Linguistics 222: Syntax B

Winter Quarter 2022

TTh 9:50-11:25 AM, The Cave (Zoom-virtual for at least January)

Syntax B is the second course in the three-quarter graduate introduction to syntactic theory. The focus in this course is on A-bar movement, locality, and island effects.

Syllabus

Assignment 2

Assignment 5

Assignment 6

Assignment 7

Rizzi on Relativised Minimality

Problem 2

Exercises

Problem 1

Problem 2

Problem 3

Problem 4

Problem 5

Problem 20

Naturally occurring Sympathies

Engdahl Parasitic Gaps

Frampton squib

Frampton, Gutmann, Legate, & Yang

Chomsky 1977 "on WH Movement" will appear here shortly. There is no written assignment associated with this reading, but it is expected that you will get several squib topics out of this.

On WH-Movement

Why there are two thans in English

Szabolsci & Den Dikken - Islands

Barss & Lasnik squib

Toosarvandani: vPE in Farsi