This book explores the central concept of "syntactic relation" arguing that certain fundamental relations such as c-command, dominance and checking relations can be explained within a derivational approach to structure-building. The result is a level-free model of syntax in which derivations, rather than phrase-markers, undergo aemantic/phonological interpretation.

Readership: Linguistics (syntacticians).

Samuel D. Epstein, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Erich M. Groat, Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, City University of New York, Ruriko Kawashima, Lecturer in English, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan, and Hisatsugu Kitahara, Assistant Professor, Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies, Keio University, Japan