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From Words to Phrases
The Big Picture: Three Examples
The Cinque Hierarchy
Greenberg Universals
Parameters (wh-movement)
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Constituent Structure and Tests for Constituent Structure
Sentence Fragments, Movement, Ellipsis, Anaphora as Tests for Constituency
X-bar Theory: Heads
θ-roles
Complements and Modifiers
Specifiers
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The 'Sisterhood Condition on Selection', and Some Consequences
Implications for Acquisition
Modification of the Sisterhood Condition gives the Notion "Head"
CP and IP
Apparent Deviations from the Sisterhood Condition due to Movement. "Scrambling" in Japanese
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Assignment #1 Due
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The Architecture of the Grammar
The Rule Move: Scrambling in Japanese
What's Universal? The UTAH Condition on Thematic Role Assignment
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Assignment #2 Due
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Head Movement
Apparent Deviations from the Sisterhood Condition in Verb-second languages (German, Dutch, Swedish, Vata...)
Verb Movement to I in French
VSO Languages (Irish, Welsh...) and the VP-internal Subject
Hypothesis
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Assignment #3 Due
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The English Verb System |
Assignment #4 Due
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Case Theory
Morphological Case Systems
Case Theory and the Distribution of Complements
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Assignment #5 Due
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DP vs. Non-DP; V&P vs. N&A
English as a Case Language!
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A-Movement
Passive Sentences and Raising to Subject
Passive in the Clause and in NP
Long-distance Passive vs. Control (PRO)
Subject Control vs. Object Control
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Assignment #6 Due (Two days after Lec #9)
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Unaccusativity
The 1-Advancement Exclusiveness Law
Ne-cliticization in Italian and Other Tests for Unaccusativity
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How Well Can We Predict Unaccusativity from Lexical Semantics? |
Assignment #7 Due
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Coreference and Constituent Structure
Principle A, Principle B, Principle C
Coreference, Binding and Disjoint Reference
Governing Category
Long-distance Reflexives in Dutch and Chinese
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Binding vs. Coreference
Binding and Coreference in Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
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Is it Real? |
Assignment #9 Due |
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A-Bar Movement
Wh-movement as Movement to Spec, CP
I-to-C Movement and Wh-movement in Questions and Relative Clauses.
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Wh-phrases
Doubly-Filled Comp filter
Relative Clauses
The Model of Grammar: "Superiority Effects" and "Tucking In".
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Assignment #10 Due |
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Island Phenomena; the "Subjacency Condition" |
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Incorporation
The Condition on Extraction Domains (CED) Incorporation (Mohawk, Chichewa, Southern Tiwa)
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Assignment #11 Due
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Covert Movement and "Logical Form"
WH-movement in Japanese/Chinese-type Languages. Adjuncts vs. Arguments. Covert Movement
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Squib Due (Two days after Lec # 19)
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Ellipsis and Quantifier Raising
Quantifier Raising, VP-ellipsis, Antecedent-Contained Deletion
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The Architecture of the Grammar
The "Minimalist Program"
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