Linguistics 223: Syntax C

Spring Quarter 2011

MW 2-3:45 PM, The Cave

Syntax C continues the investigation of syntactic analysis begun in Syntax A and B, extending the range of the phenomena studied to include anaphora and ellipsis.

Syllabus

Deep and Surface Anaphora

Sag and Hankamer 1984

Ross: Cyclic Nature of English Pronominalization

Ross: Gapping and the order of constituents

Eisenberg squib

Problem 1

Coppock 2001

Johnson 2010

Jayaseelan 1990

Lasnik 1999

Jackendoff 1971

Sag 1976: A Logical Theory of Verb Phrase Deletion

Fiengo & May, ch. 6

Irish VPE

Goldberg Diss 1st Half

Goldberg Diss 2nd Half

Gribanova NLLT

Kennedy 1994: Argument Contained Ellipsis

Guess Who?

Chung, Ladusaw, & McCloskey: 1st 3 pp.

Kennedy 2000: Comparative (sub)Deletion

Depiante 2004: Polarity ellipsis