This is the current view of how the semester will proceed, but the schedule will be adjusted from time to time. Do not rely on the printed copy; the truth is here: http://ling-blogs.bu.edu/lx423s17/schedule/. Homework will generally be assigned on Wednesdays and due on the following Wednesday. The readings in the Readings column are those that pertain to the lectures that week (so read them for the class they are listed by). [Gn] indicates an additional section for students in GRS LX 723.
Date | Topic | Reading | Homework |
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JAN R 19 |
History/introduction |
None | |
T 24 |
(none / handout) |
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R 26 |
Problems of projection |
Chomsky (2013) |
HW2 |
T 31 | |||
FEB R 2 |
HW3 |
||
T 7 |
Subjects/argumentation |
McCloskey (1997) | |
R 9 | No class, snow day |
HW4 |
|
T 14 | (cont'd) | (cont'd) | |
R 16 |
Passive |
Collins (2005) |
HW5 |
T 21 | No class, BU Monday | ||
R 23 |
Passive (cont’d) |
(cont'd) |
HW6 |
T 28 |
Adverbs |
Cinque (1999) | |
MAR R 2 |
Rackowski & Travis | ||
T 7 R 9 |
No class, spring recess | ||
T 14 |
No class, snow day |
||
R 16 |
Fine structure of the left periphery |
Rizzi (1997) | project proposal |
T 21 |
Linearization [VC, EJ] |
Fox & Pesetsky (2005) | |
R 23 | Ko (2007) |
HW7? |
|
T 28 |
Constituency and derivation [WY, LM] |
Phillips (2003) | |
R 30 | Frank (2006) |
project update |
|
APR T 4 |
DP [MB, AP] |
Abney (1987, parts) | |
R 6 | Ritter (1991) |
paper draft |
|
T 11 |
Optimality in syntax [KI, KT] |
Legendre (2001) | |
R 13 | Pesetsky (1997) | ||
T 18 |
Ellipsis [PK, NG] |
Johnson (2001) | |
R 20 | Merchant (2006) | ||
T 25 |
Presentations |
TBA | |
R 27 |
Presentations |
TBA | |
MAY T 2 |
Presentations |
TBA | |
Semester ends |