Andrew Carnie s bestselling textbook on syntax has guided thousands of students through the discipline of theoretical syntax; retaining its popularity due to its combination of straightforward language comprehensive coverage & numerous exercises In this third edition topics have been updated new exercises added & the online resources have been expanded Supported by expanded online student & instructor resources including extra chapters on HPSG LFG & time-saving materials for lecturers including problem sets Power Point slides & an instructors manual Features new chapters on ellipsis auxiliaries & non-configurational languages Covers topics including phrase structure the lexicon Case theory movement covert movement locality conditions VP shells & control Accompanied by a new optional workbook available separately of sample problem sets which are designed to give students greater experience of analyzing syntactic structure