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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9/3 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | HW1 | (Ch. 1) | |
| Tue 9/8 | Morphosyntactic features, categories | 2.1-2.4.1 | ||
| Thu 9/10 | HW2 | 2.4.2-2.5 | ||
| Tue 9/15 | Constituency, trees, Merge | 3.1-3.4 | ||
| Thu 9/17 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | HW3 | 3.5-3.6 | |
| Tue 9/22 | C-command, binding theory | 4.4-4.3 | ||
| Thu 9/24 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | HW4 | 4.4-4.6 | |
| Tue 9/29 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | 5.1-5.3 | ||
| Thu 10/1 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | HW5 | 5.4 | |
| Tue 10/6 | ||||
| Thu 10/8 | Verb movement and parameters | (HW5xc) | 5.5-6.3 | |
| 10/13 : BU Monday, no class | ||||
| Thu 10/15 | DP | HW6 | 6.5-8, 7.1-2 | |
| Tue 10/20 | Subjects and agreement, Case and passives | 6.5-6.8 | ||
| Thu 10/22 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | HW7 | ||
| Tue 10/27 | Finishing with little n, do-support | 7.3-7 | Thu 10/29 | Review/catching up | Practice midterm(s) (S14, key v1.1) |
Summary I | Tue 11/3 | Midterm (in class) |
| Thu 11/5 | CP, PRO | HW8 | 8.1-8.2.5 | |
| Tue 11/10 | ECM, raising, control | 8.2.6-8.3 | ||
| Thu 11/12 | NO CLASS (SLD/BUCLD) | |||
| Tue 11/17 | (ECM, raising, control, cont’d) | |||
| Thu 11/19 | V2, wh-movement | HW9 | 8.4-8.5, 9.1-9.4 | |
| Tue 11/24 | Review/catching up | — | ||
| Thu 11/26: Thanksgiving break, no class | ||||
| Tue 12/1 | (V2, wh-movement cont’d) | |||
| Thu 12/3 | Locality and islands | HW10 | 9.5-9.9, 10.1-10.5 | |
| Tue 12/8 | ||||
| Thu 12/10 | Review/catching up/Covert movement | Practice finals, etc. | Summary Notes II | |
| Final: Thu 12/17 3-5pm | ||||