This bibliography gathers the group’s completed and ongoing readings.

Readings

2026

Cover of Binding Theory, by Daniel Büring
Reading

Binding Theory

Büring, Daniel. 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics.

Cover of Introduction to Government and Binding Theory, by Liliane Haegeman
Read

Introduction to Government and Binding Theory

Haegeman, Liliane. 1994. 2nd, illustrated, reprint edition. Wiley. Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. — Chapter 4.

2025

Cover of Gramática de los silencios, by Andrés Saab
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