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LIN X93S LIN 393S  Topics in Syntax and Semantics  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Current Issues in Syntactic Theory.

Topic 2: Current Issues in Semantic Theory.

Topic 3: Frame Semantics. Explore theories and applications frame semantics within linguistics. Only one of the following may be counted: German 393K (Topic: Frame Semantics), 393K (Topic 15), Linguistics 393 (Topic: Frame Semantics), 393S (Topic 3). Same as: GER 393K.15 Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Topic 4: Lexical Semantics. Explore theories of word meaning, including what the basic elements of word meaning are, how those elements are composed into more complex meanings, and what kinds of grammatical processes augment and modify word meanings. Examine the nature of lexical categories, representations of events and individuals, and how a word's meaning is related to its syntactic and morphological properties.

Topic 5: Lexical Semantic Typology. Examine the way word meanings and their grammatical behavior vary across languages. Examine specific case studies to explore how the same types of word meanings can be represented differently across languages and how the principles that relate word meaning to grammar also vary, focusing on argument realization, morphological processes of word building, and lexical inventories.

Topic 6: Minimalist Program. Investigate work within the minimalist program, the current instantiation of the principles and parameters approach to the study of the human language faculty. Examine the development of the minimalist program, including a critical overview of its key concepts and the basic properties of its formal framework. Explore several case studies drawn from very recent work within this tradition that are illustrative of the nature of the approach. Linguistics 393S (Topic: Minimalist Program) and 393S (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: Word Meaning and Syntax. Investigate the interface between word meaning and syntax beginning with an overview of polysemy, vagueness, prototypes, semantic change and the acquisition of word meaning. Explore the mapping from the lexicon to the syntax, focusing on predicate-argument mapping, argument alternations, and lexicalization patterns. Linguistics 393S (Topic: Word Meaning and Syntax) and 393S (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
  

LIN X93S.3 LIN 393S.3  Frame Semantics  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore theories and applications frame semantics within linguistics. Only one of the following may be counted: German 393K (Topic: Frame Semantics), 393K (Topic 15), Linguistics 393 (Topic: Frame Semantics), 393S (Topic 3).
Same as: GER 393K.15  
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

LIN X93S.4 LIN 393S.4  Lexical Semantics  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore theories of word meaning, including what the basic elements of word meaning are, how those elements are composed into more complex meanings, and what kinds of grammatical processes augment and modify word meanings. Examine the nature of lexical categories, representations of events and individuals, and how a word's meaning is related to its syntactic and morphological properties.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

LIN X93S.5 LIN 393S.5  Lexical Semantic Typology  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the way word meanings and their grammatical behavior vary across languages. Examine specific case studies to explore how the same types of word meanings can be represented differently across languages and how the principles that relate word meaning to grammar also vary, focusing on argument realization, morphological processes of word building, and lexical inventories.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

LIN X93S.6 LIN 393S.6  Minimalist Program  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate work within the minimalist program, the current instantiation of the principles and parameters approach to the study of the human language faculty. Examine the development of the minimalist program, including a critical overview of its key concepts and the basic properties of its formal framework. Explore several case studies drawn from very recent work within this tradition that are illustrative of the nature of the approach. Linguistics 393S (Topic: Minimalist Program) and 393S (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

LIN X93S.7 LIN 393S.7  Word Meaning and Syntax  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate the interface between word meaning and syntax beginning with an overview of polysemy, vagueness, prototypes, semantic change and the acquisition of word meaning. Explore the mapping from the lexicon to the syntax, focusing on predicate-argument mapping, argument alternations, and lexicalization patterns. Linguistics 393S (Topic: Word Meaning and Syntax) and 393S (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral