Computational methods in linguistic analysis and natural language processing. Topics include the use of text corpora and other sources of linguistic data; morphological analysis, parsing and language modeling; applications in areas such as information retrieval and machine translation.

Relationship between children's language and linguistic theory.

Lectures and discussion of classic and current articles in first language acquisition; presentation of ongoing student research.

The analysis of sound patterns in languages within a generative framework: distinctive features, segmental and prosodic analysis, word formation, the theory of markedness.

The analysis of sound patterns in languages within a generative framework: distinctive features, segmental and prosodic analysis, word formation, the theory of markedness.

The bases of formal models of syntax and semantics. Compositionality; quantification; Logical Form.

Theories of meaning and reference. Formal treatment of meaning in a generative grammar.

Concepts and tools of current syntactic theory. Syntactic features, lexical and functional categories, representation of phrase structure, argument structure, case, movement, locality.

Transformational analysis within a Chomskyan framework; deep structure, surface structure, universal conditions on the form and application of transformational rules.

Transformational analysis within a Chomskyan framework; deep structure, surface structure, universal conditions on the form and application of transformational rules.

Practice in writing abstracts for academic conferences. Preparation for academic job market: C.V.s, letters of application, interviews, job talks. Previous completion of three semesters of full-time graduate course work in Linguistics recommended.

Phonological and syntactic problems of a given language.

Collection and analysis of linguistic data from native consultants.

Experimental methods for first language acquisition research.

Current topics in first language acquisition research.

Introduction to morphological analysis and to the methods of linguistic segmentation. The Lexicon. The relationships between Phonology and Morphology and between Syntax and Morphology. The nature of clitics.

Advanced work in phonology.

Classical and recent literature and current research in semantics.

Current topics in semantic research.

Examination and discussion of classic articles in syntactic theory; presentation of ongoing student research.

Advanced work in syntax.

Cross-linguistic study of syntactic structure; implications for linguistic theory.

Topics in general linguistics at an advanced level.

Independent Study.