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What is Syntax? |
1) What we study in syntax
2) Nature of syntactic knowledge |
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Universal Grammar |
1) Universal Grammar (UG)
2) Evidence of the existence of UG |
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Sentence: Functional Definition |
1) Sentence: Functional level
2) Subject - Predicate |
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Sentence: Definition by Form |
1) Sentence: Definition by Form
2) Part of Speech |
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Phrases and Constituency |
1) Phrases
2) Constituency tests
3) Phrase Structure Rules |
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Phrase Structure Rules (1) |
1) Phrase Structure Rules |
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Phrase Structure Rules (2) |
1) Phrase Structure Rules |
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Clausal Hierarchy, Finiteness |
Clausal Hierarchy |
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Form vs. Function |
1) Structural ambiguity
2) Form-function mismatches |
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Notations for Tree Structure |
1) Notations for Tree Structure
2) C-command
3) Evidence for c-command |
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Binding Theory |
1) Binding Theory:
Another piece of evidence for c-command |
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Binding Theory & Theta Theory (1) |
1) Binding Theory (Part II)
2) Thematic roles |
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Theta Theory (2) |
1) Theta-grids
2) Theta Criterion
3) Some exercises on Theta Theory |
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X’ - Theory (1) |
1) Some problems for PSRs
2) Introduction to X’-theory |
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X’ - Theory (2) |
1) X’-theory: Complement vs. Adjuncts |
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X’ - Theory (3) |
1) X’-Theory: VP
2) X’-Theory: Structural ambiguity |
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X’ - Theory (4) |
1) X’-Theory: TP & CP
2) X’-Theory: NegP |
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DP-hypothesis |
1) X’-Theory: DP-hypothesis |
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Exercises: Drawing X’-tree |
1) Exercises: Drawing X’-tree |
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Head Movement (1) |
1) Definition of Movement
2) Two Levels of Representations
3) Head Movement |
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Head Movement (2) |
1)Cross-linguistic Variations on Head Movement
2) Negation in Head Movement
3) Do-support as Last Resort |
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Head Movement (3) |
1) Tense, Aspect, and Voice
2) Distributions of Aspectual Auxiliaries |
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Head Movement (4) |
1) T-to-C Movement in Yes-No Questions |
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DP Movement (1) |
1) DP-Movement
2) Projection Principle |
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DP Movement (2) |
1) The EPP
2) Passivization |
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DP Movement (3) |
1) Case Theory
2) Burzio’s Generalization |
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DP Movement (4) |
1) Unaccusative vs. Unergative
2) Subject to Object Raising
3) Exercises |
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Wh-Movement (1) |
1) Wh-movement |
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Wh-Movement (2) |
1) DP-movement vs. Wh-movement
2) Embedded questions
3) Relative clauses |
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Wh-Movement (3) |
1) Islands
2) Subjacency |
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Wh-Movement (4) |
1) Minimal Link Condition
2) Exercises on Movement |
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Stylistic Movement |
1) Stylistic Movement |
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Syntactic Argumentation |
1) Hypothesis-Falsification Approach
2) Occam’s Razor |
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Control Theory (1) |
1) Control Theory
2) Null Argument PRO (PRO Theorem) |
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Control Theory (2) |
1) Obligatory Control & Non-Obligatory Control
2) Exceptional Case Marking |
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Control Theory (3) |
1) Exercises : Control Theory |
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