Noam Chomsky is Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

David W. Lightfoot is Professor at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Independence of Grammar -- 3. An elementary Linguistic Theory -- 4. Phrase Structure -- 5. Limitations of Phrase Structure Description -- 6. On the Goals of Linguistic Theory -- 7. Some Transformations in English -- 8. The explanatory Power of Linguistic Theory -- 9. Syntax and Semantics -- 10. Summary -- 11. Appendix I. Notations and Terminology -- 12. Appendix II. Examples of English Phrase Structure and transformational Rules -- Backmatter