Session

Winter 2021

 Term

W

Format

SEMR

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

Explores issues at the syntax-semantics interface. Topics include quantificational structures, LF movement, events and aspect types, the interaction between Case, telicity and syntactic versus semantic arguments, and structural encodings of discourse related properties such as topic-comment, theme-rheme, and focus-presupposition structures in various languages. Involves primary literature. Integrated with: GS/LING 5150 3.00. Prerequisite: AP/LING 3140 3.00 and at least three additional credits in linguistics (LING) at the 3000 level with grades of C+ or better. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Prerequisite: AS/LING 3140 3.00 with a grade of at least C+. Course credit exclusions: AS/LING 3150 3.00, AS/LING 4150 3.00, AS/LING 4800C 3.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2001-2002).

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