HW10 key now posted
I was just reminded that in all the excitement, I forgot to post the key to homework 10. Sorry about that. It is now linked in on the syllabus page as well as in the first sentence of this post.
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HWXC: Sonatas v. Violins
It’s been called to my attention that there is a typo in the extra credit homework, under (37), 5th line down, where I refer to trying to move which violin out of a wh-island, when I meant to refer to which sonata. It’s probably figure-out-able, but just for the record, it’s supposed to be which …
Extra credit homework
Hi everyone. Ok, here’s the deal with the extra credit homework (trees are easy to draw). The entire homework is relatively elaborate and it’s a bit more “thinky” than pretty much any of the homeworks so far. It’s not so much to practice doing things, but to think your way through the problem. You’ll notice …
HW9: What to do with do
I’ve gotten a number of questions about how to handle the do that shows up in a couple of the homework problems. Here’s the deal. Check the textbook, p. 192, where you will find the Pronouncing Tense Rule. It says: (160) Pronouncing Tense Rule (PTR) In a chain (T[tense], v[uInfl:tense]), pronounce the tense features on …
HW9: Books about poetry vs. books of poetry
You might recall that in book of poetry, the of poetry PP is a complement to the noun book, which we took to be partly due to the “intrinsic” nature of the of poetry property. Is about poetry in book about poetry the same? Rather than try to figure this out based on puzzling about …
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I wanted Joss not to have been making movies.
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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HW7: Same rules as above
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 …
His book’s cover melted
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.
HW7: The People Have Spoken: Take an extra week
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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Demoting HW6
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 …