Publisher: MIT Press, 1970
251 pages including index -- Approx. size: 8" by 5.25"

Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, published in 1965, was a landmark work in generative grammar that introduced certain technical innovations still drawn upon in contemporary work.

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, obviously a hugely influential book, what’s the essence of the book?

"The essence of the book has these brilliant ideas of deep structure. Every sentence in every language starts off at one level in which the literal meaning is represented, and then gets transformed by operations at that basic phrase-structure. When a phrase like “John saw Bill” is derived for a particular purpose you might get “Bill was seen by John”, so you’ve gone from an active to a passive."  Daniel L. Everett, Linguist

Nice paperback in good condition. Slightly bumped corners. A crease at spine. A few pages have highlighting and underlining. Most do not. Very good reader's copy.

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