Linguistics 114A: Syntax III

Fall Quarter 2021

M Th 9:50-11:25, Linguistics Shack

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

Assignments are posted on Canvas.

Assignment 0: Write the grammar of English

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Assignment 3: Deep and Surface Anaphora

Hankamer and Sag 1976

Assignment 4: Irish

Irish Orthography Cheat Sheet

McCloskey "The Shape of Irish Clauses"

Barss and Lasnik 1986

Assignment 5: Ditransitives

Assignment 6: German

Assignment 7: Turkish

Assignment 8: More German

Breckenridge 1-4 Breckenridge 5

Spanish Polarity Ellipsis