A theory of the syntactic restrictions on dependent identity interpretations in natural language.

" The Syntax of (In)dependence is a very impressive piece of work, offering a fresh and illuminating perspective on many of the central problems in the theory of anaphora and variable binding. It provides a good summary of the relevant literature over the past twenty-five years and moves beyond that literature with a comprehensive and compelling new approach. Scholars who have worked on these problems will find much that is new here, including a few vigorous challenges to some long-held factual generalizations. Students encountering these issues for the first time will find this a challenging but definitely rewarding read, and a good entree into the field." Tim Stowell, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles " The Syntax of (In)dependence is an extraordinarily careful and thoroughly argued view of pronominal anaphora, attentive to all of the major lines of research over the past thirty-five years or so. The author is scrupulous about the data, and equally scrupulous in his discussions and criticisms of these approaches. Work at this level of both detail and theory is valuable and rare, and crucial for further progress in the subject." James Higginbotham, University of Southern California