"Andrew Carnie's Syntax quickly became the standard textbookin generative syntax because it was neither overly technical norartificially simple. The second edition is substantially better andmore complete. The original discussion is expanded and there are anumber of new chapters on advanced topics like raising and control, and the book continues to include chapters that introducealternative theories like LFG and HPSG. To my mind, this is by farthe best choice on the market today.„ Peter Cole, University ofDelaware
Praise for the first edition...
“From first-hand experience, Carnie's book provides a highlyreadable and engaging initiation into the mindset andpreoccupations of current syntactic theory. It is useful in tyingthe cognitive implications and background of current Chomskyan worktogether with the increasing cross-linguistic emphasis in syntax. The problem sets alone were extremely appreciated by myundergraduates.„ Mark Baltin, New York University
“This book is a perfect example of how sophisticated syntacticconcepts can be presented in a genuinely reader-friendly way. Thesyntax student is led carefully through argumentation to currentsyntactic theory and at the end has a clear understanding not onlyof the whats of syntax but also the whys.„ LisadeMena Travis, McGill University
“The book is written in a reader-friendly way, and guidesstudents to grasp complicated syntactic concepts and analyses."The Linguist List