LING 3303

Introduction to Syntax and Semantics

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

This course explores both syntax (how words and phrases are combined into sentences) and semantics (how the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences are interpreted). The course aims to give students to the ability to address questions regarding syntactic and semantic properties of languages in a rigorous and informed fashion. Topics covered include phrase structure, grammatical relations, transformations, semantic composition, modification, quantification, and the syntax/semantics interface. Emphasis throughout the course is placed on forming and testing hypotheses.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (KCM-AS)

When Offered Fall.

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