Syntax


Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Introduction to Government & Binding Theory
An Introduction to Syntax (Volume 0)
Syntax: A Generative Introduction
Modern Syntax: A Coursebook
Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Understanding Minimalism (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
Understanding Syntax (Understanding Language)
Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function
Syntactic Structures
Symmetry in Syntax: Merge, Move and Labels (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Book 129)
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
English Syntax: A Grammar for English Language Professionals
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinThe Study of Language by George YuleMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
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Gustave Flaubert
Ils en conclurent que la syntaxe est une fantaisie et la grammaire une illusion.
Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard and Pécuchet

Craig D. Lounsbrough
The sun is but a mere handful of minutes from rising on yet another Christmas morning. And I sit here in the early morning light wrestling with a handful of inordinately stubborn words that refuse to submit to any kind of syntax that might express the richness of my thoughts on this morning. But then I realized that the God of Christmas is infinitely too big for words, and His gift surpasses any syntax man could hope to form to explain it. Therefore, my prayer for you is that the God of Christma ...more
Craig D. Lounsbrough

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