Core References
These works form the theoretical backbone of the course. You should prioritize these readings.
- Adger, D. (2003). Core syntax: A minimalist approach. Oxford University Press.
- Goldberg, A. E. (1995). Constructions: A construction grammar approach to argument structure. University of Chicago Press.
- Halliday, M. A. K., & Matthiessen, C. M. I. M. (2014). Halliday’s introduction to functional grammar (4th ed.). Routledge.
- Huddleston, R., & Pullum, G. K. (2002). The Cambridge grammar of the English language. Cambridge University Press.
- Lambrecht, K. (1994). Information structure and sentence form. Cambridge University Press.
- Radford, A. (2009). Analyzing English sentences. Cambridge University Press.
Supplementary and Methodological Readings
These readings support corpus work, usage-based explanation, and methodological decisions.
- Bybee, J. (2010). Language, usage and cognition. Cambridge University Press.
- Carnie, A. (2021). Syntax: A generative introduction (4th ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Egbert, J., Larsson, T., & Biber, D. (2020). Doing linguistics with a corpus. Cambridge University Press.
- Levin, B., & Rappaport Hovav, M. (2005). Argument realization. Cambridge University Press.
- Thompson, G. (2013). Introducing functional grammar (3rd ed.). Routledge.
Applied / Illustrative Studies
Use these as models of publishable empirical syntax research.
- Gonzales, W. D. W. (2024). When to (not) split the infinitive: factors governing patterns of syntactic variation in Twitter-style Philippine English. English Language and Linguistics, 28(2), 305–339. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674323000631
- Hundt, M. (2024). The be– and get-passive alternation in World Englishes. World Englishes. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12633
- Hundt, M., Röthlisberger, M., & Seoane, E. (2021). Predicting voice alternation across academic Englishes. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 17(1), 189–222. https://doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2017-0050