Seminar on Morphological Change Staff Overview of the spectrum of issues and perspectives connected with studying synchronic variation and historical innovations in word structure. Summarizes the claims and results of traditional classic works on this subject, but also considers how current morphological theories bear on the diachrony of inflection, derivation, and compounding. Seminar on Markedness Mufwene Review of the literature on markedness in morphosyntax, focusing on criteria used to determine markedness values. Seminar on Time Reference Mufwene Attempts to bridge studies of time reference in morphology and syntax. Consider whether certain aspects of phonetic and phonological research are mutually exclusive.
Attention is given to natural phonology, transcription, and feature systems.
Situates creole genesis in a broader context of historical linguistics. The Minimalist Program and Its Neighbor Staff Graduate seminar on the theories of syntax that have evolved in the 1990s from the general area of Government and Binding theory. Topics in Syntax and Semantics Staff 473. Seminar on Inverse Verbs and Obviation Dahlstrom 475. History of Transformational Syntax Sadock 490.