Beschreibung:
Robert A. Freidin is Professor, Program in Linguistics/Council of the Humanities at Princeton University.
A systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences.
1. The computational nature of human language; 2. Knowledge of language as an object of inquiry; 3. Categories and constituents; 4. Phrase structure theory; 5. The structure of clauses; 6. The syntax of Spec-TP; 7. Head movement and the structure of root clauses; 8. Wh-movement; 9. Ellipsis: unpronounced syntax.