• Finding Journal Articles
• Reference Sources for Syntax
• Syntax Books at UBC Library
• Websites
• Theses and Dissertations
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Constructions of intersubjectivity : discourse, syntax, and cognitions
by Arnie Verhagen

Finding Journal Articles

Looking for journal articles? The following article indexes and databases are useful for syntax research.

• LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - This is the main article index for Linguistics. It indexes journals, books,
  technical reports, papers, dissertations, and book reviews in all areas of linguistics.
• CogNet - The Brain Sciences connection, from MIT. In addition to linguistics, also covers artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
  psychology, philosophy and education. Includes eBooks, journals, conference proceedings, and grey literature. Click here to
  see a list of available MIT eBooks on Linguistics.
• MLA International Bibliography
  - indexes literature, language, linguistics, and folklore; includes coverage from 1963 to the present

Syntax eJournals

• Syntax
• Grammars
• Theoretical Linguistics

Reference Resources : Encyclopedias, Guides, and Handbooks

• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2nd ed), online
  - also in 4 print volumes in Koerner Reference P29 .I58 2003
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (online) The Syntax and Morphology section (under Linguistics)
  has chapters on Syntax, Adverbial Clauses, Constituent Structure, Generative Syntax, Grammatical Agreement, Incorporation,
  Principles and Parameters Theory, Pronouns, Valency and Argument Structure, and more. With lists for further reading.
  An excellent starting point.
• The handbook of contemporary syntactic theory P291 .H246 2003 Koerner stacks
• Case, semantic roles, and grammatical relations : a comprehensive bibliography ZP240.6 .C36 1994
• Theoretical syntax 1980-1991 : an annotated and classified bibliography ZP291 .O97 1992
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics online

Syntax Books at UBC Library

Books on Syntax are located in Koerner Library, Humanities and Social Sciences. To see what books we have in at UBC library,
try a Subject Heading search in the catalogue:

• Grammar, Comparative and general
• Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
• Generative Grammar
• Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
• For books on a specific language, use this format (replace 'French' with whichever language you are interested in):
  • French language - Syntax

Websites

• Syntactic Structures of the World's Languages searchable database that allows users to discover which properties
  (morphological, syntactic, and semantic) characterize a language, as well as how these properties relate across languages.
• Arizona Minimalist Syntax Archives
• CogPrints - Syntax papers

Theses and Dissertations

Up to 1992 the library has paper copies of UBC theses, later theses are on microfiche. The theses are entered in the catalogue.
UBC theses from 1997 on can be downloaded for free by students & faculty from Proquest Dissertations & Theses - Full Text .

 

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