L-313 (Emner fra nordisk syntaks): Phrase Structure
This course will be co-taught by Peter Svenonius, Tarald Taraldsen, and Thorbjörg Hróarsdóttir. It satisfies requirements for the Master's program in Scandinavian Linguistics and the Master's program in English Linguistics.
In this course we will be examining theories of phrase structure, beginning with the 1960's and extending to the present day. The empirical motivations for structural analyses are examined, along with the theory.
Schedule (emerging; watch this site):
Monday, Aug. 24: Introduction (Svenonius, Taraldsen)
Reading: Tim Stowell 1981: The Origins of Phrase Structure (MIT dissertation), Chapter 1
Tuesday, Aug. 25: A Theory of Phrase Structure (Svenonius)
Reading: Ray Jackendoff 1977:X-bar Syntax (MIT Press), Chapter 3 (follow this link for a study guide)
Friday, Aug. 28: Complements (Svenonius)
Reading: Jackendoff 1977, Chapter 4 (see the study guide)
Monday, Aug. 31: A Revised Theory of Phrase Structure (Svenonius)
Reading: Stowell 1981, Chapter 2
Tuesday, Sept. 1: The Order of Complements (Svenonius)
Reading: Stowell 1981, Chapter 3
Friday, Sept. 4: Subjects Across Categories (Svenonius)
Reading: Tim Stowell 1983: 'Subjects across categories,' The Linguistic Review 2:285-312.
Monday, Sept 7: The DP Hypothesis and Extended Projections (Svenonius)
Reading: Steven Abney1987: The English Noun Phrase in its Sentential Aspect, Chapter I, section 1, Chapter II, section 3 (MIT dissertation).
Tuesday, Sept. 8 - Friday, Sept. 11: Verb-second (Svenonius)
Reading: Handouts
Monday, Sept. 14 - Friday, Sept. 18: The Split-Infl Hypothesis (Taraldsen)
Reading: Jean-Yves Pollock 1989 (LI)
Monday, Sept. 21 - Friday, Sept. 25: (Taraldsen)
Reading:
Monday, Sept. 28 - Friday, Oct. 2: Short V-movement in English (Taraldsen)
Reading: Kyle Johnson 1991 (NLLT)
Monday, Oct. 5 - Friday, Oct. 9 : VP Shells (Taraldsen)
Reading: Richard Larson 1988 (LI)
Monday, October 12: Object Shift (Svenonius)
Reading: Anders Holmberg 1986, Word Order and Syntactic Features, Chapter 6 (University of Stockholm PhD dissertation).
Tuesday, October 13: A movement vs. A-bar movement (Svenonius)
Reading: Handout
Friday, October 16: Scrambling (Svenonius)
Reading: Handout
Monday, October 19: PF movement (Taraldsen)
Reading: Anders Holmberg 1997, 'The true nature of Holmberg's Generalization,' NELS 27.
Tuesday, October 20: Particle Shift (Taraldsen)
Reading: Peter Svenonius 1994, Dependent Nexus, Chapter 3 (UCSC PhD dissertation)
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