Catalog Description: Theory
of language structure, primarily from the viewpoint of transformational
generative grammar.
In this course, students study the structure of words, phrases, and sentences—the morphology and syntax of language—with the goal of discovering some of the major principles human languages use to organize sequences of linguistic elements at levels above the morpheme.
As a science, morpho-syntax is primarily concerned with
discovering and explaining universal principles of grammar. However, knowledge of morphology and syntax
is also useful for all literate practices,
- Professor: Nevin Leder