Course Description
 The Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface (B Course)
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.



vanvalin@hotmail.com [during Summer School]; vanvalin@acsu.buffalo.edu
Text: Van Valin, The Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface: An Introduction to Role and Reference Grammar


    Lecture

    Topic

    Readings

    1         Clause, NP, PP structure         Introduction, Chapter 1, pp. 1-27    
    2         Lexical Representation         Ch. 2, pp. 28-46    
    3         Semantic Roles         Ch. 2, pp. 46-54    
    4         Focus structure, grammatical relations         Ch. 3, pp. 55-66; Ch. 4, 72-81, pp. 87-90, pp. 93-99    
    5         Linking in simple sentences         Ch. 5, 128-146    
    6         Reflexivization, focus structure and linking         Ch. 5, 128-146    
    7         Structure of complex sentences         Ch. 6, pp. 147-174    
    8         Linking in complex sentences (1)         Ch. 7, pp. 175-195    
    9         Linking in complex sentences (2)         Ch. 7, pp. 195-204, pp. 217-231    


There is a one week break between lectures 5 and 6. For students who need a grade for the course, the requirement is a paper on a topic related to the material covered in lectures 1-5 (minimum 5 pages, maximum 10 pages). It would be advisable to work on it during the break; it must be turned in by Wednesday, 31 July, in order for me to read them and turn in the grades by the end of the Summer School.

Text:

Table of Contents
Introduction, Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9