Minimalist Syntax: Volume 0, Part 0. – RADFORD, A., Shop Nu

Andrew Radford’s textbook, Minimalist Syntax, provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky’s Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntactic theory, Radford takes students through a diverse range of topics in English syntax – such as categories and features, merger, null constituents, movement, case, and split projections – and shows how the ‘computational component’ works within the minimalist framework. Beginning …