Syntactic Theory

Palgrave Modern Linguistics

by Geoffrey Poole

Syntactic Theory is a new textbook which emphasizes theory-building and hypothesis-testing as it develops and motivates Chomsky's Principles and Parameters framework. The initial chapters guide the student through introductory topics and later chapters co

Genres: Linguistics, Science

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Geoffrey Poole is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of various articles on phrase structure and conditions of movement.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

i'm using it all semester. it's okay as far as textbooks are concerned...

--i take that back, it is confusing and poorly written. grrrrr.

[Janice]

Syntax is just not my cup of tea, I guess. But it is well written anyways so that even I was able to understand some of it.