Robert Frank - Teaching
Spring 2009
140b/540b/PSYC 506b Computational Models in Cognitive Science
Introduction to connectionist, symbolic and statistical techniques used in computational
modeling of language, learning, and reasoning. Students will implement models, but no
extensive programming background will be assumed.
254b/654b Syntax II
Recent developments in syntactic theory: government and binding, principles and parameters,
and minimalist frameworks. In-depth examination of the basic modules of grammar (lexicon, X-
bar theory, Theta-theory, case theory, movement theory). Comparison and critical evaluation of
specific syntactic analyses.
260a/660a Topics in Syntax: Compositional Syntax
Discussion of two grammatical frameworks in which compositional operations play a central
role: Tree Adjoining Grammar and Combinatory Categorial Grammar. These frameworks will be
explored for their implications for syntactic theory as well as their consequences for the nature of
the syntax-semantics interface.
Fall 2008
