: Jean, Morag, Fiona, Aoife, Crònan, and Nechtan

3 Title page The Syntax Workbook A Companion to Carnie’s Syntax 4e . Second Edition Andrew Carnie

4 Copyright

5 Table of Contents

6 Preface

7 Begin Reading

8 References

9 Index

10 End User License Agreement

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