Language and its Structure II: Syntax

Readings

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	From Words to Phrases    The Big Picture: Three Examples The Cinque Hierarchy Greenberg Universals Parameters (wh-movement)	Marler, Peter. “On Innateness: Are Sparrow Songs ‘Learned’ or ‘Innate’.” In The Design of Animal Communication. Edited by Marc D. Hauser, and Mark Konishi. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. 293-318.
2	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	Radford, Andrew. Chapter 2 in Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. 61-81. ———. Transformational Grammar: A First Course. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. 167-196 only.
3	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
4	The Architecture of the Grammar The Rule Move: Scrambling in Japanese What’s Universal? The UTAH Condition on Thematic Role Assignment
5	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	Carnie, Andrew. Chapter 8 in Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Cambridge: Blackwell, 2001. Pp. 187-221.
6	The English Verb System
7	Case Theory Morphological Case Systems Case Theory and the Distribution of Complements
8	DP vs. Non-DP; V&P vs. N&A English as a Case Language!
9	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	Carnie, Andrew. Chapter 9 in Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Cambridge: Blackwell, 2001. Pp. 223-252.
10	Unaccusativity The 1-Advancement Exclusiveness Law.    ne-cliticization in Italian and other tests for unaccusativity
11	How Well Can We Predict Unaccusativity from Lexical Semantics?	Levin, Beth, and Malka Rappaport. “Introduction.” Chapter 1 in Unaccusativity at the Syntax-Lexical Semantics Interface. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. Pp. 2-33. Optional reading: Chapter 2, 34-81.
12	Coreference and Constituent Structure Principle A, Principle B, Principle C Coreference, Binding and Disjoint Reference Governing Category Long-distance Reflexives in Dutch and Chinese	Haegeman, Liliane. Chapter 4 in Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. 201-229.
13	Binding vs. Coreference Binding and Coreference in Language Acquisition and Language Disorders	Guasti, Maria Teresa. Chapter 8 in Language Acquisition: The Growth of Grammar. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. Pp. 271-308.
14	Is it Real?	Hendrick, R., and P. C. Gordon. “Intuitive Knowledge of Linguistic Coreference.” In Cognition 62_._ Pp. 325-370.
15	A-Bar Movement wh-movement as Movement to Spec, CP I-to-C Movement and wh-movement in Questions and Relative Clauses	Haegeman, Liliane. Chapter 7 in Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Sections 1-4.4. Pp. 371-384; 397-413.
16	wh-phrases Doubly-Filled Comp Filter Relative Clauses The Model of Grammar: “Superiority Effects” and “Tucking In”
17	Island Phenomena; The “Subjacency Condition”
18	Incorporation The Condition on Extraction Domains (CED)    Incorporation (Mohawk, Chichewa, Southern Tiwa)
19	Covert Movement and “Logical Form” wh-movement in Japanese/Chinese-type languages    Adjuncts vs. Arguments    Covert Movement	Haegeman, Liliane. Chapter 9 in Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Sections 1-2.3.3. Pp. 485-507.
20	Ellipsis and Quantifier Raising Quantifier Raising, VP-ellipsis, Antecedent-Contained Deletion
21	The Architecture of the Grammar The “Minimalist Program”