There are two readings for next week: Chapter 14 (“The Verb-Second (V2) Phenomenon”) of Santorini, Beatrice & Anthony Kroch. 2007-. The Syntax of Natural Language: An Online Introduction Using the Trees Program. Section 3.5 (“Word Order”) of Fischer, Olga & Wim van der Wurff. 2006. Syntax. In A History of the English Language, R. Hogg & D. …
For this Thursday 3/21, please read the following book chapter: Chapter 6 (“The Verb-Raising Parameter”) of Santorini, Beatrice & Anthony Kroch. 2007-. The Syntax of Natural Language: An Online Introduction Using the Trees Program. The first part of the chapter reviews our previous discussion of the English verbal system, and can be skimmed. The second half …
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For this Thursday (3/7), please read the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Greenbaum, Sidney & Randolph Quirk. 1990. A Student’s Grammar of the English Language, Chap. 3 (“Verbs and Auxiliaries”). Essex: Longman. As the chapter title suggests, the reading presents an (entirely descriptive) overview of the English verb and …