Upon successful completion of this course, each student should
be able to identify distinctive features of human languages
be acquainted with main domains of empirical inquiry in linguistics
know about topics of study in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics
comprehend mechanisms of generativity in language
understand motivations for recursive rules and hierarchical structures in syntax
understand argument structure, thematic structure, event structure and relevant distinctions
get familiar with basic syntactic data that necessitates structural description and explanation
know about main empirical data regarding language acquisition, comprehension and production
understand the role of logic in describing and explaining semantic phenomena
appreciate the share of implication and inference in communication
understand discourse coherence and identify discourse relations