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Syntax Books

Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
An Introduction to Syntax
Syntax: A Generative Introduction
Introduction to Government & Binding Theory
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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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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 PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
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246 books — 221 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
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
37 books — 10 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
176 books — 46 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

Quotes Tagged “Syntax”

Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Words are precious vessels that carry within them meaning sufficiently stalwart to transform lives and alter the course of nations. And because of the commanding power that is housed within them, I prefer to say one word filled with its meaning than utter a thousand others that I have emptied of their meaning. ”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Laurent Binet
“ The slalom race of syntax! ”
― Laurent Binet, La Septième Fonction du langage
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