Course Name	English Syntax
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Kwangho Lee
	Affiliation	Dept. of English Language and Literature

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives:

An introduction to fundamental concepts in English syntactic theory. Covers important syntactic rules and principles underlying the English language. The course will lead students to

acquire techniques for analyzing various syntactic phenomena of English and finding out UG

principles & parameters within the frameworks of Chomsky's Government & Binding Theory

and Minimalist Program.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Main Textbook:

Hornstein, Norbert, Jairo Nunes, and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (2005). Understanding                                                  Minimalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Further Readings:

Haegeman, Liliane  (2002). Introduction to Government & Binding Theory. Oxford: Blackwell.

Radford, Andrew (2009). English Sentence Structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Problem Set 1 (Oct. 22); Syntax Problem Set 2 (Nov. 26)

Grading Scheme: Attendance(10%), Mid-term Exam(30%), Final Exam(40%), Assignments(20%)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline:

Week 1: What is Syntax? An Overview of Modern Syntactic Theories
Week 2: The Minimalist Project
Week 3: Some Architectural Issues in a Minimalist Setting
Week 4: Theta Domains
Week 5: Case Domains
Week 6: Movement and Minimality Effects
Week 7: Phrase Structure
Week 8: Mid-term Exam
Week 9: Linearization
Week 10: Binding Theory
Week 11: Feature Interpretability and Feature Checking
Week 12: Feature Interpretability and Feature Checking
Week 13: Derivational Economy
Week 14: Derivational Economy

Week 15: Final Exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:   055-772-1127                          e-mail: kngrhee@hanmail.net