I’ve had a couple of people ask me about to and about the fact that when I drew, e.g., try-sentences on the handout, I didn’t draw to moving to T. And, in fact, to does not move to T. We learned this back on homework #5, with respect to the sentence I wanted Joss not …
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I just got an announcement for McCCLU 2009, the McGill Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates. It’s a undergraduate conference, held in March. If you’re an undergraduate and have any research that you’ve done in Linguistics, definitely consider submitting it to the conference (the abstracts are not due until February) so anything you’re putting together this …
Rather close to the due moment, but just a note: I’ve gotten a few questions about what I intended on HW7, 3) of part 2, when I said “Same rules as above.” What I don’t mean is that you should draw two trees. Just draw one tree. There’s no relevant ambiguity in (f). The rules …
Finally, I had a chance to post some examples like those we worked out near the end of class. You can follow this link to get them: His book’s cover melted.
Ok, ok. I’ve been getting quite a lot of questions about homework 7, and I think I need to spend a bit more time talking about these things before I call time on this homework. So: homework #7 is not due tomorrow. Due to the holiday next Tuesday, this means I’m giving one more week …
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Thinking about homework 6 some more, a couple of things: First, concerning the features of elect, there was supposed to be a [uN*] feature there. I have posted an updated key to reflect this (but you should mark your paper copy). I will record a score 1 point higher for everyone across the board, because …