Spring 2027

Syntax

An introduction to syntactic description covering grammatical theory, element types, and processes for analyzing human language structures.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Wesley Nascimento dos Santos

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.09 GPA, 37.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 47.6% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe and identify certain cross-linguistic universals and points of variation in the syntax of human languages.

  • Summarize and explain some common theoretical analyses of core syntactic data.

  • Apply knowledge of syntactic theory and logical reasoning to interpret and discuss the relevance of novel syntactic data to familiar theories.

  • Formulate a research question in syntax and discover existing research on a selected topic.

  • Summarize and critically evaluate research in syntax.

  • Synthesize and relate information across various sources.

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Prerequisites

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LINGUIS 101 or 301

LINGUIS 330 used by

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.09 GPA, 37.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 47.6% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Grammatical theory and syntactic description
  • Cross-linguistic universals and variation in syntax
  • Formulating syntax research questions

Skills

  • Summarizing and explaining theoretical analyses of syntactic data
  • Applying logical reasoning to interpret novel syntactic data
  • Critically evaluating research in syntax

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LINGUIS 330 · Spring 2027

Syntax

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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