L310 (prerequisite L103 or 303)

An examination of the methods and argumentation used in syntactic
analysis, both from a general point of view and from the perspective
of generative grammar.  Emphasis on analyzing language data, on
constructing and evaluating syntactic argumentation, and on
understanding the Principles & Parameters approach to the study of
sentence structure. Linguistic data will be drawn from English and
many other languages.  Grades based on exams and frequent homework
problems in syntactic analysis.