Universität Wien

160121 SE Seminar in this subject area (2016S)

Theoretical and psycholinguistic aspects of Movement

Continuous assessment of course work

Studierende, die das Seminar für den Bachelor im Modul 8 benötigen, erhalten 7 ECTS als Zusatzleistung.

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, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 17.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 07.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 14.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 21.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 28.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 12.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 19.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 02.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 09.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 16.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 23.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Thursday 30.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.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 (ECTS 15) on a topic in linguistic theory or psycho-/patho-linguistics; and (ii) MA1-M3 students (ECTS 8). Its thematic focus is intended to be on (Head, A, and operator, or A-bar) movement, it will however be tailored to the needs and wishes of actual seminar participants (especially for BA students). The goals of the seminar are thus to deepen, consolidate and advance students' knowledge on foundational matters in the theory of grammar and concomitant psycho-/patho-linguistic research, as well as to encourage students to engage in and carry out independent research.

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 something having to do with the topic of the seminar and giving arguments for preferring a proposed analysis to alternatives from the literature. Further details will be discussed in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

(Selection)
Adger, D. and G. Ramchand (2005) Merge and Move: Wh-dependencies revisited. Linguistic Inquiry 36(2): 161-193.
Den Besten, H. (1989) Studies in West Germanic Syntax. Tilburg University dissertation.
Costa, J. and N. Friedmann (2012) Children acquire unaccusatives and A-movement very early. In M. Everaert, M. Marelj, and T. Siloni (eds.) The theta system: Argument structure at the interface. Oxford University Press: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 37.
Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding. Dordrecht: Foris.
Chomsky, N. 1995. The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Emonds, J. (1978) The verbal complex V-V' in French. Linguistic Inquiry 9:151-175.
Friedmann, N. (2013) Verb movement to C: From agrammatic aphasia to syntactic analysis. In L. L.-S. Cheng and N. Corver (eds.) Diagnosing Syntax (pp. 75-86). Oxford University Press: Oxford Studies In Theoretical Linguistics.
Friedmann, N. and R. Szterman (2011) The comprehension and production of wh-questions in children with hearing impairment. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 16(2): 212-235.
Friedmann, N., A. Belletti and L. Rizzi (2009) Relativized relatives: Types of intervention in the acquisition of A-bar dependencies. Lingua 119: 67-88.
Friedmann, N. and R. Novogrodsky (2007). Is the movement deficit in syntactic SLI related to traces or to thematic role transfer? Brain and Language 101: 50-63.
Friedmann, N. and Lavi, H. (2006) On the order of acquisition of A-movement, Wh-movement and V-C movement. In A. Belletti, E. Bennati, C. Chesi, E. Di Domenico and I. Ferrari (eds.) Language Acquisition and Development (pp. 211-217). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Friedmann, N., A. Gvion, M. Biran and R. Novogrodsky (2006) Do people with agrammatic aphasia understand verb movement? Aphasiology 20: 136-153.
Friedmann, N., A. Gvion and R. Novogrodsky (2006) Syntactic movement in agrammatism and S-SLI: Two different impairments. In A. Belletti, E. Bennati, C. Chesi, E. Di Domenico and I. Ferrari (eds.), Language acquisition and development (pp. 197-210). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Friedmann, N. and R. Szterman (2006) Syntactic movement in orally-trained children with hearing impairment. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 11: 56-75.
Hornstein, N. 2001. Move! A minimalist theory of construal. Cambridge: Blackwell.
Levy, H. and N. Friedmann (2009) Treatment of syntactic movement in syntactic SLI: A case study. First Language 29: 15-50.
Novogrodsky, R. and N. Friedmann (2010) Not all dependencies are impaired in Syntactic-SLI: Binding in children with a deficit in Wh-movement. In K. Franich, L. Keil, K. Iserman, and J. Chandlee (eds.) The 34th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) Proceedings, Cascadilla press.
Pollock, J.Y. (1989) Verb movement, Universal Grammar, and the structure of IP. Linguistic Inquiry 20: 365-424.
Rizzi, L. (1990) Relativized Minimality. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Shetreet, E. and N. Friedmann (2014) The processing of different syntactic structures: fMRI investigation of the linguistic distinction between Wh-movement and verb movement. Journal of Neurolinguistics 27: 1-17.

Association in the course directory

Ba-M8
MA1-M3

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