| Course Id |
4067 |
| Dept and Number |
LIN
330
|
| Area |
EC |
| Title |
Morphosyntax: Argument Expression, Grammatical Relations, and Case |
| Description |
Morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure) are typically treated as distinct disciplines. This course explores the ways that morphology and syntax interact. We will look at recent proposals and integrate morphology and syntax. Special attention is paid to the proposal that the unification of morphology and syntax is based on Argument Structure, which is part of each verb's entry in the speaker's mental lexicon and is defined as the representation of the relation between the verb and its arguments. A verb's arguments are realized in syntactic structure as subject, direct object, and oblique object. |
| Prerequisites |
There are no prerequisites, but students with some background in linguistics and knowledge of a language other than English will have an easier time. |
| Professor |
Leonard H. Babby |