Introduction to Generative Syntax, Paperback

In Introduction to Generative Syntax, Muteb Alqarni combines his teaching experience with the research of experts in English syntax and offers the reader a tool to study the developments of syntactic theories since the 1960s until recent times.

In 250 units, Alqarni explores topics commonly encountered in the study of syntax in an accessible and straight-forward manner. Lexicon, Phrase Structure Rules, X'-Theory, Transformational Grammar, Theta Theory, Government and Binding Theory, Raising and Control, Movement Constraints, Split Projections and the Minimalist Program are just some of the topics covered.

About author(s):Muteb A. Alqarni is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the College of Science and Arts (Tanuma), King Khalid University, Abha (Saudi Arabia). He received his MA in Linguistics from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) in 2011 and his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Florida (Gainesville) in 2015.