This is the schedule, but it may be adjusted on occasion. Do not rely on the printed copy; instead, consult this page (http://ling.bu.edu/blogs/lx522f09/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. Readings are from the Adger textbook unless otherwise stated.
| Date | Topic | Handout | Homework | Reading |
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| Thu Sep 3 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | PDF Keynote | Survey | Ch. 1 |
| Tue Sep 8 | Morphosyntactic features (number, category) | PDF Keynote | 2.1-2.4.1 | |
| Thu Sep 10 | Morphosyntactic features (person, gender, case, verbal features) | PDF Keynote | HW1 (key) | 2.4.2-2.5 |
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| Thu Sep 17 | Constituency, trees, Merge | PDF Keynote | HW2 (key) | 3.1-3.4 |
| Tue Sep 22 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | PDF Keynote | 3.5-3.6 | |
| Thu Sep 24 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | PDF Keynote | HW3 (key) | 3.6-4.2 |
| Tue Sep 29 | C-command, binding theory | PDF Keynote | 4.3 | |
| Thu Oct 1 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | PDF Keynote | HW4(v1.1) (key) | 4.4-4.6 |
| Tue Oct 6 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | PDF Keynote | 5.1-5.3 | |
| Thu Oct 8 | Review (example: Pat must not have been sending flowers to Chris) | Practice midterms (not to hand in) (F08, F06, F05) (F08 key, F06 key, F05 key) | ||
| Tue Oct 13: Monday schedule, no class | ||||
| Thu Oct 15 | Midterm (in class) (key) | |||
| Tue Oct 20 | Midterm debriefing | |||
| Thu Oct 22 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | PDF Keynote | HW5 (key) | 5.4 |
| Tue Oct 27 | Parametric variation, do-support, subjects, agreement, and case | PDF Keynote | 5.5-5.6 | |
| Thu Oct 29 | More on case, remaining issues | PDF Keynote | HW6(v1.1) (key) | 6.1-6.4 |
| Tue Nov 3 | Passives and the DP | PDF Keynote | 6.5-6.8 7.1-7.2 |
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| Thu Nov 5 | Theta roles in DP, little n | PDF Keynote | 7.3-7.7 Summary Notes I |
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| Fri-Sun Nov 6-8 : BUCLD | ||||
| Tue Nov 10 | Possessors, CP | PDF Keynote | HW7 (key) | 8.1-8.2.5 |
| Thu Nov 12 | PRO, Raising, object control, ECM | PDF Keynote | 8.2.6-8.5 | |
| Tue Nov 17 | Review | |||
| Thu Nov 19 | Continuing with PRO, CP, verb types | PDF Keynote | HW8 (key) | Ch. 8 |
| Tue Nov 24 | Review (and also the yeti tree) | |||
| Thu Nov 26: Fall recess, no class | ||||
| Tue Dec 1 | CP, V2, Wh-movement | PDF Keynote | HW9 (key) | 9.1-9.3 |
| Thu Dec 3 | Wh-movement continues | PDF Keynote | Chs. 9-10 Summary Notes II |
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| Tue Dec 8 | Islands, LF, QR, and ACD | PDF Keynote | ||
| Thu Dec 10 | System review | Practice finals (not to hand in) (F08, F06) (F08 key, F06 key) Extra credit HW: Trees are easy to draw. |
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| Final: Sat Dec 19, 9-11am, in the normal classroom | ||||