Language and its Structure II: Syntax

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	From Words to Phrases The Big Picture: Three Examples The Cinque Hierarchy Greenberg Universals Parameters (wh-movement)
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
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	Assignment #1 Due
4	The Architecture of the Grammar The Rule Move: Scrambling in Japanese What’s Universal? The UTAH Condition on Thematic Role Assignment	Assignment #2 Due
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	Assignment #3 Due
6	The English Verb System	Assignment #4 Due
7	Case Theory Morphological Case Systems Case Theory and the Distribution of Complements	Assignment #5 Due
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
		Assignment #6 Due (Two days after Lec #9)
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?	Assignment #7 Due
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
13	Binding vs. Coreference Binding and Coreference in Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
14	Is it Real?	Assignment #9 Due
15	A-Bar Movement Wh-movement as Movement to Spec, CP I-to-C Movement and Wh-movement in Questions and Relative Clauses.
16	Wh-phrases Doubly-Filled Comp filter Relative Clauses The Model of Grammar: “Superiority Effects” and “Tucking In”.	Assignment #10 Due
17	Island Phenomena; the “Subjacency Condition”
18	Incorporation The Condition on Extraction Domains (CED) Incorporation (Mohawk, Chichewa, Southern Tiwa)	Assignment #11 Due
19	Covert Movement and “Logical Form” WH-movement in Japanese/Chinese-type Languages. Adjuncts vs. Arguments. Covert Movement
		Squib Due (Two days after Lec # 19)
20	Ellipsis and Quantifier Raising Quantifier Raising, VP-ellipsis, Antecedent-Contained Deletion
21	The Architecture of the Grammar The “Minimalist Program”