Reading for Th 3/21: Santorini & Kroch, Chap. 6

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 of the chapter addresses the historical development of the Modern English verbal system, which will be the topic for Thursday’s discussion.

As usual, I’ve posted a PDF copy of the chapter in the “Readings” section of this website.  If you’d prefer to read an online version, the entire book is available at the following link (links to individual chapters can be found on the left side of the homepage):

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/syntax-textbook