{"id":2,"date":"2009-01-14T02:54:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-10T17:22:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T21:22:21","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx500b1s09\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the current view of how the semester will proceed, but the schedule will<\/em> be adjusted from time to time. Do not rely on the printed copy<\/strong>; instead, consult this page (http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx500b1s09\/schedule\/<\/strong> ). Homework will generally be assigned on Thursdays and due on the following Thursday. The readings in the Readings column are those that pertain to the lectures that week. Readings listed as “Related” constitute (part of) the source material for the discussions they are listed with, but it is not necessary to read “related” papers (usually because they assume a fair amount of background).<\/p>\n

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Date<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\n<\/th>\nHomework<\/th>\nReading<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu Jan 15<\/td>\nWhat is a question?<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we meet the cast of characters.<\/td>\nHW1<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Hamblin (1958)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue Jan 20: Class canceled<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Jan 22<\/td>\n		Basic question typology<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider the strategies available to languages to mark yes-no questions and wh<\/em>-questions.<\/td>\nHW2<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Jan 27<\/td>\n		Covert wh<\/em>-movement<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider the idea that wh<\/em>-movement happens whether or not we see a wh<\/em> moving.<\/td>\nRelated: Cheng (1997, ch. 2)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Jan 29<\/td>\n		Referentiality, Superiority, and D-linking<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nWherein we continue the discussion of islands and conditions on wh<\/em>-movement.<\/td>\nHW3<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Related: Pesetsky (1987)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Feb 3<\/td>\n		Partial wh<\/em>-movement and scope marking<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we meet German, Hungarian, and Malay.<\/td>\nRelated: Cole & Hermon (1998)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Feb 5<\/td>\n		Child language acquisition of questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we wonder if this relates to the previous weeks’ topic.<\/td>\nHW4<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Related: Thornton (1990)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Feb 10<\/td>\n		Homework recap<\/td>\nWherein we mostly discuss issues relating to the homework assignments to date.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Feb 12<\/td>\n		Historical development of questions, and intervention effects (part 1)<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we look at how languages change over time, with particular attention to the history of Japanese. and we begin looking at a certain kind of restrictions on wh<\/em>-questions.<\/td>\nHW5<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Related: Watanabe (2001)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue Feb 17: Monday schedule, no class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Feb 19<\/td>\n		The effects of Subjacency in Japanese, and continuation of intervention effects and the historical discussion<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we meet Akira Watanabe’s data and proposal about overt movement of silent wh<\/em>-words in Japanese, and continue to talk about islands and intervention effects.<\/td>\nHW6<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Feb 24<\/td>\n		Morphology of wh<\/em>-words and indefinite pronouns<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we look at a very common connection between where<\/em> and somewhere<\/em>. Is a wh<\/em>-word a wh<\/em>-word a wh<\/em>-word? Or do languages differ?<\/td>\nRelated: Bhat (2000)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Feb 26<\/td>\n		Prosody of wh<\/em>-questions in Japanese<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we continue to try to explore the judgments relating to Subjacency in Japanese by controlling and testing the prosody.<\/td>\nMidterm<\/a> (take-home)
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Related: Kitagawa (2005)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue Mar 3: Snow day, no class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Mar 5<\/td>\n		Homework recap<\/td>\nWherein we mostly discuss issues relating to the homework assignments to date.<\/td>\nNo homework<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 7\u00e2\u20ac\u201cMar 15: Spring break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Mar 17<\/td>\n		Interpretation of questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we begin the discussion of how we can model what a question might mean.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Mar 19<\/td>\n		Basic approaches to question meanings<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we meet some of the main views that have been taken on the interpretation of questions, and the arguments that have been used to distinguish them.<\/td>\nHagstrom (2003)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Mar 24<\/td>\n		The relation of questions and focus<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we look at the meaning of (contrastive) focus, primarily, and how it seems to relate to the answers to questions.<\/span><\/em><\/td>\nRelated: Rooth (1996)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Mar 26<\/td>\n		Prosodic explanations of wh<\/i>-movement patterns<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we meet Minor Phrases, left and right bracketing, left and right positionings of C, and predictions that arise therefrom.<\/td>\nStill no homework<\/em><\/td>\nRelated: Richards (2006)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Mar 31<\/td>\n		Questions and discourse<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider questions under discussion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Apr 2<\/td>\n		Wh<\/em>-in-the-world questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we discuss the allegedly aggressively non-D-linked wh<\/em>-phrases.<\/td>\nHW7<\/a>
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		Related: Hagstrom & McCoy (2003)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Apr 7<\/td>\n		Positive and negative yes\/no questions<\/a>, A-not-A questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider the pragmatics of polar questions in connection with their semantics. And also look at a certain kind of Chinese question.<\/td>\nRelated: Hagstrom (2006)<\/a>, Romero & Han (2004)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Apr 9<\/td>\n		Rhetorical and echo questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider some non-standard question types.<\/td>\nEven more no homework<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Apr 14<\/td>\n		Free-choice indefinites<\/a>
<\/em><\/td>\n		Wherein we look at Kratzer & Shimoyama’s story about irgendein<\/em> and perhaps also Yanovich’s story about wh<\/em>-indefinites in Russian.<\/td>\nRelated: Kratzer (2005)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Apr 16<\/td>\n		Parasitic gaps<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we consider sentences that we use without having an analysis for.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Apr 21<\/td>\n		Questions and quantifiers<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we look at what everyone says about questions with quantifiers.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu Apr 23: Monday schedule, no class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
\n Apr 28<\/td>\n		Sentence processing, brain imaging and wh<\/em>-questions<\/a><\/td>\nWherein we look at the processing of wh<\/em>-questions and the electrical activity of the brains of people interpreting questions.<\/td>\nFinal<\/a>
\n (take-home)
\n (Key<\/a>)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
\n Apr 30<\/td>\n		The heart of the question<\/td>\nWherein we try to summarize what we’ve seen about questions.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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; instead, consult this page (http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx500b1s09\/schedule\/ ). Homework will generally be assigned on Thursdays and due on the following Thursday. The readings in the Readings column are those …<\/p>\n

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