Syntax Reading Circle (SRC)
where: Anglistisches Seminar, Uni Heidelberg, Room 113
when: changed to Fridays, 1300 – 1700 for winter semester 2009/10!
what: In this informal reading circle we'll meet on a weekly basis to discuss texts that have decisively characterised contemporary generative theory – linguistic minimalism. As these often appear impenetrable (cf. the Chomskybot), a collective approach shall illuminate the darkness. Afterwards, there's beer in the DS (Drugstore).
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Reading Material (click to unhide)
Chomsky, Noam (1993): “A minimalist program for linguistic theory”. In: Kenneth HALE & Samuel J. KEYSER (eds) (1993). The View from Building 20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1-52. [MPLT]
–––– (1994): "Bare Phrase Structure". In: Gert Webelhuth (ed.). Government and Binding Theory and the Minimalist Program. Cambridge: Blackwell, 383-439.
–––– (1995a). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [MP]
–––– (1995b): “Categories and Transformations”. In: Noam Chomsky (1995a), 219-394. [CT]
–––– (2000): “Minimalist inquiries: The framework”. In: Roger MARTIN, David MICHAELS & Juan URIAGEREKA (eds) (2000). Step by Step – Essays on Minimalist Syntax in Honor of Howard Lasnik. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 89-155. [MI]
–––– (2001): “Derivation by phase”. In: Michael KENSTOWICZ (ed.) (2001). Ken Hale: A Life in Language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1-52. [DBP]
–––– (2004). “Beyond explanatory adequacy”. In: Adriana BELLETTI (ed.) (2004). Structures and Beyond. The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Vol. 3. New York: Oxford University Press, 104-131. [BEA]
–––– (2007a): “Approaching UG from below”. In: Uli SAUERLAND & Hans-Martin GÄRTNER (eds) (2007). Interfaces + Recursion = Language?: Chomsky’s Minimalism and the View from Syntax-Semantics. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1-29. [AUB]
–––– (2007b): “Of minds and language”. Biolinguistics 1, 9-27.
–––– (2008): “On phases”. In: Robert FREIDIN, Carlos OTERO & Maria-Luisa ZUBIZARETTA (eds) (2008). Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 133-166. [OP]
–––– (2009): “Opening Remarks” & “Conclusion”. In: Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan Uriagereka & Pello Salaburu (eds) (2009). Of Minds and Language. A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country. New York, NY: OUP, 13-43 & 379-409.
Supplementary Literature
Boeckx, Cedric (2006). Linguistic Minimalism. Origins, Concepts, Methods, and Aims. New York, NY: OUP.
Hornstein, Norbert, Jairo Nunes & Kleanthes Grohmann (2005). Understanding Minimalism. Cambridge: CUP. [HNG]
Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo, Juan Uriagereka, and Pello Salaburu (eds) (2009). Of Minds and Language. A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country. New York, NY: OUP.
For Chomsky (1993 = MPLT, 1994 = BPS, 1995b = CT), including handouts, notes, extra topics, etc., go visit Iwo's section.
Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework (Chomsky 2000)
Notes §§ 3.1-3.3
Notes §§ 3.4-3.5
Notes § 3.6
Wrap-Up
Derivation by Phase (Chomsky 2001)
Notes
pp. 1-15
Notes pp. 16-26
Notes pp. 26-42
Wrap-Up
Beyond Explanatory Adequacy (Chomsky 2004)
Notes
On Phases (Chomsky 2008)
Notes
Notes on Grewendorf & Kremers (2009)
Approaching UG from below (Chomsky 2007)
Notes