Universität Wien

160118 SE Seminar on the Theory of Grammar (2014W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Darf als BA Seminar (ECTS 15) nur nach BA Seminar 1 absolviert werden.
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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).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 02.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 09.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 16.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 23.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 30.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 06.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 13.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 20.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 27.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 04.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 11.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 18.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 08.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 15.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 22.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 29.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar targets two related audiences, namely: (i) advanced BA students who want to write their second BA thesis on a(ny) topic in linguistic theory (ECTS 15); and (ii) MA1-APM4B students (ECTS 8). Its thematic focus is intended to be on filler-gap dependencies (wh-questions and relative clauses), it will however be tailored to the needs and wishes of actual seminar participants (especially for BA students).

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are expected to do the readings before coming to class, come to class, participate actively, take turns in protocoling the sessions, make a presentation with a handout, and write a paper analyzing some topic discussed in the seminar and giving arguments for preferring a proposed analysis to alternatives from the literature. Details will be discussed in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To deepen, consolidate and advance students' knowledge on foundational matters in syntactic theory, as well as to encourage students to engage in and carry out independent research.

Examination topics

Handouts, slides

Reading list

Selected literature:
Chomsky, Noam. 1977. On Wh-movement. In P.W. Culicover, T. Wasow and A. Akmajian (eds.) Formal Syntax. Academic Press, London.
Gazdar, Gerald. 1981. Unbounded dependencies and coordinate structure. Linguistic Inquiry 12(2):155-184.
Manzini, Rita. 1992. Locality: A Theory and Some of Its Empirical Consequences. Linguistic Inquiry Monograph, MIT Press.
Pesetsky, David.1987. Wh-in-situ: Movement and unselective binding. In E. Reuland & A. ter Meulen (eds.) The Representation of (In)Definiteness 98-129. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Ross, John R. 1967. Constraints on Variables in Syntax. Doctoral dissertation, MIT. [Published in 1986 as Infinite Syntax. Norwood, N.J.: ABLEX.]
Szabolcsi, Anna. 2002. Strong and weak islands. The Blackwell Companion to Syntax.
Vries, Mark de. 2002. The syntax of relativization. Doctoral dissertation, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics.

Association in the course directory

BA [Version 2008]: BA-M8
Ba [Version 2011]: Ba-M8
Master allgemeine Linguistik: MA1-APM4B

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