Syllabus

One session / week
3 hours / session

Shigeru Miyagawa

We will look at some recent discoveries in Japanese language (and other relevant languages) that relate to long-standing problems in theoretical linguistics. The course is divided into three parts:

• A-positions and A-chains 8 weeks (approx)
  
• A'-positions and A'-chains 2 weeks (approx)
  
• Student presentations 3 weeks (approx)

• readings
• class presentation of a paper
• course paper, due at the end of the term