{"product_id":"a-course-in-minimalist-syntax-foundations-and-prospects-paperback-softback-9780631199885","title":"A Course in Minimalist Syntax; Foundations and Prospects (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631199885","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Course in Minimalist Syntax\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFoundations and Prospects\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Lasnik (Author), Juan Uriagereka (Author), Cedric Boeckx (With)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631199885, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.9 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.553 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Most introductions present syntactic theories as completed wholes. They march through a series of illustrative problems and give them final answers in an authoritative tone. This is a very different work, with more attention paid to why the field should be of interest and to where there are unanswered questions. Whether you are new to the study of syntax and wondering why anyone would be interested in minimalism, or an old hand stopping by to find out whatever happened to the ECP, this book will grab you. It is a gem.\" \u003ci\u003eRandall Hendrick, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book anchors abstract minimalist speculations to some of the fundamental empirical problems that have occupied syntactic theory for the past half century and shows how current ideas developed naturally from previous ones. It is essential reading for understanding how the Minimalist Program advances the study of human language.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Freidin, Princeton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Course in Minimalist Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e is a straightforward and detailed introduction to essential topics in the minimalist program, designed for students and scholars alike. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003emaintains an informal tone for students yet also contains enough fresh material to appeal to specialists\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides a natural extension of the classroom approach to linguistics, showing readers a new way of approaching syntax by thinking in minimalist terms\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewritten by two prominent syntax researchers, the authors of the classic \u003ci\u003eA Course in GB Syntax\u003c\/i\u003e, Howard Lasnik and Juan Uriagereka\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Minimalist Expectations: Preliminary Assumptions, with a Review of Some Familiar Notions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From Rules to Principles and Beyond: A Strongly Constructivist System, with a Detailed Presentation of Phrase-structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Economy of Derivations: Featuring Movements of Various Sorts and Ways to Constrain Them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Economy of Representations: Featuring Chain Uniformity and Case.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Last Resort Character of Linguistic Computations: On What Drives the Movement Operation and Related Topics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. LF Processes: Why We (Don’t?) Need Them and What They Might Be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Roles, Cycles, Binding and Related Problems: Including a Discussion of Open Questions Relating Wh-movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language teaching \u0026amp; learning [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language teaching \u0026amp; learning\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language%20teaching%20\u0026amp;%20learning%20%5Bother%20than%20ELT%5D%20%5BCJ%5D%22\"\u003eother than ELT CJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316782526744,"sku":"9780631199885","price":41.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631199885.jpg?v=1781825384","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-course-in-minimalist-syntax-foundations-and-prospects-paperback-softback-9780631199885","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}