{"id":4,"date":"2010-03-31T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx500f10\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2010-12-02T06:22:16","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T11:22:16","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx500f10\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

This schedule will be a work in progress essentially until the final begins. Do not rely on the printed copy<\/strong>; instead, consult this page (http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx500f10\/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.<\/p>\n

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Date<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nHandout<\/th>\nHomework<\/th>\nReading<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Sep 2<\/td>\n		Introduction, language classification<\/td>\n1<\/a> info<\/a><\/td>\nSurvey<\/td>\nO’Grady et al. (1997, ch. 9, sec.1-2), Pinker (1994, ch. 8)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Sep 7<\/td>\n		Word order universals<\/td>\n2a<\/a><\/td>\nDryer (2007, sections 1-5 and 14)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Sep 9<\/td>\n		Word order in noun phrases<\/td>\n2b<\/a><\/td>\nHW1<\/a><\/td>\n(Cinque 2005)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Sep 14<\/td>\n		Color terms and vowels<\/td>\n3a<\/a> (extra figures<\/a>)<\/td>\n(Berlin & Kay, 1969; Crothers, 1978)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Sep 16<\/td>\n		Adverb ordering<\/td>\n3b<\/a> (and Malagasy<\/a>, and English<\/a>)<\/td>\nreflect on
universals<\/td>\n		(Cinque 1999)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Sep 21<\/td>\n		Antisymmetry and syntax<\/td>\n4a<\/a><\/td>\n(Kayne 1994, Whitman 2001)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Sep 23<\/td>\n		Noun phrase accessibility hierarchy, second language acquisition<\/td>\n4b<\/a><\/td>\nHW2<\/a><\/td>\n(Keenan & Comrie 1977, Doughty 1991)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Sep 28<\/td>\n		Ergativity<\/td>\n5a<\/a><\/td>\n(Johns 1992, Mahajan 1997)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Sep 30<\/td>\n		have, be, possessives, and locatives<\/td>\n5b<\/a><\/td>\nHW3<\/a><\/td>\nHarley, Richards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Oct 5<\/td>\n		Artificial language learning<\/td>\n6a<\/a><\/td>\n(Nevins 2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Oct 7<\/td>\n		Creoles<\/td>\n6b<\/a><\/td>\nponder
universals<\/td>\n		(Bickerton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue Oct 12: Monday schedule, no class<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Oct 14<\/td>\n		Indefinite and interrogative pronouns<\/td>\n7<\/a><\/td>\nRead Bencini (2003)<\/td>\n(Bhat 2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Oct 19<\/td>\n		Typology of question formation<\/td>\n8a1<\/a> 8a2<\/a><\/td>\nBencini 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Oct 21<\/td>\n		Question particles and wh<\/em>-in-situ<\/td>\n8b<\/a><\/td>\n“Midterm”<\/a><\/td>\n(Cheng 1997, ch. 2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Oct 26<\/td>\n		First language acquisition: tense\/case\/agreement<\/td>\n9a<\/a><\/td>\n(Wexler)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Oct 28<\/td>\n		Sentence processing<\/td>\nPhillips et al. (2003)<\/a><\/td>\nNo
homework<\/td>\n		(Phillips et al. 2003, Babyonyshev & Gibson 1999)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Nov 2<\/td>\n		Syllable structure<\/td>\n10a<\/a><\/td>\n(Prince & Smolensky, Blevins)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Nov 4<\/td>\n		Stress assignment<\/td>\n10b<\/a><\/td>\nNo
homework<\/td>\n		(Hagstrom 1997)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Nov 9<\/td>\n		Unaccusativity<\/td>\n <\/td>\n(Levin & Rappaport Hovav 1995; Perlmutter & Postal 1984)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Nov 11<\/td>\n		Successive cyclic movement<\/td>\n11b<\/a><\/td>\nmeditate
on
universals<\/td>\n		(McCloskey)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Nov 16<\/td>\n		Semantic universals<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(von Fintel & Matthewson 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Nov 18<\/td>\n		Argument structure<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHW7<\/td>\n(Hale & Keyser)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Nov 23<\/td>\n		Ehe, the project<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nNo reading<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu Nov 25: Fall recess, no class<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Nov 30<\/td>\n		Agreement, concord<\/td>\n14a<\/a><\/td>\nFinal
project<\/td>\n		(Baker 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Dec 2<\/td>\n		Invented languages<\/td>\n14b<\/a><\/td>\n(Okrent 2009)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue
Dec 7<\/td>\n		Negation<\/td>\n15a<\/td>\nDahl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thu
Dec 9<\/td>\n		Outlook<\/td>\n15b<\/td>\nBaker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This schedule will be a work in progress essentially until the final begins. Do not rely on the printed copy; instead, consult this page (http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx500f10\/schedule\/ ). 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. Date …<\/p>\n

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