We break down what roles different types of words and phrases play within a sentence. There are many theories of syntax and different ways to represent grammatical structures, but one of the simplest ...

Syntactic researchers in the Department ask how syntactic patterns are shaped by and shape communicative practice, focusing on construction-based grammatical explanation, the origins of grammatical ...

Syntax can be defined as the study of how words are combined into sentences and how sentences are linked to each other, giving shape to what is known as sentence structure. Generally speaking, words ...

Title: "Word Order and Object Marking in Copala Triqui: Lessons from Experimental Fieldwork" Abstract: Differential Object Marking is a cross-linguistic phenomenon in which certain kinds of objects (e ...