Syntax

This is a set of Lecture slides and Assignments for LIN 311: Syntax taught at the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University in Fall 2018 semester.

Some of these lecture notes and problems contain parts of lectures notes/slides/examples by Andrew Carnie, David Pesetsky, Norvin Richards, and others.

Lecture Slides

Lecture 01	Parts of Speech.
Lecture 02	Sentences and Grammars.
Lecture 03	Constituents.
Lecture 04-1	Heads and Complements. X-Bar Theory. NP.
Lecture 04-2	Heads and Complements. X-Bar Theory. VP etc.
Lecture 05	Complements and Adjuncts.
Lecture 06	Theta-Theory.
Lecture 07	Complementizer Phrase (CP).
Lecture 08	TP and Modals.
Lecture 09	Intermediate Summary. Yes/No-Questions. Negation.
Lecture 10	Auxiliaries.
Lecture 11	Directionality. Head-Parameter.
Lecture 12	Verb/Subject Movement.
Lecture 13	Verb Movement in German.
Lecture 14	Case.
Lecture 15	Raising.
Lecture 16	Passives. For-Infinitives.
Lecture 17	ECM. Control.
Lecture 18	Infinitives — Summary.
Lecture 19	Unaccusatives and Unergatives. Small Clauses.
Lecture 20	Determiner Phrase (DP).
Lecture 21	Agreement.
Lecture 22	Binding Theory – 1.
Lecture 23	Binding Theory – 2.
Lecture 24	Wh-Movement – 1. Introduction.
Lecture 25	Wh-Movement – 2. Islands and Constraints.
Lecture 26	Wh-Movement – 3. Relative Clauses. Multiple Wh-Movement. Wh-in-Situ.
Lecture 27	vP Shells.
Lecture 28	Theory Overview. Covert Movement. Ellipsis.

Problem Sets

The topics of the problem sets below are not exact: they roughly correspond to the lectures above, but other problem sets might contain problems on any given topic, as well as other topics might be covered in any of the problem sets.

Problem Set 01	Parts of Speech.
Problem Set 02	Grammars. Constituency.
Problem Set 03	Constituency. Complements and Adjuncts.
Problem Set 04	Theta-Theory. Complements and Adjuncts.
Problem Set 05	TP. Auxiliaries. Theta-Theory.
Problem Set 06	Auxiliaries. Head-Parameter.
Problem Set 07	Case. V2. Modals.
Problem Set 08	Passives. Infinitives.
Problem Set 09	Infinitives. DPs.
Problem Set 10	Binding Theory.
Problem Set 11	Wh-Movement.