This is the schedule, but it may be adjusted on occasion. Do not rely on the printed copy; instead, consult this page (http://ling-blogs.bu.edu/lx522f11/schedule/ ). Homework is assigned when it appears in the schedule, and due the class after it appears, usually a week from when it was assigned (e.g., homework 1 is assigned on a Thursday and due 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Sep 6 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | PDF Keynote |
Survey | Ch. 1 |
| Thu Sep 8 | Morphosyntactic features (number, category) | PDF Keynote |
HW1 | 2.1-2.4.1 |
| Tue Sep 13 | Morphosyntactic features (person, gender, case, verbal features) | PDF Keynote |
2.4.2-2.5 | |
| Thu Sep 15 | Constituency, trees, Merge | PDF Keynote |
HW2 | 3.1-3.4 |
| Tue Sep 20 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | PDF Keynote |
3.5-3.6 | |
| Thu Sep 22 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | PDF Keynote |
HW3 | 3.6-4.2 |
| Tue Sep 27 | C-command, binding theory | PDF Keynote |
4.3 | |
| Thu Sep 29 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | PDF Keynote |
HW4 | 4.4-4.6 |
| Tue Oct 4 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | PDF Keynote |
5.1-5.3 | |
| Thu Oct 6 | Finishing up | Practice midterms (not to hand in): F10, F09, F08, F06; Keys: F10, F09, F08, F06 | Notes | |
| Tue Oct 11 | Review | |||
| Thu Oct 13 | Midterm (in class) | |||
| Tue Oct 18 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | PDF Keynote |
No homework | 5.4 |
| Thu Oct 20 | Parametric variation, do-support, subjects, and agreement | PDF Keynote |
HW5 | 6.1-6.4 |
| Tue Oct 25 | Case and passives | PDF Keynote |
6.5-6.8 | |
| Thu Oct 27 | ||||
| Tue Nov 1 | No homework | |||
| Thu Nov 3 | No class | |||
| Fri-Sun Nov 4-6 : BUCLD | ||||
| Tue Nov 8 | DP | PDF Keynote |
HW6 | 7.1-7.2 |
| Thu Nov 10 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | PDF Keynote |
7.3-7.7 | |
| Tue Nov 15 | ||||
| Thu Nov 17 | HW7 | |||
| Tue Nov 22 | Homework review, discussion of tree drawing software | |||
| Thu Nov 24: Fall recess, no class | ||||
| Tue Nov 29 | CP, PRO | PDF Keynote |
(HW7) | 8.1-8.2.5 |
| Thu Dec 1 | No further homework to hand in (although there is an extra credit homework you can do), but there are exercises (with possibly more coming), last year’s final (and the key), as well as finals from F09 (key), F08 (key), F06 (key). Also, read over the Summary notes II, the concise summary, and the I saw John’s destruction of his hat example. | |||
| Tue Dec 6 | ECM, Raising, object control | PDF Keynote |
8.2.6-8.5 | |
| Thu Dec 8 | V2, Wh-movement | PDF Keynote (only partially covered) |
9.1-9.3 | |
| Final: Dec 16, 3-5pm, in the regular classroom | ||||