As promised, I looked at the homework and have decided that we are not yet ready for the third section (“Trees and Merge”). So, that section has been cut from the homework (you will see it again next week, but that part is not due Thursday). To reiterate in bold: YOU DON’T NEED TO DO …
Concerning the question that came up about the Hopi examples, I went back and tracked down the paper in which the examples were published. The full citation is: Hale, Ken (1997). Some observations on the contribution of local languages to linguistic science. Lingua 100:71–89. I put the paper on the readings page, and if you …
The first “homework” comes in two parts. The first part is just a couple of demographic questions for you. You can email your answers to me. If I did this right, you can click here to start your email with the questions already there. Do this anyway, even if you know that I know you, I might …
Welcome to the course blog for the Syntax I course. This is an evolving place, you should keep track of what happens here. Consult the schedule linked above (do not rely on the printed copy I handed out initially, things will almost certainly change over the course of the semester). You may want to subscribe …
This is the future home of the LX 522 site for Fall 2010. I have not filled in the details here, but they will be substantially the same as those on the Fall 2009 site, so until this is up and running, you can look at the site from last time here: http://ling.bu.edu/blogs/lx522f09/