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160125 PS Formal Syntax (2019S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 01.02.2019 10:00 to Th 21.02.2019 12:00
- Registration is open from Mo 25.02.2019 10:00 to Th 28.02.2019 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2019 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 07.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 14.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 21.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 28.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 04.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 11.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 02.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 09.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 16.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 23.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 06.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 13.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 27.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this proseminar we will go deeper into some of the theoretical and empirical issues introduced in the course 'VU Grammatiktheorie', at the same time as we broaden our scope of inquiry to yet other syntactic phenomena. In particular, we will look at issues surrounding argument and event structure (so-called “first-phase syntax”), island phenomena, relative clauses, agreement, Case, as well as the (nature of the) interaction of syntax with other modules of the grammar, bearing in mind all along the issue of what the locus of cross-linguistic variation might be.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students are expected to do the readings before coming to class, come to class, participate actively by asking and answering questions, make a presentation with a handout and write a squib on some grammatical phenomenon (some hands-on training will be provided). Alternatively, instead of the squib-writing requirement students may opt for a written exam to be held on the last session of the course (i.e. 27 June).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Anwesenheitspflicht (max. 2x fehlen).
Students have a good command of theoretical issues in modern syntactic research and their empirical foundations.
Students have a good command of theoretical issues in modern syntactic research and their empirical foundations.
Examination topics
Topics discussed in class (and protocoled on Moodle).
Reading list
(Selected)
Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou and Florian Schäfer (2015) External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations: A Layering Approach. Oxford: OUP.
Bejar, Susana and Milan Rezac (2009) Cyclic Agree. Linguistic Inquiry 40 (1):35-73.
Cinque, Guglielmo (2019/forthcoming) The Syntax of Relative Clauses: A Unified Double-headed Analysis. Cambridge: CUP.
Delancey, Scott (1981) An interpretation of split ergativity and related patterns. Language 57:626-657.
Haider, Hubert (2018) Phrase-structure based typology. https://www.uni-salzburg.at/fileadmin/multimedia/Linguistik/documents/Haider-Phrase_structure_based_typology.pdf
Harley, Heidi (2013) External arguments and the Mirror Principle: On the distinctness of Voice and v. Lingua 125: 34-57.
Harley, Heidi and Elizabeth Ritter (2002) Person and number in pronouns: A feature-geometric analysis. Language 78:482-526.
Holmberg, Anders (2010) Parameters in minimalist theory: The case of Scandinavian. Theoretical Linguistics 36(1): 1-48.
Müller, Gereon (2011) Constraints on Displacement: A phase-based approach. Benjamins.
Polinsky, Maria (2013) Raising and control. In M. den Dikken (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sheehan, Michelle (2015) Case. Ergative languages. In A. Fábregas, J. Mateu and M. Putnam (eds.) Contemporary Linguistic Parameters. Bloomsbury.
Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou and Florian Schäfer (2015) External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations: A Layering Approach. Oxford: OUP.
Bejar, Susana and Milan Rezac (2009) Cyclic Agree. Linguistic Inquiry 40 (1):35-73.
Cinque, Guglielmo (2019/forthcoming) The Syntax of Relative Clauses: A Unified Double-headed Analysis. Cambridge: CUP.
Delancey, Scott (1981) An interpretation of split ergativity and related patterns. Language 57:626-657.
Haider, Hubert (2018) Phrase-structure based typology. https://www.uni-salzburg.at/fileadmin/multimedia/Linguistik/documents/Haider-Phrase_structure_based_typology.pdf
Harley, Heidi (2013) External arguments and the Mirror Principle: On the distinctness of Voice and v. Lingua 125: 34-57.
Harley, Heidi and Elizabeth Ritter (2002) Person and number in pronouns: A feature-geometric analysis. Language 78:482-526.
Holmberg, Anders (2010) Parameters in minimalist theory: The case of Scandinavian. Theoretical Linguistics 36(1): 1-48.
Müller, Gereon (2011) Constraints on Displacement: A phase-based approach. Benjamins.
Polinsky, Maria (2013) Raising and control. In M. den Dikken (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sheehan, Michelle (2015) Case. Ergative languages. In A. Fábregas, J. Mateu and M. Putnam (eds.) Contemporary Linguistic Parameters. Bloomsbury.
Association in the course directory
BA-APM10c
BA-APM10b
BA-M12
BA-APM10b
BA-M12
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