SCIMS (UG/GG)

Did you ever ask yourself what (some) linguists do?

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Spring Course in Minimalist Syntax (SCIMS)

Start: Friday, March 7, 2008, 1 PM, Room 108

Based on David Adger’s book Core Syntax, this extracurricular course will run weekly first and include block seminars before the beginning of the Summer Semester. It will give you a solid knowledge of the latest developments in one particular linguistic current, generative grammar. We will be doing more than just “theory,” however, and proceed to use the tools of theory to analyze many real life sentences.

SCIMS Poster

Some Pictures you can find here.

Core Literature:

Adger, David (2003): Core Syntax. A Minimalist Approach. New York : Oxford University Press. [quoted by "CoSyn"

Supplementary Literature:

Hornstein, Norbert / Nunes, Jairo / Grohmann, Kleanthes K. (2005): Understanding Minimalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [quoted by "UndMin"]

O'Grady, William / Archibald, John / Aronoff, Mark / Rees-Miller, Janie (2005): Contemporary Linguistics. An Introduction. Fifth edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. [quoted by "ContLing"]

> Please also check the invaluable online ressources on http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/linguistics/. Contains a lot of notes on sources and tests about topics you might be interested in. Since ContLing pursues a GG train of thought, it could be especially useful for the groundwork we are doing in the SCIMS.

Dates

Topics

(1)

29.02.2008

Preliminary Session

Session Notes 1 / Summary 1 (M.S.)

(2)

07.03.2008

Core Concepts

Session Notes 2 / Summary 2 (M.S.)

(3)

14.03.2008