Linguistics 114A: Syntax III

Winter Quarter 2017

MWF 12-1:05, 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 1: Passive

Assignment 2

Hankamer and Sag 1976

Sag and Hankamer 1984

Assignment 3: Irish

Barss and Lasnik 1986

Assignment 4: German

McCloskey "The Shape of Irish Clauses"

Assignment 5: More German

Assignment 6: Some Turkish