Analyzing Syntax: A Lexical-Functional Approach

1. Three aspects of syntactic structure 2. Identifying constituents and categories 3. Passives, applicatives, and the 'dative shift' 4. Reflexives 5. Control 6. Pragmatic functions: topic and focus 7. Filler-gap dependencies and relativization 8. Causative constructions 9. Serial verbs and related constructions 10. 'Quirky case' and subjecthood 11. Syntactic ergativity.