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) |