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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