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The study of the internal structure of expressions, especially between words and phrases, and the principles and processes that determine it. This includes words order, but also the grammatical relations that hold between words, as well as structural ambiguity, binding, reference, and similar issues. Common approaches are numerous phrase structure grammars (GPSG, HPSG, LFG, G&B, X-bar, Minimalism, ...) and, on the other hand, dependency grammars.

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Diagnostic tests for basic word order of subject-verb-object in a topic-comment language?

Try to use idioms. If we assume that idioms start as a one constituents, they may show underlined wordorder. you can also look at more unmarked word order.
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Basic syntax notation: noun phrase vs determiner phrase

These are two different representations that depend on your assumption. Some linguists believe that noun and determiner make a Noun Phrase, while others believe that noun and det constitute a Determin …
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Textbook suggestions for syntax, semantics/pragmatics and phonetics/phonology

It provides a general introduction to syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics and brain and language. It is easy to read. I really advise you to start with it. … For syntax, you can read Andrew Carnie's Syntax: a generative introduction. Hageman's introduction to government and binding. Redford's Minimalist syntax. …