The MA Linguistics with a Specialisation in Syntax is a research-oriented programme designed for students looking for a concentrated, advanced course in theoretical syntax, couched broadly within the ...

Syntax refers both to the structure of sentences and the underlying combinatorial capacity to generate this structure. For some time, neurolinguistic research on syntax was heavily influenced by ...

Theoretical syntax no longer plays as prominent a role in neurolinguistics as it used to. A prominent issue is that linguistic theory often has been applied directly to neuroscience (Figure 1, left), ...

Glue semantics is a theory of the syntax-semantics interface according to which the syntactic structure of a sentence produces premises in a fragment of linear logic, and the semantic interpretation(s ...

The Linguistics Program offers a major and a minor in linguistics. Our students engage in the study of language through its form and meaning, as well as its social and cultural significance. UVM ...

Syntax can be defined as the study of how words are combined into sentences and how sentences are linked to each other, giving shape to what is known as sentence structure. Generally speaking, words ...

Linguistics at Ulster University spans a wide range of areas in the discipline. Particular strengths are in the areas of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition, bilingualism, language ...

People don’t always say what they mean or mean what they say. Imagine the problem this poses for Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant when you ask them to “play great new music.” Decoding these mysteries ...