句法學

Formal Syntax

學期

111-1

學分

3 學分

當期課號

534102

永久課號

HSGF30001

開課單位

外國語文學系外國文學與語言學碩士班

授課教師

周昭廷

校區

光復

類別

必修

上課時間表

節	週三
2 09:00–09:50	句法學 HC102 3 節連堂
3 10:10–11:00
4 11:10–12:00

* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列

概述

Chomsky's characterization of human language consists of two major insights: it is a "biological" entity, and it operates in a "computational/generative" manner (i.e., it is precise and formally explicit). The focus of this course is the computational/generative aspect of the Chomskyan approach to linguistics. If you would like to know more about the biological aspect (which would give you a wider perspective of linguistics), please consider sitting in on my undergraduate course "Language & Human Mind." The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the mainline version of Government and Binding Theory, or GB-theory. The aim of this course is not to make the students familiar with all the literature published within the GB framework, but rather to enable them to read this literature themselves, to understand it and to evaluate it independently. In other words, we have not attempted to present the full intricacy of today’s version of “the best theory,” and we have forsaken some points of formalization and of how details are resolved, in favor of stressing important ideas and questions and how they have developed. As a result, students will become acquainted with the history and general content of generative grammar and – most important in an ever-changing field – with how linguists actually develop their theories. [Note: Chomsky (1991) himself expresses reservations about the label 'Government and Binding Theory' and refers to the theory we are concerned with here as the 'Principles and Parameters Theory'.]

先修科目

碩士班同學第一週即有小考(佔總成績5%),詳情請加入課程Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NTMyODQxNDQ4Mjg2?cjc=2bbjqtd

評分方式

Your final grade will be the cumulative result of the following: 5% = Quiz for the summer assignment 5% = Weekly questions on designated readings (to be submitted on Google Classroom) 25% = Weekly homework (2.5% X 10 = 25%, but only the top 10 will be counted) 30% = Mid-term 35% = Final (accumulative)

週次計畫

週次	主題
第 1 週	H (1994) Introduction: The Chomskian perspective on language study H (1994) Ch.1: The lexicon and sentence structure Quiz for graduate students (5%)
第 2 週	H (1994) Ch.1: The lexicon and sentence structure
第 3 週	One week off b/c I have to attend a meeting at Yang-Ming
第 4 週	H (1994) Ch 2: Phrase Structure H (1994) Ch 3: Case Theory
第 5 週	H (1994) Ch 4: Anaphoric relations and overt NPs
第 6 週	H (1994) Ch 5: Non-overt categories: PRO and control
第 7 週	H (1994) Ch 6: Transformations: NP-movement
第 8 週	H (1994) Ch 6: Transformations: NP-movement Review session
第 9 週	Mid-term exam (35%)
第 10 週	H (1994) Ch 7: Wh-movement
第 11 週	H (1994) Ch 7: Wh-movement
第 12 週	H (1994) Ch 8: An inventory of empty categories
第 13 週	H (1994) Ch 8: An inventory of empty categories H (1994) Ch 11: Functional heads and head movement
第 14 週	H (1994) Ch 11: Functional heads and head movement
第 15 週	H (1994) Ch 9: Logical Form
第 16 週	Huang (1995): Logical Form
第 17 週	Final exam (35%)

教科書

Haegeman, Liliane. 1994. Introduction to Government and Binding Theory, 2nd edition, Blackwell, Cambridge, US. Huang, C.-T. J. 1995. Logical form. In: Webelhuth, Gert., ed. Government and Binding Theory and the Minimalist Program: Principles and Parameters in Syntactic Theory, pp.127-175. Wiley-Blackwell.

Office Hours

地點: 人社三館312
時間: Wednesday 14:00-16:00 or by appointment
聯絡方式: ctchou@nycu.edu.tw