Syntactic Theory

Functional morphology Further reading: Hale, K. & S. Keyser. (1993). On argument structure and the lexical expression of syntactic relations. In K. Hale & S. Keyser (eds.), The view from building 20 (pp. 53-109). MIT Press

Discussion reading: McCloskey, J. (1997). Subjecthood and subject positions. In L. Haegeman Argument structure II (ed.), Elements of Grammar:

Subject-object Handbook of Generative Syntax (pp. 3 9/15/26 asymmetries 197–235). Springer

Syntax of subjects Reference reading: Santorini & Kroch. (2007). Chapter 4: Introducing the X’ schema of phrase structure

Discussion reading: Kratzer, A. (1996). Severing the external argument from its verb. In: J. Rooryck & L. Zaring (eds.), Phrase Structure and the Lexicon. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. Argument structure III

Santorini & Kroch (2007), Ch. 8 & 11

Discussion reading: Harley, H. (2013). Getting morphemes in order: Merger, affixation, and head movement.In L. Cheng & N. Corver (eds.), Diagnosing syntax (pp. 44–

Further reading: Holmberg, A. (2010). Verb second. In T. Kiss & A

Discussion reading: Cole, D. (2016). Lao serial verb constructions and their event representations. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa. Ch. Constituency of serial 7 10/13/26 2, especially Section 2.3. verb constructions

Santorini & Kroch. (2007). Chapter 2: Syntactic constituenthood

Argument structure of Stewart, O. (1998). The serial verb serial verbs construction parameter. Ch. 2: 8 10/20/26 Resultative vs. consequential SVCs, Diagnostics: -adverbial modification and CCs. PhD dissertation, McGill. -argument sharing (Especially 2.1-2.5)

Santorini & Kroch (2007), Ch. 12

Further reading: Phillips C. (2013). On the nature of 9 10/27/26 Movement and islands island constraints I: Language processing and reductionist accounts. In: Sprouse J, Hornstein N, eds. Experimental Syntax and Island Effects. Cambridge University Press:64-108

Uriagereka, J. (1999). Multiple Spell- Out. In S. D. Epstein & N. Hornstein, Working Minimalism (pp. 251–282). MIT Press

Santorini & Kroch (2007). Ch. 9

Further reading: Wurmbrand, S. (2014). Tense and aspect in English infinitives. Linguistic Inquiry 45(3): 12 11/17/26 Infinitival complements 403-447

Wurmbrand, Susi. 2002. ‘Semantic vs. Syntactic Control’, in Jan Wouter Zwart and Werner Abraham, eds. Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax: Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax, John

Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 93–127

Cleary-Kemp, J. (2015). Serial Verb Constructions Revisited: A Case Study from Koro. PhD dissertation, Berkeley. Ch. 6: Syntax of serial verb SVCs and related constructions in Koro. constructions Further reading: Johnson, W. 2024. 13 11/24/26 Diagnostics: Event structure and serial verbs in -iterability Hmong Ch 3: Causation and -selectional restrictions Serialization, up to (and including) -size Section 3.3.1

Ramchand, G. Verb meaning and the lexicon: A first phase syntax. Cambridge UP. Chs. 1–2

Adger, D. 2013. Constructions and Grammatical Explanation: Comments on Goldberg. Mind and Language 28(4):466–478

Borsley, R. & F. Newmeyer. 2009. On Subject-Auxiliary Inversion and the notion “purely formal generalization”. Cognitive linguistics 20(1)

Goldberg, A. 2003. Constructions: a new theoretical approach to language. Trends in Cognitive Science 7(5):219–224

Hauser, M., N. Chomsky, & W. Fitch. The faculty of language: What is it, who has it, and how did it evolve? Science 298(5598), 1569-79