First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Frederick J. Newmeyer is the author of four books on syntactic theory and the history of linguistics. He has recently completed a 5-year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of America and is currently Associate Editor of the journalNatural Language and Linguistic Theory. He has taught at the University of Washington, Seattle, since 1969.