Intro to Syntactic Theory

Basic principles of the Government and Binding farmework. Application of theory to language data, problem solving.

Selected Topics from the Syllabus

• X-bar syntax
• The lexicon
• Anaphors and structural relations
• Case and structural relations
• Movement
• Clause types
• PRO and control

Texts

Haegeman, L. 1994. Introduction to Government and Binding 2nd ed. Blackwell.

• Napoli, D. 1993. Syntax-- Theory and Problems. OUP.