Syntactic Models

Entrance to D-wing of the old Building 20.

Entrance to D-wing of the old Building 20. (Photo courtesy of John F. Cook.)

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MIT Course Number

24.960

As Taught In

Spring 2006

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

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Course Description

This course presents a comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. The subject traces several themes across a wide variety of approaches, with emphasis on testable differences among models. Models discussed include ancient and medieval proposals, structuralism, early generative grammar, generative semantics, government-binding theory/minimalism, LFG, HPSG, TAG, functionalist perspectives and others.

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David Pesetsky. 24.960 Syntactic Models. Spring 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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