A systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences.

An argument that there are three kinds of English grammatical objects, each with different syntactic properties.

The Syntax Workbook was written as a response to the students and instructors who, over the years, have requested more problem sets that give greater experience in analyzing syntactic structure.

A new theory of syntactic movement within a Chomskyan framework.

This book is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. Codes protect secrets. Symbol and magic hide meanings to imperil or delight. Languages made to confuse let insiders talk openly without being understood by others. Barry Blake looks in depth at these and many more and illuminates the most arcane and curious uses of language

In clear, congenial style Barry Blake explains every aspect of how language works - in conversation, writing, and the brain - and how it never stops changing. His engaging account is for everyone curious about language or who needs to know more about it.

A concise and accessible 2001 introduction to the ways in which relations between words in sentences are marked in languages.