This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail.

Introduction. The language machine; 1. Categories and features; 2. Merge; 3. Theta theory; 4. Case theory; 5. Agreement and uninterpretable features; 6. Movement and remerge; 7. Unifying movement and agreement; 8. Syntax and morphology; 9. Syntax and phonology; 10. Syntax and semantics; Afterword; Glossary; References; Index.

Olaf Koeneman is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.