Linguistic theory and the japanese language

Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session

We will look at some recent topics in minimalism, with an eye to how analyses of Japanese can help to clarify the issues and establish research directions. The first 2/3 of the course will deal with the following topics which I am presently working on - all related to issues of movement:

In addition, we will explore the following topics; these will be in the form of student presentations.

The requirements and grading for this course are based on two major assignments: a class presentation and a final course paper.

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