24.953 Argument Structure and Syntax, Spring 2003
Author(s)
Miyagawa, Shigeru
Marantz, Alec
Alternative Title
Argument Structure and Syntax
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
This course is a detailed investigation of the major issues and problems in the study of lexical argument structure and how it determines syntactic structure. Its empirical scope is along three dimensions: typology, lexical class, and theoretical framework. The range of linguistic types include English, Japanese, Navajo, and Warlpiri. Lexical classes include those of Levin's English Verb Classes and others producing emerging work on diverse languages. The theoretical emphasis of this course is on structural relations among elements of argument structure.
Subjects
lexical argument structure
syntactic structure
typology
lexical class
theoretical framework
linguistics
English
Japaneses
Navajo
Warlpiri
Levin's English Verb Classes
diverse languages
theoretical emphasis
argument structure
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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