Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What beginners are told; 3. Heads and dependents; 4. Must phrases have heads?; 5. Asymmetries; 6. Constituents; 7. Must constructions reduce to tree structures?; 8. Simplicity; Glossary; References; Index.

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A critique of two fundamental assumptions: do phrases really form hierarchical 'trees' and have 'heads'?

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Peter Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Fellow of St John's College, University of Cambridge.

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