LING 200BSyntactic Theory I
Linguistics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
In-depth introduction to selected topics in theory of constituent structure and syntax of predicates, arguments, and grammatical relations. Topics include levels of representation, X-bar theory, case theory, thematic roles, the lexicon, grammatical function-changing rules, head-complement relations.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: graduate linguistics student or grade of A in course 120B or equivalent course in syntax.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
LING 200B
- LING 198AHonors Research in Linguistics I
- LING 198BHonors Research in Linguistics II
- LING 201BSyntactic Theory II
- LING 202Language Change
- LING 205Morphological Theory
- LING 210AField Methods I
- LING 213AGrammatical Development
- LING 213BBrain Bases for Language
- LING 215Syntactic Typology
- LING 230History of Linguistics
- LING 252Topics in Syntax and Semantics
- LING 254Topics in Linguistics
11 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 14 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.