Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
Part 1 Preliminaries 1
1 Generative Grammar 3
0. Preliminaries 3
1. Syntax as a Cognitive Science 5
2. Modeling Syntax 6
3. Syntax as Science – the Scientific Method 7
4. Where Do the Rules Come From? 18
5. Choosing among Theories about Syntax 29
6. The Scientific Method and the Structure of this Textbook 29
7. Conclusion 31
Ideas, Rules, and Constraints Introduced in th