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/lx454s18/schedule/. Homework will generally be handed out on Wednesdays and be due on Wednesdays, at least initially. Homework 1 will be due Wednesday January 31. Work on the project will occupy the second half of the semester.
M | W | F | Topic | Notes | Reading | Homework | |
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1/19 | Development of syntax | ||||||
22 | 24 | 26 | Root infinitives | Guasti (2002, ch. 4) |
Due 1/31: HW 1 |
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29 | 31 | 2/2 | Null subjects |
OT/French handout
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Guasti (2002, ch. 5), Hyams (2011) |
Due 2/7: HW 2 |
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5 | 7 | 9 | Binding | Chien & Wexler (1990), Kanno (1996) |
Due 2/14: HW 3 |
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12 | 14 | 16 | Second language acquisition | MacLaughlin (1998) |
Due 2/21: CHILDES lab data |
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20 | 21 | 23 | Experimental methods | Snyder (2007) |
Due 3/2: CHILDES lab write-up |
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26 | 28 | 3/2 | A-movement, SLI |
Due 3/14: Project proposal |
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5 | 7 | 9 | Spring recess | ||||
12 | 14 | 16 | Wh-movement | Guasti (2002, ch. 6) |
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19 | 21 | 23 | Semantics |
L1 semantics:
Pres
Hndt
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Due 3/23: Design |
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26 | 28 | 30 | Topics |
Verb-raising in Koreans:
Han et al. (2007)
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Schaeffer et al. (2002) |
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4/2 | 4 | 6 | Topics |
Genitive subjects:
Sawada & Murasugi (2011)
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Guasti (2002, ch. 7) |
Due 4/6: Data overview |
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9 | 11 | 13 | Topics | MacSwan (2013), Sorace (2000) |
Due 4/13: Analysis |
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18 | 20 | Topics |
Disjunction scope:
Shimada (2014) |
Guasti (2002, ch. 11) |
Due 4/20: Paper draft |
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23 | 25 | 27 | Wrap-up, presentations |
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30 | 5/2 | Presentations, wrap-up |
30: WY, GA |
Due 5/2: Project paper |