LING 201B

Syntactic Theory II

Linguistics · 2 or 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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In-depth introduction to selected topics in theory of movement processes and topics selected from following areas: WH-movement and related rules, subjacency and other constraints on movement; ECP and related conditions on distribution of empty categories; resumptive pronoun constructions; parametric variation in movement constructions; LF WH-movement; filters; reconstruction; parasitic gaps; barriers theory; control theory; null subject parameter.

S/U (2-unit course) and S/U or letter (4-unit course) grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 200B.

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LING 200B

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

LING 201B

LING 200BSyntactic Theory I

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

LING 201B

LING 214Survey of Current Syntactic Theories
LING 216Syntactic Theory III

2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.