Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the module, students should be able to
--recognise common architectural patterns across categories and phrases;
--represent phrase structure in the form of tree-diagrams using X-bar schema;
--analyse relationships between lexical and structural representations and related constraints;
--solve problems of distribution resulting from movement;
--use formalism as a means of representing and summarising information;
--evaluate evidence and argumentation in the process of constructing a language model.
Indicative Module Content:
X-bar Theory
X-bar Theory and functional categories
Theta Theory and thematic structures
Head-movement
Binding Theory