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Syntactic Models
Art: Italian illuminator, Boethius initial consolation philosophy, 1385 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. David Pesetsky
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 10 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 24.960 Syntactic Models, Spring 2006, Prof. David Pesetsky — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
8 files
- HPSG 1: How it works Download
- HPSG 2: Infinitival complementation/a-bar dependencies Download
- LFG: Basics Download
- Non-derivational principles and parameters/minimalist grammars Download
- History of analyses of the English auxiliary verb system: Derivations to representations Download
- Standard theory to generative semantics Download
- Conditions Download
- The legacy of conditions: LFG, GPSG, and GB Download
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: HPSG 2: Infinitival complementation/a-bar dependencies ( PDF )
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Lecture 3: LFG: Basics ( PDF )
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Lecture 4: LFG 2: The overall system, modern developments
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Lecture 5: Student presentation festival: HPSG and LFG papers
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Lecture 6: Non-derivational principles and parameters/minimalist grammars ( PDF )
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Lecture 7: History of analyses of the English auxiliary verb system: Derivations to representations ( PDF )
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Lecture 8: Standard theory to generative semantics ( PDF )
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Lecture 9: Conditions ( PDF )
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Lecture 10: Student presentation festival: Generative semantics/interpretive semantics/conditions papers
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Lecture 11: The legacy of conditions: LFG, GPSG, and GB ( PDF )
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Lecture 12: Simpler syntax?
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