This is the schedule for the semester as it is currently anticipated, 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 | HW | Reading |
| Th 1/16 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG | Survey | (Ch. 1) | |
| Tu 1/21 | Morphosyntactic features, categories | 2.1-2.4.1 | ||
| Th 1/23 | HW1 | 2.4.2-2.5 | ||
| Tu 1/26 | Constituency, trees, Merge | 3.1-3.4 | ||
| Th 1/30 | Labels, theta roles, feature checking | HW2 | 3.5-3.6 | |
| Tu 2/4 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | 3.6-4.2 | ||
| Th 2/6 | C-command, binding theory | HW3 | 4.3 | |
| Tu 2/11 | ||||
| Th 2/13 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | HW4 | 4.4-4.6 | |
| Tu 2/18 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | 5.1-5.3 | ||
| Th 2/20 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | HW5 | 5.4 | |
| Tu 2/25 | ||||
| Th 2/27 | Parametric variation, do-support | Tu 3/4 | Review Practice midterms: F13, S13, F12 Keys: F13, S13, F12 |
Practice midterms | Summary I |
| Th 3/6 | Midterm (in class) | |||
| 3/10−3/14 : BU Spring Break | ||||
| Tu 3/18 | Subjects and agreement, Case and passives | No homework | 6.5-6.8 | |
| Th 3/20 | DP | HW6 | 7.1-7.2 | |
| Tu 3/25 | ||||
| Th 3/27 | Theta roles in DP, little n, Possessors | 7.3-7.7 | ||
| Tu 8/1 | HW7 | |||
| Th 4/3 | CP, PRO | 8.1-8.2.5 | ||
| Tu 4/8 | ||||
| Th 4/10 | ECM, Raising, object control | HW8 | 8.2.6-8.5 | |
| Tu 4/15 | ||||
| Th 4/17 | V2, wh-movement | HW9 | 9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.9 | |
| Tu 4/22 | ||||
| Th 4/24: BU “Monday” — no class | ||||
| Tu 4/29 | Locality and islands | Extra credit: Trees are easy to draw. | 10.1-10.5 Summary Notes II |
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| Th 5/1 | In-class office hour Practice finals: F13 (key), F12 (key) |
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| Final: Tu 5/6, 12:30-2:30pm, CAS 216 (regular classroom) | ||||