What determines the sequencing of words in a given language? How can we explain word-order variation within and across languages? Are there universal syntactic properties common to the grammar of all languages? Presents the modern generative approach to the scientific study of language and systematically develops a model that will account for the most basic syntactic constructions of natural language.
Linguistics (Undergraduate) 4 credits - 15 Weeks
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LING-UA 13-000 (8358)01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Collins, Christopher
LING-UA 13-000 (8359)01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 Thu9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gotah, Selikem
NYU Department: Liberal Arts & Sciences, Societies & the Social Sciences, Undergraduate
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