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/lx522s13/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 | Slides | Homework | Reading |
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Thu Jan 17 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | Survey | (Ch. 1) | |
Tue Jan 22 | Morphosyntactic features, categories | 2.1-2.4.1 | ||
Thu Jan 24 | HW1 (Ch. 2, ex. 1-3) |
2.4.2-2.5 | ||
Tue Jan 29 | Constituency, trees, Merge | 3.1-3.4 | ||
Thu Jan 31 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | HW2 | 3.5-3.6 | |
Tue Feb 5 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | 3.6-4.2 | ||
Thu Feb 7 | C-command, binding theory | HW3 | 4.3 | |
Tue Feb 12 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | 4.4-4.6 | ||
Thu Feb 14 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | HW4 | 5.1-5.3 | |
Tue Feb 19 | Review | |||
Thu Feb 21 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | HW5 | 5.4 | |
Tue Feb 26 | Parametric variation, do-support | |||
Thu Feb 28 | Review Practice midterms: Fall 2011, Fall 2012 Keys: Fall 2011, Fall 2012 |
Summary I | Tue Mar 5 | Practice midterms |
Thu Mar 7 | Midterm (in class) | |||
Mar 9-17 : Spring recess | ||||
Tue Mar 19 | Subjects and agreement, Case and passives | No homework | 6.5-6.8 | |
Thu Mar 21 | DP | HW6 | 7.1-7.2 | |
Tue Mar 26 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | 7.3-7.7 | ||
Thu Mar 28 | HW7 | |||
Tue Apr 2 | CP, PRO | 8.1-8.2.5 | ||
Thu Apr 4 | ECM, Raising, object control | |||
Tue Apr 9 | V2, adjuncts | HW8 | 8.2.6-8.5 | |
Thu Apr 11 | Wh-movement | 9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.9 | ||
Tue Apr 16 | Locality and islands | HW9 | 10.1-10.5 | |
Thu Apr 18: BU Monday, no class | ||||
Tue Apr 23 | Extensions/review | (HW9) | … | |
Thu Apr 25 | ||||
Tue Apr 30 | Review. Practice finals: Fall 2012 (key), Fall 2011 (key), Fall 2010 (key), Fall 2009 (key) | Extra credit: Trees are easy to draw |
Summary II | |
Thu May 2 | ||||
Final: May 7, 12:30-2:30pm, in KCB 107 (normal class room) |