Andrew Carnie 
The Syntax Workbook 
A Companion to Carnie’s Syntax

The Syntax Workbook was written as a response to the
students and instructors who, over the years, have requested more
problem sets that give greater experience in analyzing syntactic
structure. Aligned chapter-by-chapter with Carnie’s
bestselling textbook, this workbook provides over 120 new exercises
on all of the major topics in generative syntax.

* An all-new workbook to accompany the bestselling syntax
textbook, Syntax: A Generative Introduction, which answers
the need for a practical text in this field

* Features over 120 problem sets with answers, designed to give
students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure

* Exercises and topics covered includes phrase structure, the
lexicon, Case theory, ellipsis, auxiliaries, movement, covert
movement, locality conditions, VP shells, and control

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resources, including extra chapters on HPSG, LFG and
time-saving materials for lecturers, including problem sets,
Power Point slides, and an instructors’ manual

* Structured to reflect the style and chapter-by-chapter coverage
of the textbook, but its practical, reader-friendly layout also
makes it suitable for use as a stand-alone Workbook

Table of Content

Introduction: Welcome 1

Part 1 Preliminaries 3

1 Generative Grammar 5

2 Parts of Speech 13

3 Constituency, Trees, and Rules 20

4 Structural Relations 39

5 Binding Theory 46

Part 2 The Base 51

6 X-bar Theory 53

7 Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories 72

8 Constraining X-bar Theory: Theta Theory 84

9 Auxiliaries and Functional Categories 93

Part 3 Movement 107

10 Head-to-Head Movement 109

11 DP Movement 117

12 Wh -movement and Locality Constraints 127

13 A Unified Theory of Movement 145

Part 4 Advanced Topics 149

14 Expanded VPs 151

15 Raising, Control, and Empty Categories 157

16 Ellipsis 169

17 Advanced Topics in Binding Theory 174

18 Polysynthesis, Incorporation, and Non-configurationality 177

References 180

Index 182

About the author

Andrew Carnie is Professor of Linguistics and Faculty Director in the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. He specializes in generative syntactic theory with an emphasis on constituency, VSO languages, copular constructions and Celtic languages. He is the author of numerous other publications, including Irish Nouns (2008), Constituent Structure (2010), Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics (2011), Modern Syntax (2011), and Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Third Edition (2013).