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/lx522f10/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Sep 2 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | Info handout PDF Keynote |
Survey | Ch. 1 |
| Tue Sep 7 | Morphosyntactic features (number, category) | PDF Keynote | 2.1-2.4.1 | |
| Thu Sep 9 | Morphosyntactic features (person, gender, case, verbal features) | PDF Keynote | HW1 (key) | 2.4.2-2.5 |
| Tue Sep 14 | Constituency, trees, Merge | PDF Keynote | 3.1-3.4 | |
| Thu Sep 16 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | PDF Keynote | HW2 (key) | 3.5-3.6 |
| Tue Sep 21 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | PDF Keynote | 3.6-4.2 | |
| Thu Sep 23 | C-command, binding theory | PDF Keynote | HW3 (key) | 4.3 |
| Tue Sep 28 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | PDF Keynote | 4.4-4.6 | |
| Thu Sep 30 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | PDF Keynote | HW4 (key) | 5.1-5.3 |
| Tue Oct 5 | Finishing up | Notes (1) | ||
| Thu Oct 7 | Review | Practice midterms (not to hand in): F05, F06, F08, F09 (keys: F05, F06, F08, F09). | ||
| Tue Oct 12: Monday schedule, no class | ||||
| Thu Oct 14 | Midterm (in class) (key) | |||
| Tue Oct 19 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | PDF Keynote | no homework | 5.4 |
| Thu Oct 21 | HW5 (key) | |||
| Tue Oct 26 | Parametric variation, do-support, subjects, and agreement | PDF Keynote | 5.5-5.6 | |
| Thu Oct 28 | HW6 (key) | 6.1-6.4 | ||
| Tue Nov 2 | Case and passives | PDF Keynote | 6.5-6.8 | |
| Thu Nov 4 | ||||
| Fri-Sun Nov 5-7 : BUCLD | ||||
| Tue Nov 9 | (Case and passives) | (cont’d) | (HW6) | (cont’d) |
| Thu Nov 11 | DP | PDF Keynote | No homework | 7.1-7.2 |
| Tue Nov 16 | ||||
| Thu Nov 18 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | PDF Keynote | HW7 (key) | 7.3-7.7 |
| Tue Nov 23 | Review | I saw John’s destruction of his hat | ||
| Thu Nov 25: Fall recess, no class | ||||
| Tue Nov 30 | CP, PRO | PDF Keynote | (HW7) | 8.1-8.2.5 |
| Thu Dec 2 | ECM, Raising, object control | PDF Keynote | HW8 (key) | 8.2.6-8.5 |
| Tue Dec 7 | V2, Wh-movement | PDF Keynote | 9.1-9.3 | |
| Thu Dec 9 | Islands | PDF Keynote | Practice finals (not to hand in): F06 F08 F09 (keys: F06 F08 F09) Summary notes II Extra credit: Trees are easy to draw |
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| Final (key): Wed, Dec 15, 3-5pm, COM 217 | ||||