Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction is unlike any other introductory textbook on the market; it marks a return to "generative grammar" in its original sense. This book focuses on the development of precisely formulated grammars whose empirical predications can be directly, tested. There is considerable emphasis on prediction and evaluation of grammatical hypotheses, as well as on integrating syntactic hypotheses with matters of semantic analysis. Problem solving is also emphasized: the extensive problem sets draw from a variety of languages other than English.