ENG/LIN 512 (Modern English Grammar) website

Fall 2005

Syllabus

Midterm study guide

Final exam study guide

Mock final exam

Lecture handouts:

Introductory lecture

Parts of speech and constituent structure

Structural relations

Phrase structure rules

Practice with constituent structure and phrase structure rules

Binding theory

X-bar syntax I

X-bar syntax II

Theta roles and the lexicon

Head-to-head movement

NP-Movement

Raising, control and empty categories

Wh-Movement

Wh-Movement trees

Towards Minimalism

Lexical-Functional Grammar

Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

Homework assignments:

Homework #1 (due Sep 8)

Homework #2 (due Sep 22)

Homework #3 (due Oct 6)

Homework #4 (due Nov 3)

Homework #5 (due Nov 17)

Homework #6 (due Dec 1)