Linguistics

• CAS LX 523: Syntax II
  Continuation of CAS LX 522. Investigation of the relationships between syntactic structure and logical representation. Overview of major syntactic theories, with particular emphasis on Chomsky's "principles and parameters" approach and Bresnan's Lexical Functional Grammar.
• CAS LX 525: Prosody
  Exploration of the melodic and rhythmic aspects of the languages of the world. Emphasis on theoretical and experimental approaches to cross-linguistic typology. Specific topics include syllables and syllable- weight, rhythm and speech timing; stress and metrics; tone and intonation.
• CAS LX 535: Historical and Comparative Linguistics
  Introduction to language change and the methodology of historical linguistic analysis, using data from a wide array of languages. Investigates genetic relatedness among languages, language comparison, historical reconstruction, and patterns and principles of change in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
• CAS LX 540: Acquisition of Syntax
  A general introduction to the study of first and second language acquisition within the framework of generative grammar, focused on the development of syntax. Topics include the development of syntactic structure, verb movement, finiteness, null subjects, binding, and questions.

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