160180 SE Seminar aus Grammatiktheorie (2025S)
Syntax and Semantics of Clausal Embedding
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Do 06.02.2025 08:00 bis Mi 26.02.2025 23:59
- Anmeldung von Sa 01.03.2025 08:00 bis Fr 13.06.2025 23:59
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max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Montag 16.06. 09:30 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Dienstag 17.06. 13:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
- Mittwoch 18.06. 09:15 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Montag 23.06. 09:30 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- N Dienstag 24.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 7 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Mittwoch 25.06. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
- Donnerstag 26.06. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 5 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Freitag 27.06. 10:45 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Students will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- Active participation in class
- Developing a research project related to the topic of the seminar:
- writing a short abstract describing the project (by June 23rd);
- present the key generalizations and ideas in class (by June 30th)
- writing a final paper for the class (~25 pages, by July 28th).
Students are not allowed to use AI for the assignments of this class, but they are welcome to use any other linguistic materials - papers, books, handouts etc. that they can find throughout the class. Students are encouraged to discuss all the readings and their research projects with other students.
- Active participation in class
- Developing a research project related to the topic of the seminar:
- writing a short abstract describing the project (by June 23rd);
- present the key generalizations and ideas in class (by June 30th)
- writing a final paper for the class (~25 pages, by July 28th).
Students are not allowed to use AI for the assignments of this class, but they are welcome to use any other linguistic materials - papers, books, handouts etc. that they can find throughout the class. Students are encouraged to discuss all the readings and their research projects with other students.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
The minimum requirements to pass the class:
- Attend at least half of the classes and actively participate in them.
- Make a short presentation of the research project in class.
- Submit the final paper for the research project.
The grade will be calculated in the following way:
- Participation: 25%
- Abstract for the project: 15%
- Project presentation: 30%
- Final paper: 30%
- Attend at least half of the classes and actively participate in them.
- Make a short presentation of the research project in class.
- Submit the final paper for the research project.
The grade will be calculated in the following way:
- Participation: 25%
- Abstract for the project: 15%
- Project presentation: 30%
- Final paper: 30%
Prüfungsstoff
There is no formal exam for this class. The research projects that the students will develop should relate to one of the three broad topics covered in class (see the three modules above).
Literatur
The relevant literature will be provided on moodle. Here are some selected readings (tentative):
Bochnak, Ryan & Emily Hanink. 2021. Clausal embedding in Washo: Complementation vs. modification. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 1–44.
Bogal-Allbritten, Elizabeth. 2016. Building meaning in Navajo. University of Massachusetts Amherst dissertation.
Bogal-Allbritten, Elizabeth & Keir Moulton. 2018. Nominalized clauses and reference to propositional content. In Sinn und Bedeutung, vol. 21, 215–232.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. 2022. Anatomy of an Attitude. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thesis.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. 2024. Subjunctive clauses as Weak NPIs in Russian. 2024. Journal of Slavic Linguistics. Vol. 32. No. FASL 31 special issue. P. 1–27.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In Progress. Mood and Modality. Chapter for Cambridge Handbook of Modality.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. Submitted for review. Getting by without movement: building & interpreting indirect wh-dependencies.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In revision. Between triviality and redundancy: evidence from Korean for the ban of CP conjunction.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In revision. On the source of displacement: Two meanings of embedded CPs.
Bondarenko, Tatiana and Elliott, Patrick. In revision. Monotonicity via mereology in the semantics of attitude reports.
Djärv, Kajsa. 2023. Knowing and Believing Things: What DP-Complementation Can Tell us about the Meaning and Composition of (Factive) Attitudes. Journal of Semantics.
Elliott, Patrick D. 2016. Explaining DPs vs. CPs without syntax. In Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society.
Elliott, Patrick D. 2017. Elements of clausal embedding. UCL dissertation.
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2019. Potential answer readings expected, missing. Fourth Workshop on Turkic and languages in contact with Turkic (Tu+4).
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2020. Embedded clauses in Turkish: Both argumenthood and modification are paths to composition. Talk at LSA 2020, New Orleans.
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2021. The Event Structure of Attitudes. UMass Amherst dissertation.
Özyıldız, Deniz & Wataru Uegaki. under review. Clauses can be modifiers, or arguments: Evidence from alternations in factivity and answer-orientedness in Turkish and Japanese.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2006. Decomposing attitude verbs. Handout from a talk in honor of Anita Mittwoch on her 80th birthday. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2013a. Modality and the semantics of embedding. Talk given at the Amsterdam Colloquium.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2013b. Modality for the 21st century.
