Professor J. Clancy Clements
Email: clements@indiana.edu

S511	Spanish Syntactic Analysis

TR 9:30am – 10:45am/section #4556/3 cr./Wylie Hall 203

This course will cover several major issues in Spanish syntax,
within one framework of functional-typological grammar, with some
additional readings.  As a basis, we will be following notes based
on Givon's text Syntax, which will bring up a variety of general
questions that we will examine as they pertain to key questions of
Spanish syntax. Class time will consist of lecturing and extensive
discussion of readings and supplementary materials.  Attention will
be given to problem solving, understanding alternative analyses of
given issues, and becoming aware of the basic theoretical
assumptions behind each issue.

The aim of this course is to provide the student of Spanish
linguistics with: (1) a good basic understanding of some key issues
in Spanish syntax within one functional modal, and (2) the essential
analytical skills to sort out general advantages and limitations of
such a modal.