Syntax

Catalog description

Offered autumn, even-numbered years. This course is an investigation of syntax - the branch of linguistics focusing on the scientific study of sentence structure in natural languages. Syntactic properties in a variety of the world’s languages are examined. Students explore the basic concepts of contemporary syntactic theory while developing skills in observing data, making generalizations, and generating and testing hypotheses. This course co-convenes with LING 472 . Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate.