Linguistics 452/552 -- Spring 2004

Scott DeLancey                         Rosa Vallejos             
Straub 227, 346-3901                   Straub 228, 346-5616      
delancey@darkwing.uoregon.edu          rosav@darkwing.uoregon.edu


Text:  T. GivĒn, Syntax, Vol. II


Course outline:

     Topic                                          Read chapter

I.   Constituency and constituent order             vol. 1, ch. 5

II.  Noun phrases and nominalization                           11

III. Complementation                                           12

     IIIa. Causative constructions

IV.  Relativization                                            14

V.   Clause-chaining and subordination                         18

VI.  Grammaticalization and the rise of auxiliaries

VII. Focus constructions                                       15

VIII.Topic constructions                                       16

IX. Non-declaratives                                           17


Obligatory problem sets will be distributed in class each week. 
They will be due in class on Monday.  There will be a take-home
midterm examination, which will be distributed on Wednesday,
April 21, and due in class on Monday, April 25.  The final exam
will be distributed in class on Wednesday, June 2, and due in the
Linguistics Department office by noon on Wednesday, June 9.  The
midterm will count 35%, the final exam 40%, and the homework
problems 25% of the final grade.
     Graduate students will be required to write a short research
paper.  You should consult with me early in the term about a
paper topic.