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Andrew Radford's new textbook is principally for students withlittle or no background in syntax who need a lively and up-to-dateintroduction to contemporary work on transformational grammar. Itcovers four main topies-the function of transformations and theprinciples governingtheir application. The framework takes intoaccount the major works such as Chomsky's Knowledge of Language andBarriers wirtten since the publication of Radford's widelyacclaimed Transformational Syntax in 1981. Not only does thepresent book use a more recent theoretical framework. but at thede*ive level it covers a wider range of constructions andrules than its predecessor. Andrew Radford is well known for hiseffective pedagogical approach, and in this book even more care hasbeen devoted to providing a sympathetic and non-technicalintroduction to the field. At the end of each chapter are exerciseswhich reinforce the text, enable sutdents to apply the variousconcepts, etc. discussed, or encourage them to look more criticallyat some of the saaumptions and analyses presented. The book alsohas a detailed bibliographical background section and an extensivebibliography which will be a useful source of reference to theprimary literature. Although intended principally as acoursebookfor students of syntax or English grammar.Transformational Grammar will be invaluable to any reader who needsa straightforward and comprehensive introduction to the latestdevelopments in this field.