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 175-415 Advanced Syntax

Note

Available as 175-315 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator

Dr D Estival

Prerequisites

Students must have completed "Syntax" (175-211/311).

Semester

2

Contact

Two lectures and a tutorial a week

Subject Description

This is an advanced course on the principles and techniques of syntactic analysis and argumentation. The emphasis is on the formalization of syntactic concepts and on the different approaches from various theoretical perspectives. The theoretical frameworks to be investigated include LFG HPSG and the Minimalist Program. The topics covered will vary from year to year, and they will be drawn from current issues in syntactic theory.

Assessment

Regular assignment problems, a class presentation and a final essay, totalling 6,000 words.

Prescribed Texts

  • Borsley, Syntactic Theory: A Unified Approach.


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