Linguistics 114: Syntax III

Fall Quarter 2011

TTH 10-11:45, Merrill 3

This course is a capstone course in the syntax sequence. The work for the course consists of homework problems, readings, maybe a couple of squibs, and a term paper. The course will pursue interesting theories and phenomena that are accessible after the completion of Syntax I and II.

Instructors: Jorge Hankamer & Jim McCloskey

SYLLABUS

Greenberg Universals

Assignment 1

Assignment 1.A Writeup

Assignment 1.B Writeup

Feedback on Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 Feedback

Assignment 3

Hankamer and Sag 1976

Assignment 3 Feedback

Sag and Hankamer 1984

Assignment 4: Irish

Assignment 5: Turkish

Unaccusative Hypothesis

Assignment 6

Depiante: Polarity Ellipsis

Morris: Polarity Ellipsis in French

Goodall: Spanish WH Questions

Assignment 7

Ross: Gapping and the Order of Constituents

Eisenberg squib

Assignment 8.1: German Passives and Impersonals

Burzio Chapter

Assignment 8.2: More German Passives and Impersonals

Assignment 9: Second draft of Squib

Icelandic Passive Problem

Zaenen, Maling, & Thainsson: Icelandic Passive Paper

Assignment 10: Final draft of Squib

Sympathy

Parasitic gaps in the wild