Introduction to modern syntactic theory and research. Main topics include the goals of
linguistic theory, syntactic structures and how to represent them in English and other languages. In
addition, the course focuses on methods of investigation and argumentation used to establish a syntactic
theory.
Constitutes a foundation for advanced work in syntax and semantics, provides background for
understanding much recent work in applied linguistics and in such allied fields as psycholinguistics and
sociolinguistics.
