Understanding Syntax
Understanding Syntax: A Theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is a comprehensive course that delves into the essence of Noam Chomsky’s groundbreaking work. Covering topics such as transformation, recursion, and generative grammar, this course is perfect for NET aspirants in linguistics and those pursuing a BA, MA, or PhD in language and linguistics. With a focus on syntax, word orders, and the cooperative principle, this course provides a solid foundation for understanding the complexities of language and its structure.
What you’ll learn
- Understanding Syntax: A Theory of Transformational Generative Grammar
Course: Understanding Syntax: A Theory of Transformational Generative Grammar
Lecture one: Essence of Noam Chomsky’s Syntactic Structures (1957)
Topic 1: Theory-Transformational Generative Grammar
Topic 2: Two aspects & concepts: Transformation & Generative
Topic 3: Recursion and Explicitness
Lecture two: Generative Syntax
Topic 1: Language-where does it locate?
Topic 2: Human mind- sophisticated translating machine
Topic 3: “I” language and “E” language
Topic 4: Generative grammar is a process theory
Topic 5: Development of generative grammar
Topic 6: Set of formal grammatical rules
Topic 7: Corpora and grammaticality judgment task
Topic 8: Universal grammar and poverty of stimulus
Topic 9: The logical problem of language acquisition
Topic 10: Underdetermination of the data
Lecture three: Syntax
Topic 1: Word orders
Topic 2: Tree diagram
Topic 3: Merge and move
Topic 4: Word categories-functional and content
Topic 5: Distribution and phrase-structure rules
Topic 6: “X” bar schema-NP, VP, AP, PP
Lecture four: Advance syntax
Topic 1: X’ schema
Topic 2: TP
Topic 3: Tests: substitution, movement coordination
Topic 4: Subcategorization
Topic 5: Complementizer
Lecture five: Surface and deep structure
Topic 1: Surface and deep structure
Topic 2: Iceberg model
Topic 3: Six-word rules
Lecture six: Field linguistics
Topic 1: Language & dialect
Topic 2: Lexical similarity and mutual intelligibility
Topic 3: Blair method- find out the difference between language and dialect
Lecture seven: Cooperative Principle
Topic 1: Grice’s Cooperative Principle
Topic 2: Conversational Maxims
Topic 3: Maxim of Quantity
Topic 4: Maxim of Quality
Topic 5: Maxim of Relevance
Topic 6: Maxim of order
Who this course is for:
- NET aspirants in linguistics, BA-MA-PhD language & linguistics
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