Syntax
Professor Shi Baohui
For MA General and Applied Linguistics
School of Foreign Languages
Beijing Forestry University
Summer 2007, Weeks 11-19, West Wing 101
1. Lecture List
Week General
Readings
1
Introduction
Carnie: Chs. 1-2
2
Structural relations
Carnie: Chs. 3-4
3
Binding
Carnie: Chs. 5-6
4
Merging
Carnie: Chs. 7-8
5
Head movement & DP Movement
Carnie: Ch. 9-10
6
Wh-movement
Carnie: Chs. 11-12
7
Light verbs, raising, control and
empty categories
Carnie: Chs. 13-15
8
Phase
Chomsky 2000a
9
Alternative theories
Carnie: Chs. 16-17
2. Essential Readings
 The main text relating the minimalist program is:
Carnie, Andrew. 2007. Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 2/e. Oxford: Blackwell.

Important supplementary texts are:
Radford, Andrew. 2004. Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Haegeman, Liliane. 2006. Thinking Syntactically: A Guide to Argumentation and
Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
(A longer list of readings is found overleaf.)
3. Assessment
This is by coursework and an essay on an assigned topic, both carrying equal weight
towards the final score. The essay topics will be available later in the course.
4. Readings:
Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bošković, Ž. & H. Lasnik. 2007. Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings. Oxford: Blackwell.
Büring, D. 2004. Binding Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Carnie, Andrew. 2007. Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 2/e. Oxford: Blackwell.
Chomsky, N. 1985. Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use. New York: Praeger. (FLTRP)
Chomsky, N. 1988. Language and the Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT.
Chomsky, N. 1995. The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT.
Chomsky, N. 1998. Minimalist Inquiries: the Framework. Ms. MIT.
Chomsky, N. 2000a. Derivation by Phase. In M. Kenstowicz (ed.), Ken Hale: A Life in Language. Cambridge,
Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 1-52.
Chomsky, N. 2000b. New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(FLTRP)
Chomsky, N. 2002. On Nature and Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (PUP)
Chomsky, N. 2006. Language and Mind. 3/e. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cook, V. and M. Newson. 1996. Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction. 2/e. Oxford: Blackwell.
(FLTRP)
Haegeman, L. 1994. Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. 2/e. Oxford: Blackwell.
Haegeman, L. 1999. English Grammar: A Generative Perspective. Oxford: Blackwell.
Haegeman, L. 2006. Thinking Syntactically: A Guide to Argumentation and Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hornstein, N., J. Nunes & K. K. Grohmann. 2005. Understanding Minimalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Huang, C.-T. J. 1996. Introductory Syntax. Lecture Notes. Harvard University.
(http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~ctjhuang/lecture_notes/lectpg.html)
Johnson, K. 2004. An Introduction to Transformational Grammar. Ms. University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
(http://people.umass.edu/kbj/homepage/Content/601_lectures.pdf)
Lasnik, H. & J. Uriagereka. 2005. A Course in Minimalist Syntax: Foundations and Prospects. Oxford: Blackwell.
Newmeyer, F. J. 1996. Generative Linguistics: A Historical Perspective. London: Routledge.
Ouhalla, J. 1999. Introducing Transformational Grammar: From Principles and Parameters to Minimalism. 2/e.
London: Arnold. (FLTRP)
Radford, A. 1997a. Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (FLTRP)
Radford, A. 1997b. Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. (PUP)
Radford, A. 2004a. English Syntax: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Radford, A. 2004b. Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Smith, N. 1999. Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (FLTRP)
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