I. Language as a combinatorial system

Tu. 28.9

Goals of linguistic theory. Levels, combinatoriality, . Introduction to Panini's grammar.

Th. 30.9

Organizational meeting to assign presentations.

Tu. 5.10

Panini's grammar. Simplicity

• Kiparsky, Paninian Linguistics. R.E. Asher, ed., Concise History of Linguistics. Oxford, New York: Pergamon Press, 1995.

Th. 7.10

Early generative grammar.

• Halle, Phonology in Generative Grammar.
• Chomsky, Syntactic Structures, Ch. 1.

Tu. 12.10

Generative syntax. Non-derivational theories.

• Finish Syntactic Structures.
• Pollard and Sag (1994), Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Ch. 1.

Th. 14.10

The cognitive turn in generative grammar: acquisition and universals of language.

• Chomsky, Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965), Ch. 1.