Lecture Notes | Language and its Structure II: Syntax | Linguistics and Philosophy | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Instructor

Prof. David Pesetsky

Departments

Linguistics and Philosophy

As Taught In

Fall 2003

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Humanities
- Linguistics
  - Syntax
- Philosophy
  - Philosophy of Language

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Lecture Notes

A mini-argument for covert wh-movement in English multiple questions

An argument that Merge and Move are intermixed

Case

Case

Japanese syntax

Raising to Subject vs. Subject Control

Unaccusativity handout

Verb movement

wh-movement

Wh-movement, Islands, Incorporation and Covert Movement

Wh-movement/Movement in general

Lecture 1 Summary

Syntax: day 1

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Lecture 14 Summary

Lecture 17 Summary

Lecture 19 Summary

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. David Pesetsky

Departments

Linguistics and Philosophy

As Taught In

Fall 2003

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Humanities
- Linguistics
  - Syntax
- Philosophy
  - Philosophy of Language

Learning Resource Types

Exams with Solutions

Problem Sets with Solutions

Lecture Notes

Download Course

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