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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tue Apr 19 |
Commentary | |||
Thu Apr 21: Monday schedule, no class | Project: Research, presentation prep |
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Theoretical developments |
Tue Apr 26 |
1950-1989 | No readings | |
Thu Apr 28 |
1990-now | |||
Presentations | Tue May 3 |
Presentations Topic (???) |
Final project: write-up |
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Thu May 5 |
Presentations Topic (???) |
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Semester ends |