This popular course book gives students of English and linguistics a systematic account of the rules of English syntax, and acquaints them with the general methodology of syntactic description. It teaches them how to formulate syntactic arguments, and how to apply the tests in the analysis of sente[...]

An introduction to the current state of government-binding theory, using as its basis the standard version of this theory as developed in Chomsky's more recent writings. This edition has been extensively updated, and includes new chapters on functional heads and on movement.[...]