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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
linguistics
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Ivy Sichel
Coordinator Office Hours:
Before and after classes by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ivy Sichel
Course/Module description:
The course covers major theoretical developments at the syntax-semantics interface with an emphasis on acquisition and processing. We will focus on the binding theory, pronouns, their acquisition, as well as questions and relative clauses.
Course/Module aims:
To familiarize students with major developments in syntactic theory and the syntax-semantics interface.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To analyze structures and sentences; to read central articles; to summarize central points in the reading material; to relate syntactic structure and semantic interpretation.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, discussion, and homework assignments.
Course/Module Content:
Pronouns, anaphora, binding theory, quantifiers and bound pronouns, questions and relative clauses, islands, locality constraints.
Required Reading:
Bobalijk, Jonathan. 2001. The implications of rich agreement: Why morphology doesn't drive syntax. In K. Megerdoomian and L. BarEl (eds.) Proceedings of WCCFL 20. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Carnie, Andrew. 2002. Syntax: A generative introduction. Ch. 6: Extending X-bar Theory: CP, IP, DP. Blackwell.
Chomsky, Noam. 1993 A minimalist program for linguistic theory. Reprinted in N. Chomsky (1995) The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Doron, Edit. 1982. The Syntax and Semantics of Resumptive Pronouns. Texas Linguistics Forum 19:1-48.
Fox, Danny. 2003. On Logical Form. In Hendrick, R. (ed.) Minimalist Syntax. Blackwell.
Grolla, Elaine. 2005. A unified account for two problems in the acquisition of pronouns. In Alderete, J. et. al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. P. 173-181. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Guasti, M. T. 2004. Language Acquisition: The Growth of Grammar. Cambridge: MIT Press. Ch. 8.
Haegeman, Lilliane. 1994. Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Second edition. Blackwell.
Hofmeister, P. & I. Sag. 2010. Cognitive constraints and island effects. Language 86: 366-415.
Hornstein, Norbert. 1995. Logical Form: From GB to Minimalism. Blackwell. Chapters 1-2.
Iatridou, S. 2002. What I learned about reconstruction in A-chains. Long Handout for ‘More Advanced Syntax’ class, MIT.
Iatridou, S. & I. Sichel. 2011. Negative DPs, A-Movement, and Scope Diminishment. Linguistic Inquiry 42.4: 595-629.
Koster-Moeller, J., J. Varvoutis & M. Hackl. 2007. Processing Evidence for Quantifier Raising: The case of Antecedent Contained Deletion. In Friedman, T. & M. Gibson (eds.) Proceedings of SALT XVII. 166-183. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
Marantz, Alec. 1995. The Minimalist Program. In G. Webelhuth (ed.)Government and Binding Theory and the Minimalist Program. Blackwell.
Phillips, C. to appear. On the Nature of Island Effects I: Language Processing and Reductionist Accounts. In J. Sprouse & N. Hornstein (eds.) Experimental Syntax and Island Effects. Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, Jean-Yves. 1989. Verb-movement, Universal Grammar, and the Structure of IP. Linguistic Inquiry 20:365-424.
Rooryck, J. & G. Wyngaerd. 2011. Dissolving Binding Theory. Oxford University Press. Ch. 2.
Shlonsky, Ur & Edit Doron 1992. Verb-second in Hebrew. In Bates, D. (ed.) Proceedings of the tenth West Coast Conference in Formal Linguistics p. 431-446. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.
Sichel, Ivy. 2012. Resumptive Pronouns and Competition. Hebrew University manuscript.
Sportiche, D. 2003. Reconstruction, Binding and Scope. In Everaert, M. & H. Van Riemsdijk (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Syntax. Blackwell (published in 2006).
Travis, Lisa. 1992. Parameters of Phrase Structure and Verb-Second Phenomena. In R. Freidin (ed.) Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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