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Spring 2021 | LING 5202 Section 001: Syntactic Theory II (50744)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Ling 5201
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (6 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Modern syntactic theory. Syntactic phenomena in various languages. Syntactic argumentation, development of constraints on grammar formalisms. prereq: 5201 or instructor consent. LING 5201 is directed towards honors students and graduate students.
- 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/50744/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
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