notes

compilation of old, mostly handwritten notes (I am responsible for any errors or omissions)

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About Syntax: 1–5 are foundational topics, while 6-10 are intermediate concepts. For in-depth exploration, the advanced topics are 11-15.

  1. Basic Sentence Structure (Subject, Predicate, Object)
  2. Word Categories (Parts of Speech)
  3. Phrase Structure
  4. Constituency Tests
  5. Tree Diagrams
  6. Clauses and Sentence Types
  7. Movement and Transformations
  8. Agreement and Case Marking
  9. Modifiers and Adjuncts
  10. Dependency and Tree Relations
  11. Binding Theory
  12. Ellipsis and Gapping
  13. Long-Distance Dependencies
  14. Cross-Linguistic Syntax
  15. Minimalist Syntax
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About Semantics: 1–4 are foundational topics, while 5-10 are intermediate concepts.

  1. Introduction to Semantics
  2. Lexical Semantics
  3. Sentence Semantics and Compositionality
  4. Truth-Conditional Semantics
  5. Predicate Logic and Quantification
  6. Referential Semantics
  7. Modal and Intensional Semantics
  8. Pragmatics-Semantics Interface
  9. Event Semantics and Temporal Meaning
  10. Advanced Topics in Semantics

I used to maintain a collection of LaTeX notes, but since they are now readily available online, I am not including them here. Most of the codes and ideas I used were inspired by the cookbook website. For drawing mathematical symbols to use in LaTeX, refer to Detexify.KireLabs website.