Moulton, Keir. 2009. Natural selection and the syntax of clausal complementation. University of Massachusetts - Amherst dissertation.
Uegaki, Wataru. 2019. The semantics of question-embedding predicates. Language and Linguistics Compass 13(1).
Wurmbrand, Susanne & Magdalena Lohninger. 2019. An Implicational Universal in Complementation. In Jutta M. Hartmann & Angelika Wöllstein (eds.), Propositional Arguments in Cross-Linguistic Research: Theoretical and Empirical Issues.
Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Bochnak, Ryan & Emily Hanink. 2021. Clausal embedding in Washo: Complementation vs. modification. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 1–44.
Bogal-Allbritten, Elizabeth. 2016. Building meaning in Navajo. University of Massachusetts Amherst dissertation.
Bogal-Allbritten, Elizabeth & Keir Moulton. 2018. Nominalized clauses and reference to propositional content. In Sinn und Bedeutung, vol. 21, 215–232.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. 2022. Anatomy of an Attitude. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thesis.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. 2024. Subjunctive clauses as Weak NPIs in Russian. 2024. Journal of Slavic Linguistics. Vol. 32. No. FASL 31 special issue. P. 1–27.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In Progress. Mood and Modality. Chapter for Cambridge Handbook of Modality.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. Submitted for review. Getting by without movement: building & interpreting indirect wh-dependencies.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In revision. Between triviality and redundancy: evidence from Korean for the ban of CP conjunction.
Bondarenko, Tatiana. In revision. On the source of displacement: Two meanings of embedded CPs.
Bondarenko, Tatiana and Elliott, Patrick. In revision. Monotonicity via mereology in the semantics of attitude reports.
Djärv, Kajsa. 2023. Knowing and Believing Things: What DP-Complementation Can Tell us about the Meaning and Composition of (Factive) Attitudes. Journal of Semantics.
Elliott, Patrick D. 2016. Explaining DPs vs. CPs without syntax. In Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society.
Elliott, Patrick D. 2017. Elements of clausal embedding. UCL dissertation.
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2019. Potential answer readings expected, missing. Fourth Workshop on Turkic and languages in contact with Turkic (Tu+4).
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2020. Embedded clauses in Turkish: Both argumenthood and modification are paths to composition. Talk at LSA 2020, New Orleans.
Özyıldız, Deniz. 2021. The Event Structure of Attitudes. UMass Amherst dissertation.
Özyıldız, Deniz & Wataru Uegaki. under review. Clauses can be modifiers, or arguments: Evidence from alternations in factivity and answer-orientedness in Turkish and Japanese.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2006. Decomposing attitude verbs. Handout from a talk in honor of Anita Mittwoch on her 80th birthday. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2013a. Modality and the semantics of embedding. Talk given at the Amsterdam Colloquium.
Kratzer, Angelika. 2013b. Modality for the 21st century.
Moulton, Keir. 2009. Natural selection and the syntax of clausal complementation. University of Massachusetts - Amherst dissertation.
Uegaki, Wataru. 2019. The semantics of question-embedding predicates. Language and Linguistics Compass 13(1).
Wurmbrand, Susanne & Magdalena Lohninger. 2019. An Implicational Universal in Complementation. In Jutta M. Hartmann & Angelika Wöllstein (eds.), Propositional Arguments in Cross-Linguistic Research: Theoretical and Empirical Issues.
Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
MA1-M3-1
MA1-APM4B-5
MA1-APM4B-5
Letzte Änderung: Mi 04.06.2025 16:07
- What kinds of syntactic structures and what kinds of meanings can embedded clauses have?
- What roles can they play in the argument and event structures of verbs that they combine with, and how does the argument/event structure of the verb affect clausal embedding?
- How do elements of embedded clauses contribute to the modal semantics of attitude and speech reports? What is the role of verbal mood?
What kinds of constraints restrict the possibility of extraction from embedded clauses, which restrictions are purely syntactic in nature, and which are driven by the interfaces?
These questions will correspond to three modules, 3 classes each:
1. Size, Meaning and Integration of CPs (June 16, 17, 18)
2. Extraction from embedded clauses (June 23, 24, 25)
3. Mood, Modality and Polarity in clausal embedding (June 26, 27, 30)
The students will develop research projects related to the topic of clausal embedding, starting with an abstract that summarizes a research question that they would like to pursue, followed by a small presentation in class, and by writing a final paper on the topic