ENG6253 의미론 연구

topic: Syntax and Semantics of Ditransitives

This course will deal with the syntax and semantics of ditransitives. We will cover the original formal investigations into the structure of ditransitives and critically analyze challenges to them. We will examine how semantic composition plays a role in the analysis of ditransitives. We will briefly look into idiomds, applicatives, and typological studies. Cross-linguistic variation will take center stage in our investigation as we examine languages of East Asia and Bantu languages in more detail. We will end with Newman's recent post-minimalist analysis of ditransitives.

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Readings

lecture	date	contents	readings	assignments
1	Sept 3rd	Early Studies I	Barss & Lasnik (1986), Larson (1988). Click here for précis
2	Sept 10th	Early Studies II	Jackendoff (1990), Larson (1990)
3	Sept 17th	Ditransitives and Applicatives I	Pylkkänen (2008)
4	Oct 1st	Ditransitives and Applicatives II	Larson (2010), Wood (2015)
5	Oct 8th	Idioms	Bruening (2010a)	Squib 1 due
6	Oct 15th	Typology; Scope	Beck & Johnson (2004)
7	Oct 29th	Structural Issues I	Haspelmath (2015), Bruening (2010b)
8	Nov 5th	Structural Issues II	Liejing and Peyraube (1997),Harley & Jung (2015)
9	Nov 12th	East Asia I	Kishimoto (2008), Lin & Huang (2015)	Squib 2 due
10	Nov 19th	East Asia II	Baek & Lee (2004), Shim & Han (2025), Matsuoka (2003)
11	Dec 3rd	Bantu	Bresnan & Moshi (1990), van der Wal (2017), Holmberg et al. (2019)
12	Dec 10th	Post-Minimalism	Newman (2024)	Squib 3 due
12	Dec 17th	Presentations

Additional Papers

Ormazabal, Javier & Romero, Juan. 2012. PPs without Disguises: Reply to Bruening. Linguistic Inquiry 43(3). 455–474. (doi:10.1162/LING_a_00097)
Pineda, Anna. 2020. Double‐Object Constructions in Romance: The Common Denominator. Syntax 23(3). 203–240. (doi:10.1111/synt.12193)
Bruening, Benjamin. 2021. Implicit arguments in English double object constructions. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 39(4). 1023–1085. (doi:10.1007/s11049-020-09498-4)

Sign ups for paper presentations

paper	presenter
Pylkkänen (2008) Ch. 2 (2.1-2.2)
Pylkkänen (2008) Ch. 2 (2.3-2.4)
Larson (2010)
Wood (2015)
Bruening (2010a)	조정진
Bruening (2010b)	박지성
Beck and Johnson (2004)	김건
Harley and Jung (2015)	박지성
Kishimoto (2008)	권사랑
Lin and Huang (2015)	Nguyen Thi Huong
Baek and Lee (2004)	조정진
van der Wal (2017)	권사랑
Shim and Han (2025)	Dinh Phong
Liejiong and Peyraube (1997)	Zach Mooney
Holmberg et al. (2019)	Nguyen Thi Huong
Hallman (2015)
Matsuoka (2003)	Zach Mooney