This textbook provides a concise, readable introduction to
contemporary work in syntactic theory, particularly to key concepts
of Chomsky's minimalist program. Andrew Radford gives a general
overview of the main theoretical concepts and de*ive devices
used in 1990s work. Syntax: a Minimalist Introduction presupposes
no prior knowledge of syntax or any language other than english:
the analysis is based on Standard. Belfast. Jamaican, Shakespearean
and Child English. There are exercises (with helpful hints and
model answers and a substantial glossary.) .
This is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook
Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English;A Minimalist Approach
(also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be
welcomed as a short introduction to curent syntactic theory.