This is the schedule, but it may be adjusted on occasion. Do not rely on a printed copy; instead, consult this page. 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 | Slides | Homework | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Sep 3 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | Survey | (Ch. 1) | |
| Thu Sep 5 | Morphosyntactic features, categories | HW1 | 2.1-2.4.1 | |
| Tue Sep 10 | 2.4.2-2.5 | |||
| Thu Sep 12 | Constituency, trees, Merge | HW2 | 3.1-3.4 | |
| Tue Sep 17 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | 3.5-3.6 | ||
| Thu Sep 19 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | HW3 | 3.6-4.2 | |
| Tue Sep 24 | C-command, binding theory | 4.3 | ||
| Thu Sep 26 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | HW4 | 4.4-4.6 | |
| Tue Oct 1 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | 5.1-5.3 | ||
| Thu Oct 3 | Review | No homework | ||
| Tue Oct 8 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | HW5 | 5.4 | |
| Thu Oct 10 | Parametric variation, do-support | |||
| Oct 15 : BU Monday, no class | ||||
| Thu Oct 17 | Review Practice midterms: S13, F12, F11 Keys: S13, F12, F11 |
Practice midterms | Summary I | Tue Oct 22 |
| Thu Oct 24 | Midterm (in class) | |||
| Tue Oct 29 | Subjects and agreement, Case and passives | No homework | 6.5-6.8 | |
| Thu Oct 31 | NO CLASS (SLD/BUCLD) | |||
| Tue Nov 5 | Passives (cont’d) | (cont’d) | ||
| Thu Nov 7 | DP | HW6 | 7.1-7.2 | |
| Tue Nov 12 | 7.3-7.7 | |||
| Thu Nov 14 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | HW7 | ||
| Tue Nov 19 | CP, PRO | 8.1-8.2.5 | ||
| Thu Nov 21 | ECM, Raising, object control | No homework | ||
| Tue Nov 26 | In-class office hour | — | HW8 | no reading |
| Thu Nov 28: Thanksgiving break, no class | ||||
| Tue Dec 3 | V2, wh-movement | (HW8) | 8.2.6-8.5 | |
| Thu Dec 5 | Practice finals: F11 (key), F12 (key), S13 (key) Extra credit: Trees are easy to draw. |
9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.9 | ||
| Tue Dec 10 | Locality and islands | 10.1-10.5 Summary Notes II |
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| Final: Tue Dec 17, 3-5pm | ||||