160132 SE Seminar in this subject area (2020S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Mo 03.02.2020 10:00 to Th 27.02.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: German, English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
03.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
10.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
17.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
24.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
31.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
21.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
28.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
05.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
12.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
19.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
26.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
09.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
16.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
23.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Tuesday
30.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar will focus on theoretical and empirical issues surrounding argument and event structure. In particular, we will work through current research on the structure of various verb classes, including unaccusatives, unergatives and so-called “psych(ological) predicates” of various sub-types, as well as nominalizations of various sorts across various languages.
Assessment and permitted materials
[Edited to reflect the situation due to COVID-19] Students are expected to do the readings before coming to the virtual class, come to the virtual class, participate actively by asking and answering questions, make a virtual presentation with a handout (a handout is sufficient), and write either an overview paper giving arguments for preferring a given analysis to alternatives from the literature, or a squib analyzing something having to do with the topic of the seminar.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students have a good command of theoretical issues in modern research on argument and event structure and their empirical foundations.
Examination topics
All of the topics discussed in class.
Reading list
(Selected)
Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou and Florian Schäfer (2015) External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations: A Layering Approach. Oxford: OUP.
Hale, Ken and Samuel J. Keyser (1993) On argument structure and the lexical expression of syntactic relations. The View from Building 20. MIT Press.
Harley, Heidi (2005) How do verbs get their names? Denominal verbs, Manner Incorporation and the ontology of verb roots in English. In N. Erteschik-Shir and T. Rapoport (eds.) The Syntax of Aspect 42-64. Oxford: OUP.
Harley, Heidi (2013) External arguments and the Mirror Principle: On the distinctness of Voice and v. Lingua 125: 34-57.
Harley, Heidi (2014) On the identity of roots. Theoretical Linguistics 40/3: 225-76.
Harley, Heidi (2017) The “bundling” hypothesis and the disparate functions of little v. In R. D’Alessandro, I. Franco and Á. Gallego (eds.) The verbal domain 3–28. Oxford: OUP.
Marantz, Alec (2013) Verbal argument structure: Events and participants. Lingua 130:152-168.
Pesetsky, David (1995) Zero syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Ramchand, Gillian (2008) Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax. Cambridge: CUP.
Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou and Florian Schäfer (2015) External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations: A Layering Approach. Oxford: OUP.
Hale, Ken and Samuel J. Keyser (1993) On argument structure and the lexical expression of syntactic relations. The View from Building 20. MIT Press.
Harley, Heidi (2005) How do verbs get their names? Denominal verbs, Manner Incorporation and the ontology of verb roots in English. In N. Erteschik-Shir and T. Rapoport (eds.) The Syntax of Aspect 42-64. Oxford: OUP.
Harley, Heidi (2013) External arguments and the Mirror Principle: On the distinctness of Voice and v. Lingua 125: 34-57.
Harley, Heidi (2014) On the identity of roots. Theoretical Linguistics 40/3: 225-76.
Harley, Heidi (2017) The “bundling” hypothesis and the disparate functions of little v. In R. D’Alessandro, I. Franco and Á. Gallego (eds.) The verbal domain 3–28. Oxford: OUP.
Marantz, Alec (2013) Verbal argument structure: Events and participants. Lingua 130:152-168.
Pesetsky, David (1995) Zero syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Ramchand, Gillian (2008) Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax. Cambridge: CUP.
Association in the course directory
MA1-M3
MA1-APM4B
MA1-APM4B
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