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Syntax Books

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
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Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó SiadhailBasic Irish by Nancy StensonIntermediate Irish by Nancy StensonIrish Grammar You Really Need to Know by Éamonn Ó DónaillBuntus Cainte by Tomas O Domhnallain
Leabhair Gramadai Gaelige
38 books — 11 voters
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.On Writing by Stephen KingOn Becoming a Novelist by John GardnerBandersnatch by Diana Pavlac GlyerInto the Woods by John Yorke
How to Not Suck at Writing
48 books — 19 voters

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBecause Internet by Gretchen McCullochThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
181 books — 41 voters
A Tarifit Berber Dictionary by Clive W. McClellandA Complete Grammar of English, from Sounds to Whole Texts by C.W. McClellandStories, Grammar and Prosody in a Berber Language by Clive W. McClellandTarifit Berber Phonology by Clive W. McClellandA Complete Grammar of English, from Sounds to Whole Texts by C.W. McClelland
A Complete Grammar of English, from Sounds to Whole Texts
5 books — 1 voter

The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago PressDevelopmental Editing by Scott NortonThe Grammar Daily by Mignon FogartyA Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Watson FowlerRandom House Webster's Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation by Random House
Editing 101
12 books — 4 voters
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
Best Books about Linguistics
258 books — 226 voters

Quotes Tagged “Syntax”

Fernando Pessoa
“ There is no enduring emotion without syntax. Immortality depends upon the grammarians. ”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
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Kelli Russell Agodon
“ I escape disaster by writing a poem with a joke in it: The past, present, and future walk into a bar—it was tense. ”
― Kelli Russell Agodon, Hourglass Museum
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