Linguistics 114A: Syntax III

Fall Quarter 2018

TTh 9:50-11:25, Cowell 222

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.

Instructor: Jorge Hankamer

SYLLABUS

Assignment 0: A Little Something to Start With

Assignment 1

Assignment 2: Passive

Barss and Lasnik 1986

Assignment 3: Ditransitives

Assignment 3.5: VP Ellipsis

Assignment 4: Deep and Surface Anaphora

Hankamer and Sag 1976

Sag and Hankamer 1984

Assignment 5: Irish

Irish Orthography Cheat Sheet

McCloskey "The Shape of Irish Clauses"

Assignment 6: German

Assignment 7: Turkish

Assignment 8: More German

Breckenridge 1-4 Breckenridge 5