LING 3001/5001: Introduction to Linguistics
Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and historical-comparative linguistics; language learning and psychology of language; linguistic universals; language in society.

LING 5201: Syntax I
Syntactic phenomena/constructions in various languages. Principles of grammar construction/evaluation. Syntactic theories as instruments of grammatical analysis.

LING 5202: Syntax II
Foundation in modern syntactic theory. Syntactic phenomena in various languages. Emphasizes syntactic argumentation, development of constraints on grammar formalisms.

LING8210: Syntax Seminar
Graduate seminar on the morphosyntax of nominalizations. 
 

Instructor (Summer Courses)
(University of California, Los Angeles)

LING 1: Introduction to the Study of Language
Summary, for general undergraduates, of what is known about human language; unique nature of human language, its structure, its universality, and its diversity; language in its social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge.

LING 120B:             Syntax I
Descriptive analysis of morphological and syntactic structures in natural languages; emphasis on insight into nature of such structures rather than linguistics formalization. 

Teaching Assistant/Associate/Fellow
(University of California, Los Angeles)

LING20: Introduction to Linguistics 
Introduction to theory and methods of linguistics: universal properties of human language; phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic structures and analysis; nature and form of grammar.

LING 120B: Syntax I
Descriptive analysis of morphological and syntactic structures in natural languages; emphasis on insight into nature of such structures rather than linguistics formalization.

LING165B:   Syntax II
Recommended for students who plan to do graduate work in linguistics. Form of grammars, word formation, formal and substantive universals in syntax, relation between syntax and semantics.

LING127:      Syntactic Typology
Study of essential similarities and differences among languages in grammatical devices they use to signal the following kinds of concepts: relations between nouns and verbs (case and word order), negation, comparison, existence/location/possession, causation, interrogation, reflexivization, relativization, attribution (adjectives), time (tense and aspect), and backgrounding (subordination). Data from a range of languages presented and analyzed.
 
LING 206:    Syntactic Theory II
In-depth introduction to selected topics in theory of movement processes and topics selected from following areas: WH-movement and related rules, subjacency and other constraints on movement; ECP and related conditions on distribution of empty categories; resumptive pronoun constructions; parametric variation in movement constructions; LF WH-movement; filters; reconstruction; parasitic gaps; barriers theory; control theory; null subject parameter.