ClassInfo - Spring 2015 Linguistics Classes

Spring 2015 | LING 5202 Section 001: Syntactic Theory II (66289)

Instructor(s): Hooi Ling Soh
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Science Teaching Student Svcs 121
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Spring 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2023
(Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Modern syntactic theory. Syntactic phenomena in various languages. Syntactic argumentation, development of constraints on grammar formalisms. prereq: 4201 or 5201
Class Notes:: Intended for graduate students; undergraduate honors students may sign up for the course with instructor consent. Contact the instructor for permission numbers.
Class Description:: This course is concerned with the concepts and principles which have been of central significance in the recent development of syntactic theory, with special focus on the "Government and Binding" (GB)/ "Principles and Parameters" (P&P) approach. We will examine how languages may differ in the way words are organized into phrases and sentences and how they are the same. We will also discuss the differences between GB and the Minimalist Program and the motivations for the shift from GB to the Minimalist Program.
Grading:: 35% Reports/Papers
5% In-class Presentations
60% Problem Solving
Exam Format:: short answers
Class Format:: 80% Lecture
20% Discussion
Workload:: 25 Pages Reading Per Week
35 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66289/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 4 September 2007

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