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Syntax is the system of rules that we subconsciously follow when we build sentences. Whereas the grammar of English (or other languages) might look like a rather chaotic set of arbitrary patterns, linguistic science has revealed that these patterns can actually be understood as the result of a small number of grammatical principles. This lively introductory textbook is designed for undergraduate students in linguistics, English and modern languages with relatively little background in the subject, offering the necessary tools for the analysis of phrases and sentences while at the same time introducing state-of-the-art syntactic theory in an accessible and engaging way. Guiding students through a variety of intriguing puzzles, striking facts and novel ideas, Introducing Syntax presents contemporary insights into syntactic theory in one clear and coherent narrative, avoiding unnecessary detail and enabling readers to understand the rationale behind technicalities. Aids to learning include highlighted key terms, suggestions for further reading and numerous exercises, placing syntax in a broader grammatical perspective.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Syntax. --- Grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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What is the trigger for displacement phenomena in natural language syntax? And how can constraints on syntactic movement be derived from interface conditions and so-called Third Factor principles? Within the Minimalist Program a standard answer to the first question is that it is driven by morphosyntactic features. This monograph challenges that view and suggests that the role of features in driving syntactic computation has been overestimated. Instead it proposes that "labeling" -- the detection of a prominent element in sets formed by Merge -- plays a role in driving transformations, and labeling itself is understood to derive from an interplay of efficient computation and the need for a label at the Conceptual-Intentional systems. It explores this idea in four empirical domains: Long-distance dependencies, Criterial Freezing-phenomena, nested dependencies and ATB-movement. The languages considered include English, German and Hebrew.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Minimalist theory (Linguistics) --- Parallelism (Linguistics) --- Language and languages --- Linguistics --- Generative grammar --- Syntax --- Syntax. --- Style --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Movement. --- ATB Movement. --- Criterial Freezing. --- Long-distance Dependencies. --- Nested Dependencies.

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This volume brings together a selection of articles illustrating the multifaceted nature of current research in generative syntax. The authors, including some of the leading figures in the field, present analyses of typologically diverse languages, with some studies drawing on dialectal, acquisitional and diachronic evidence. Set against this rich empirical background, the contributions address an equally wide range of theoretical issues.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Syntax. --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- E-books --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Comparative Syntax . --- Generative Syntax . --- Micro-comparative Syntax.

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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Morphology --- Psychological aspects --- Syntax --- Language and languages --- Analysis, Linguistic (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Morphology (Linguistics) --- Morphology. --- Psychological aspects. --- Syntax. --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology --- Semantics - Psychological aspects --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Construction grammar. --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Augmentatives (Grammar) --- Predicate (Grammar) --- Verb phrase --- Verb phrase. --- Augmentatives. --- Syntax. --- Affixes --- Phrasal verb --- Predicate --- Verbals --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Comparative linguistics --- Construction grammar --- Augmentatives --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax