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= linguistics | = linguistics | ||
- | >> under construction | + | These topics are suggested by DELG staff to students planning to write their BA thesis in linguistics. They only serve as an appetizer. |
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- | These topics are suggested by DELG staff. | + | |
== Irina Burukina, Marcel den Dikken, Mark Newson, Krisztina Szécsényi | == Irina Burukina, Marcel den Dikken, Mark Newson, Krisztina Szécsényi | ||
- | | + | # The syntax and morphology of tense and aspect in English: How many tenses and aspects are there? What is the relationship between tense/ |
- | tenses and aspects are there? What is the relationship between | + | # The subjunctive mood in English: Does it exist and, if so, under which circumstances do we find it? What is the relationship between the subjunctive and imperative mood? |
- | tense/ | + | # How can the differences and similarities between topicalisation (//This dish I wouldn' |
- | How does the marking of tense, aspect and futurity in English compare to | + | # Cleft (//It is a pizza that he is eating//) and pseudo-cleft (//What he is eating is a pizza//, //A pizza is what he is eating//) sentences: How does their syntax work? What are they useful for? |
- | that in other languages? | + | # Degrees of comparison in the adjectival system, and the interaction between morphology and syntax: e.g., // |
- |  | + | # The placement of adverbial modifiers in the English clause: pre- //vs// post-modal adverbial insertion (//He likely will say yes// ~ //He will likely say yes; He likely won't say yes// ~ //He won't likely say yes//); the distribution of the split infinitive (//I decided to fully describe it / fully to describe it / to describe it fully//). |
- | # The subjunctive mood in English: Does it exist and, if so, under | + | # The distribution of the quantifiers //some// and //any// in negative and non-negative clauses: syntax and semantics (//I don't want to talk to somebody/ |
- | which circumstances do we find it? What is the relationship between the | + | # The status of //that// in restrictive relatives: relative pronoun or complementiser (//the man who/that I saw//, //the man to who(m)/*to that I spoke, |
- | subjunctive and imperative mood? | + | # The status of //if// and // |
- |  | + | # Sentential //vs// constituent negation: How does the distinction manifest itself, in English and other languages? Is the distinction syntactically real, and, if so, how is it represented in syntax? |
- | # How can the differences and similarities between topicalisation | + | # The English determiner system: How many different types of determiners can be distinguished? |
- | (//This dish I wouldn' | + | # Inversion of the subject and the finite verb occurs in a variety of different contexts in English: root interrogatives (//Have you eaten yet?//, //What are you eating?//); root- and non-root clauses featuring fronting of a negative constituent (//Under no circumstances would they accept this; It is reported that under no circumstances would they accept this//) sentences; conditionals (//Had you been more diligent, you would have been more successful// |
- | dish would I recommend// | + | # Typical errors made by non-native learners of English: (a) the use of English articles (//He became pilot, I love the music// (as a generic statement about music in general), //Budapest of my youth//); (b) English word-order (//Who did take my pen?, Why you are doing this?, |
- | anyone a dish prepared by this chef//) and dislocation (both | + | # The English genitive: Are //’s// and //of// exponents of the same syntactic category or not? How to analyse the co-occurrence of //’s// and //of// in expressions such as //a friend of John' |
- | left-dislocation, | + | # Light verbs (//__make__ |
- | right-dislocation, | + | # Different ways of expressing causation in English (lexical causatives, morphological causatives, //make// causatives, //have// causatives, // |
- | modelled in a syntactic analysis of these phenomena? | + | # The special syntax of English news headlines and other forms of ' |
- | Â | + | # Accusative pronouns in English: How can we account for their distribution (//I want him to leave; Who wants to leave? Me!; Me and him are good mates; Him walking out like that was rude; Poor me!; Him a vegetarian? |
- | # Cleft (//It is a pizza that he is eating//) and pseudo-cleft (//What he | + | # Different strategies in forming // |
- | is eating is a pizza//, //A pizza is what he is eating//) sentences: How | + | # The Uniformity of Theta Assignment Hypothesis and a comprehensive syntactic representation of the distribution of the Theme (//They took the pirates off the ship; The pirates walked off the ship; The pirates are off the ship; With the pirates off the ship, the voyage can finally continue; As soon as they have left the gangplank, I consider the pirates off the ship//). |
- | does their syntax work? What are they useful for? | + | |
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- | # Degrees of comparison in the adjectival system, and the interaction | + | |
- | between morphology and syntax: e.g., // | + | |
- | //most quickly// | + | |
- | //more dumb than cruel// (metalinguistic comparison). | + | |
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- | # The placement of adverbial modifiers in the English clause: pre- //vs//Â | + | |
- | post-modal adverbial insertion (//He likely will say yes// \~ //He will | + | |
- | likely say yes//; //He likely won't say yes// \~ //He won't likely say | + | |
- | yes//); the distribution of the split infinitive (//I decided to fully | + | |
