内容

目次

Part 1 Universal grammar: language universals; approaching universalsinductively - word-order correlations; approaching universalsdeductively; principles and parameters. Part 2 X-bar theory: problemswith earlier PS-rule systems; the categorial component; hierarchicalstructure and linear order. Part 3 Head movement: inversion; V-to-Imovement; constraining and triggering head-movement. Part 4 Casetheory: preliminaries - basic concepts of lexical structure; thedistribution of overt NPs; rules for case-assignment; case andcategory; the modes of case-assignment. Part 5 NP-movement: passives;unaccusatives; raising. Part 6 Binding theory: reflexives andreciprocals; pronouns; PRO; R-expressions; traces and binding theory;long distance anaphora. Part 7 The empty category principle: background- island phenomena and subjacency; COMP-trace effects; long extractionof complements and non-complements; NP-traces and the EPC -superraising; head traces and the EPC; head-government, agreement andCOMP-trace effects. Part 8 The null subject parameter: empty subjectsof tensed clauses; free inversion and COMP-trace effects; evidence fromItalian and Arabic dialects; null objects; other cases of pro. Part 9Extensions of parameter theory: first-language acquisition;second-language acquisition; diachronic syntax. Part 10 Issues in thetheory of parameters: how are parameters set - the question oflearnability; the form of parameters; the functions of parameters.