English Syntax

Preface

Introduction
0.1 What is (English) syntax?
0.2 Why do we study English syntax? (generative syntax vs. traditional grammar
0.3 What are we studying in this English syntax textbook?

Chapter 1 Word Classes
1.1 What are word classes?
1.2 How can we define word classes?
1.3 Some characteristics of word classes
1.3.1 Nouns (N)
1.3.2 Verbs (V)
1.3.3 Adjectives (A)
1.3.4 Adverbs (Adv)
1.3.5 Prepositions (P)
1.3.6 Determiners (D)
1.3.7 Conjunctions (Conj)
1.4 Lexical categories vs. functional categories
1.5 From words to phrases

Chapter 2 Constituents and Constituency Tests
2.1 Two methods of syntactic representation
2.2 Six diagnostics for identifying constituents
2.3 Actual analyses: an illustration
Chapter 3 The Structure of VP and X’ Syntax
3.1 A syntactic analysis of the students sentence: a first step
3.2 Analyzing the VP structure
3.3 The structures of other phrases
3.3.1 The NP structure
3.3.2 The PP structure
3.4 Linguistic generalization: X’ syntax
3.5 Terminology for tree diagrams

Chapter 4 Extending X’ Syntax: TP and the VPISH
4.1 The category T(ense)
4.2 The infinitive marker to
4.3 Semantic roles and the VP-Internal Subject Hypothesis
4.4 Empirical evidence for the VPISH
4.5 Summary

Chapter 5 Movement
5.1 T-lowering vs. V-raising
5.2 Yes/No-question formation
5.3 Do-support
5.4 Wh-questions
5.5 Multiple auxiliaries
5.6 CP, and wh-movement revisited
5.7 A canonical analysis of the two sentences
References
Index