This course provides an introduction to Head-Driven Phrase Structure
Grammar(HPSG), one of the most influential current frameworks for
syntactic analysis.HPSG is a non-transformational theory with a
constraint-based, lexicalist grammatical architecture.  Work within
the framework has focused on developing precisely formulated
grammars whose empirical predictions can be directly tested.  The
theory is therefore of particular interest to linguists who are
concerned with developing detailed accounts of the syntactic
structure of individual languages.  It is of special interest to
computational linguists as well, as it has been developed with
careful attention to ways in which analyses can be represented
within computational models of language processing.  During the
course, participants will survey the HPSG literature, gaining
exposure to both the key foundational works as well as recent lines
of investigation.  Participants will develop an HPSG grammar for a
language of their choice through a series of weekly problem sets.
No programming experience is assumed; participants should, however,
be familiar with the basics of syntactic analysis.