Books like Lectures on Government and Binding
Noam Chomsky
Lectures on Government and Binding is 371 pages, about 6 hours 48 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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How long each takes
Chomsky's Universal Grammar 5.2 h 
Beginning Syntax 3.8 h 
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics 9.5 h 
The Syntax Handbook 5.1 h 
Morphology 6.9 h 
The Art of Syntax 3.2 h 
Language 10.4 h 
The Pragmatics of Politeness 6.8 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.