Entrance to D-wing of the old Building 20. (Photo courtesy of John F. Cook.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. David Pesetsky
MIT Course Number
24.960
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course presents a comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. The subject traces several themes across a wide variety of approaches, with emphasis on testable differences among models. Models discussed include ancient and medieval proposals, structuralism, early generative grammar, generative semantics, government-binding theory/minimalism, LFG, HPSG, TAG, functionalist perspectives and others.