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Syntax OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Bachelor Level Linguistics Class on the Study of Syntax

Published Feb 12, 2009

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers its 'Language and its Structure II: Syntax' course as free OpenCourseWare. The original course was designed for students in MIT's Bachelor of Science in Linguistics and Philosophy degree program. The course discusses the theories about how words are ordered in different languages.

Language and its Structure II (Syntax): Course Specifics

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Language and its Structure II (Syntax): Course Description

In contrast to semantics (which concerns they way readers interpret sentences regardless of order), syntax is a linguistics concept that describes how words are arranged to communicate specific meanings. 'Language and its Structure II: Syntax' is a required part of the curriculum for MIT's Linguistics and Philosophy undergraduate majors. This lecture course was created by Professor David Pesetsky. The course was designed to familiarize students with the most influential approaches to syntax. Students learned about syntactic concepts like unaccusative and passive sentence constructions. This course also shows students how syntax research is applied in other language-related fields.

This OpenCourseWare includes lecture notes with in-class handouts, a reading list, problem sets with limited solutions, an exam study guide and a link to related course material. To take this online linguistics course, visit the syntax course page.

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