Schedule

This schedule will be a work in progress essentially until the final begins. Do not rely on the printed copy; instead, consult this page. 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.

The papers we’ll look at specifically are not yet fixed (obviously). They will be filled in as they become known. For some of the possibilities I am considering, see the Bibliography page.

Theme Date Topic Reading Assignment
Islands
and
phases
Tue
Jan 18
Islands and phases No reading HW1
Thu
Jan 20
Islands, the ECP, Subjacency, and LF Haegeman (1994) (excerpts)
Tue
Jan 25
HW2
Thu
Jan 27
Minimalism and phases Chomsky (2000)
Tue
Feb 1
HW3
Thu
Feb 3
The vP phase Rackowski & Richards (2005)
Tue
Feb 8
Thu
Feb 10
Commentary
Syntax
and the
lexicon
Thu
Feb 15
Syntax and the lexicon No reading HW4
Tue
Feb 17
Paper 4 Paper 4
Tue Feb 22: Monday schedule, no class
Thu
Feb 24
(Paper 4) (Paper 4) HW5
Tue
Mar 1
Paper 5 Paper 5
Thu
Mar 3
HW6
Tue
Mar 8
Paper 6 Paper 6
Thu
Mar 10
Commentary
Mar 12–20: Spring recess, no class
Syntax
and
silence
Tue
Mar 22
Syntax and silence No reading Project:
Proposal
Thu
Mar 24
Paper 7 Paper 7
Tue
Mar 29
Project:
Reading list
Thu
Mar 31
Paper 8 Paper 8
Tue
Apr 5
Commentary
Syntax
and
evolution
Thu
Apr 7
Syntax and evolution No reading Project:
Research
Tue
Apr 12
Papers 9 and 10 Papers 9 and 10
Thu
Apr 14
Tue
Apr 19
Commentary
Thu Apr 21: Monday schedule, no class Project:
Research,
presentation prep
Theoretical
developments
Tue
Apr 26
1950-1989 No readings
Thu
Apr 28
1990-now
Presentations Tue
May 3
Presentations
Topic (???)
Final project:
write-up
Thu
May 5
Presentations
Topic (???)
Semester ends