- | describe it / fully to describe it / to describe it fully//). | + | |
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- | # The distribution of the quantifiers //some// and //any// in negative and | + | |
- | non-negative clauses: syntax and semantics (//I don't want to talk to | + | |
- | somebody/ | + | |
- | wonder if somebody/ | + | |
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- | # The status of //that// in restrictive relatives: relative pronoun or | + | |
- | complementiser (//the man who/that I saw//, //the man to who(m)/\//to that IÂ | + | |
- | spoke//, \////the man who that I saw//)? | + | |
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- | # The status of //if// and // | + | |
- | (//I am wondering// | + | |
- | {//whether/\//if//} //he's there//, {//Whether/\//if//} //or not he did it | + | |
- | remains an open question// | + | |
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- | # Sentential //vs// constituent negation: How does the distinction | + | |
- | manifest itself, in English and other languages? Is the distinction | + | |
- | syntactically real, and, if so, how is it represented in syntax? | + | |
- | Â | + | |
- | # The English determiner system: How many different types of | + | |
- | determiners can be distinguished? | + | |
- | representatives of the category D (for ' | + | |
- | be the most appropriate treatment(s) of determiner-like elements that | + | |
- | are not exponents of the head D? | + | |
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- | # Inversion of the subject and the finite verb occurs in a variety of | + | |
- | different contexts in English: root interrogatives (//Have you eaten | + | |
- | yet?//, //What are you eating?//); root- and non-root clauses featuring | + | |
- | fronting of a negative constituent (//Under no circumstances would they | + | |
- | accept this//; //It is reported that under no circumstances would they | + | |
- | accept this//) sentences; conditionals (//Had you been more diligent, you | + | |
- | would have been more successful// | + | |
- | hung a picture of the president// | + | |
- | English in as comprehensive a way as possible. | + | |
- | Â | + | |
- | # Typical errors made by non-native learners of English: (a) the use | + | |
- | of English articles (//He became pilot//, //I love the music// (as a generic | + | |
- | statement about music in general), //Budapest of my youth//); (b) English | + | |
- | word-order (//Who did take my pen?//, //Why you are doing this?//, \////Near | + | |
- | Budapest have they a house//). What can the theory of syntax take away | + | |
- | from or contribute to an understanding of these errors? | + | |
- | Â | + | |
- | # The English genitive: Are //'s// and //of// exponents of the same | + | |
- | syntactic category or not? How to analyse the co-occurrence of //'s// and | + | |
- | //of// in expressions such as //a friend of John' | + | |
- | say about special uses of //'s// and //of// in constructions such as // | + | |
- | room//, //a city of great beauty//, //that jewel of a city//, //the City of | + | |
- | London//. | + | |
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- | # Light verbs (//[make]{.underline} | + | |
- | walk//): How are these best represented in syntax? Do they have meaning? | + | |
- | If so, is their meaning constant or variable? | + | |
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- | # Different ways of expressing causation in English (lexical | + | |
- | causatives, morphological causatives, //make// causatives, //have//Â | + | |
- | causatives, // | + | |
- | and similarities between them? | + | |
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- | # The special syntax of English news headlines and other forms of | + | |
- | ' | + | |
- | Â | + | |
- | # Accusative pronouns in English: How can we account for their | + | |
- | distribution (//I want him to leave//; //Who wants to leave? Me!//; //Me and | + | |
- | him are good mates//; //Him walking out like that was rude//; //Poor me!//;Â | + | |
- | //Him a vegetarian? | + | |
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- | # Different strategies in forming // | + | |
- | cross-linguistically: | + | |
- | (e.g., in 'quiz master questions' | + | |
- | American city?//), and in 'echo questions' | + | |
- | fronting just one // | + | |
- | (//Who bought what?// | + | |
- | effect' | + | |
- | which person buy?//). | + | |
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- | # The Uniformity of Theta Assignment Hypothesis and a comprehensive | + | |
- | syntactic representation of the distribution of the Theme (//They took | + | |
- | the pirates off the ship//; //The pirates walked off the ship//; //The | + | |
- | pirates are off the ship//; //With the pirates off the ship, the voyage | + | |
- | can finally continue//; //As soon as they have left the gangplank, IÂ | + | |
- | consider the pirates off the ship//). | + | |
== Zoltán G. Kiss | == Zoltán G. Kiss | ||
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* Multiword items classified in various English (and Hungarian) sources/ | * Multiword items classified in various English (and Hungarian) sources/ | ||
- | * Regular polysemy types in English (and Hungarian): //a heavy book// vs //a difficult book//; //a chicken// vs //some chicken.// | + | * Regular polysemy types in English (and Hungarian): //a heavy book// vs //a difficult book; a chicken// vs //some chicken.// |
* Instances of word forms of a lexeme having different/ | * Instances of word forms of a lexeme having different/ | ||
* Word families vs lexical/ | * Word families vs lexical/ |
studies/graduation/thesis/topics/linguistics.txt · last touched 2019-11-30 12:55 by Péter Szigetvári