LIN 202 SYNTAX

A study of the internal structure of sentences in English and other languages, alongside their representation in generative grammar.  Topics include noun and verb phrases, thematic roles, functional categories, co-reference, movement, word order variations, and scope ambiguities.  Students will apply diagnostics and invoke grammaticality judgment to derive phrasal constituency and build tree diagrams.

Credits

4

Notes

Students participating in the foreign language section will receive an additional credit hour, pass/not passed marking.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 28 students.

Attributes

A2, MOIC