A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations by Samuel D. Epstein (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan)
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.