Universität Wien

160145 PS Introductory seminar in this subject area (2015W)

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max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 15.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 22.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 29.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 05.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 12.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 19.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 26.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 03.12. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 10.12. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 17.12. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 07.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 21.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 28.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will explore theoretical and empirical issues surrounding the syntax of relative clauses. We will discuss the main types of relative clauses (namely: restrictive, appositive, free relative and correlative) and their analyses. Topics that we will pay special attention to include the copy theory of movement, internal versus external merge, matching effects, case syncretisms, and reconstruction effects. Concomitantly, we will look at some of the main studies in the processing literature on relative clauses, focusing in particular on subject vs. object processing asymmetries.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Bhatt, R. 2003. Locality in Correlatives. NLLT.
Bianchi, V. 2000. The raising analysis of relative clauses: reply to Borsley. Linguistic Inquiry 31:123-140.
Bianchi, V. 2002. Headed relative clauses in generative syntax: Part I and II. In Glot International.
Borsley, R. 1997. Relative clauses and the theory of phrase structure. Linguistic Inquiry 28:629647.
Bresnan, J. and J. Grimshaw. 1978. The syntax of free relatives in English. Linguistic Inquiry 9 (3): 331-391.
Citko, B. 2001. Deletion under Identity in Relative Clauses, In NELS 31.
Demirdache, H. 1991. Resumptive chains in restrictive relatives, appositives and dislocation structures. Doctoral dissertation, MIT.
Groos, A. and H. van Riemsdijk. 1981. Matching effects in free relatives: a parameter of core grammar. In A. Belletti et al. (eds.) Theory of Markedness in Generative Grammar. Scuola Normale Superiore.
Izvorski, R. 1996. The syntax and semantics of correlative proforms. In NELS 28.
Kayne, R. 1994. The Antisymmetry of Syntax. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
van Riemsdijk, H. 2000. Free Relatives. In Syncom: Case 44.
Salzmann, M. 2006. Resumptive Prolepsis. A Study in indirect A’-dependencies. Doctoral dissertation. Utrecht: LOT.
Sauerland, U. 1998. The meaning of chains. Doctoral dissertation, MIT, Cambridge, MA. (Pages 60-91)
Sauerland, U. and S. Husley. 2006. Sorting out Relative Clauses. Natural Language Semantics 14:111137.
deVries, 2002. The syntax of relativization. Doctoral dissertation, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics.

Association in the course directory

MA1-M3

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