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), Bruening (2010b) Squib 1 due
6 Oct 15th Typology; Scope Haspelmath (2015), Beck & Johnson (2004)
7 Oct 29th Structural Issues Hallman (2015), Harley & Jung (2015)
8 Nov 5th East Asia I Kishimoto (2008), Lin & Huang (2015) Squib 2
9 Nov 12th East Asia II Baek & Lee (2004), Shim & Han (2025)
10 Nov 19th Bantu Bresnan & Moshi (1990), van der Wal (2017), Holmberg et al. (2019)
11 Nov 26th Post-Minimalism I Newman (2024) Ch. 1-2 Squib 3
12 Dec 3rd Post-Minimalism II Newman (2024) Ch. 4-5
13 Dec 10th Presentations

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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)권사랑
Hallman (2015)Aynur Arınç
Harley and Jung (2015)박지성
Kishimoto (2008)권사랑
Lin and Huang (2015)
Baek and Lee (2004)조정진
van der Wal (2017)Aynur Arınç
Holmberg et al. (2019)Nguyen Thi Huong