Bibliography
This bibliography gathers the group’s completed and ongoing readings.
Readings
2026
Reading
Binding Theory
Büring, Daniel. 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics.
Read
Introduction to Government and Binding Theory
Haegeman, Liliane. 1994. 2nd, illustrated, reprint edition. Wiley. Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. — Chapter 4.
2025
Read
Gramática de los silencios. Balance y propuesta
Saab, Andrés. Forthcoming. Madrid: Akal.
Possible topics
Constituency and phrase structure
- Lexical and functional categories.
- Phrases, heads, complements, and specifiers.
- Constituency diagnostics.
Movement and dependencies
- A-movement and A’-movement.
- Questions, relatives, and topicalization.
- Local and non-local dependencies.
Syntax of Spanish
- Overt and tacit subjects.
- Direct and indirect objects.
- Clitics.
- Agreement.
- Word order.
Bibliography by session
| Session | Topic | Main text | Supplementary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to syntax | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | Constituency | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | Phrase structure | TBD | TBD |