LING 1777 - SYNTACTIC THEORY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction, stressing understanding of theoretical concepts, to the transformational generative approach to English sentence structure. This approach uses formal rules to produce sentences, and to explain how they are composed of phrases. The first part of the course concentrates on mechanical manipulation of systems of rules, aiming to acquaint the student with how the rules work. The second part concentrates on how syntacticians use evidence about a language to support or disconfirm their theories.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: LING 1000 or CSD 1020; MIN GRAD 'B'

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