LING 216

Syntactic Theory III

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

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Selected topics on syntactic theories of anaphora and quantification from the following areas: typology of binding categories (pronouns, anaphors, etc.); theory of locality conditions in binding theory; parametric variation in binding; quantifier movement; existential quantification and unselective binding; strong and weak crossover; superiority; scope interactions; complex quantifier structures.

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

When it runs

Spring 2026

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

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Requisite: course 201B.

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LING 201B

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LING 216

LING 201BSyntactic Theory II
- LING 200BSyntactic Theory I

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