HW4 (due Th 4/5 @ beg. of class)
Your fourth homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Thursday, April 5, at the beginning of class. HW4 (due 4/5 @ beg. of class)
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Reading for Tu 4/3 & Th 4/5: Greenbaum & Quirk (1990), Chap. 5,6
For next week, please read the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Greenbaum, Sidney & Randolph Quirk. 1990. A Student’s Grammar of the English Language, Chap. 5 (“Nouns and Determiners”) & Chap. 6 (“Pronouns”). Essex: Longman.
Reading for Th 3/22 & Tu 3/27: Santorini & Kroch, Chap. 14, Fischer & van der Wurff §3.5
There are two readings for this Thursday, 3/22 and next Tuesday, 3/27: Chapter 14 (“The Verb-Second (V2) Phenomenon”) of Santorini, Beatrice & Anthony Kroch. 2007-. The Syntax of Natural Language: An Online Introduction Using the Trees Program. Section 3.5 (“Word Order”) of Fischer, Olga & Wim van der Wurff. 2006. Syntax. In A History of the English …
Reading for Tu 3/6 & Th 3/8: Greenbaum & Quirk (1990), Chap. 3 (Optional: Chap. 4)
For next week, please read the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website: Greenbaum, Sidney & Randolph Quirk. 1990. A Student’s Grammar of the English Language, Chap. 3 (“Verbs and Auxiliaries”). Essex: Longman. As the chapter title suggests, the reading presents an (entirely descriptive) overview of the English verb and auxiliary …