Praise for the 1st edition

“The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, unique in character and designed with great skill and care, is sure to be a rich source of high-quality information on critically important topics, and an invaluable research tool for the study of language.”
Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“For any serious researcher interested in theoretical linguistics, this incredible companion will remain an important and extremely useful source of reference for years to come.”
Yukio Otsu, Keio University, Tokyo

“In a rapidly moving field, it is essential to have an accessible repository of the empirical generalizations that fueled the theoretical debates. These generalizations have not only a historical value. It is often the case that the latest theoretical constructs tend to focus on the most recent empirical issues being discussed and ignore the previous ones. In this respect, this book provides a constant reminder of what needs to be incorporated in the current debate. It can be considered the empirical memory of the field.”
Joseph Aoun, Northeastern University

“The Blackwell Companion to Syntax is a very important accomplishment. Everaert and Van Riemsdijk have brought together a large group of internationally reputed researchers, each of whom analyzes a particular empirical domain that has played a central role in the development of syntactic theory. It is a valuable reference and pedagogical tool. I have no doubt that this work will benefit not only undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics but anyone interested in syntax and in the remarkable intellectual history of the field.”
M. Carme Picallo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

“This is the most impressive collective endeavor in the field of syntax ever attempted. It summarizes the (basic) descriptive results obtained for a great many syntactic phenomena in the last fifty years of research in generative grammar. It is an indispensable work of reference for students and researchers alike.”
Guglielmo Cinque, University of Venice