Comparative Introduction to Lexicalist Syntactic Theories
(Haupt-)seminar, Winter Semester 2004/05
Zweiter Studienabschnitt, B.Sc. and M.Sc. Programmes
Lecturer: PD Dr. Valia Kordoni (kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de)
Time and Place (Zeit und Ort): Tuesday (Di) 11-13, Bau 17.2, Konferenzraum 2.11
Begin: 26.10.2004
Office hours (Sprechstunde): Wednesday (Mittwoch) 16-17
Course description
Kaplan and Bresnan's LFG (Lexical Functional Grammar) and Pollard and Sag's HPSG (Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar) are widely perceived as closely related paradigms, but both have changed much since their inception, and there is significant evidence that they may now differ more than they agree. The course will discuss both paradigms from ontological presuppositions through formal mechanisms to linguistic analyses, and emphasise their similarities, their differences, and the consequences for pursuing various linguistic aims.
Bibliography
Joan Bresnan. 2001. Lexical-Functional Syntax. Oxford: Blackwell.
Mary Dalrymple, Ronald M. Kaplan, John T. Maxwell III, and Annie Zaenen. 1995. Formal Issues in Lexical-Functional Grammar. CSLI/University of Chicago Press.
Mary Dalrymple. 2001. Lexical Functional Grammar. Volume 34, Syntax and Semantics. Academic Press.
Kordoni, Valia (ed.). 1999. Tübingen Studies in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Sonderforschungsbereich 340, Arbeitspapiere des SFB 340, Bericht Nr. 132 (ISSN 0947-6954/99, in 2 volumes, 527pp.), Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen.
Carl Pollard and Ivan A. Sag. 1994. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. CSLI/University of Chicago Press.
Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow and Emily M. Bender. 2003. Syntactic Theory. 2nd Edition. CSLI Publications.
Teaching Material
Stellung im Studienplan
Wahlpflicht für Diplom, B.Sc. und M.Sc.
Language(s) of the course
English and German
Leistungspunkte
Diplom: 2 LP (Referat), 4 LP (Referat + Hausarbeit);
B.Sc. und M.Sc. 9 LP (R+HA)
Valia Kordoni
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