{"id":7,"date":"2012-01-13T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T23:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lxtemplate\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2015-11-23T02:16:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T02:16:03","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the current plan as to how the semester will proceed (although there may be some changes as the semester evolves). If possible, consult the course web page at <strong>http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/schedule\/<\/strong> for the most up-to-date schedule, rather than relying on a printed version. The <em>Reading<\/em> column lists the readings related to that week and should be done <em>before class.<\/em> The homeworks are listed in the week they are handed out, and are due the next class (unless otherwise specified).<\/p>\n<style>\n#scheduletable td {border: thin solid black; text-align: center;}\n#scheduletable th {border:none; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-size: 75%;}\n.caslxholiday {background-color: lightyellow;}\n.caslxread {font-weight: bold; color: red;}\n.caslxdiscussants {font-weight: bold; color: green;}\n.caslxwarning {background-color: orange;}\n.caslxsupertopic {background-color: lightblue;}\n.caslxnothing {background-color: palegreen;}\n<\/style>\n<table style=\"border:thin solid black;\" id=\"scheduletable\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"3\">Topic<\/th>\n<th>Reading \/ Homework<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody style=\"border:thin solid black;\">\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"1\">Mon<br \/>\n        Sep 14<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">history<br \/>\n        and<br \/>\n        argu-<br \/>\n        men-<br \/>\n        ta-<br \/>\n        tion<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\">A brief history of generative grammar; Case, government<\/td>\n<td class=\"caslxnothing\"><em>(No readings in advance of the first class)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Sep 21<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\">Argumentation, idioms<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"1\"><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Richards (2001)<br \/>\n        Homework 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Sep 28<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">Topics<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><em>Wh<\/em>-movement, successive cyclicity<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"1\"><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> McCloskey (2000)<br \/>\n\t\tHomework 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Oct 5<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><em>Wh<\/em>-in-situ<\/td>\n<td height=\"26\">Pesetsky (1987)<br \/>\n        Reading notes<br \/>\n\t\tHomework 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" class=\"caslxholiday\">Mon Oct 12: No class (BU holiday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tue<br \/>\n        Oct 13<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">Topics<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Merge, phases, science<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Chomsky (2013)<br \/>\n        Homework 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Oct 19<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Fine structure of the left periphery<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Rizzi (1997)<br \/>\n\t\tHomework 5<br \/>\n        <span class=\"caslxdiscussants\">Discussion:<\/span> NH, AbP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Oct 26<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Passives<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Reading:<\/span> Collins (2005)<br \/>\n        <span class=\"caslxdiscussants\">Discussion:<\/span> GG, RG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Nov 2<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">Topics<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">The structure of the DP<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Ritter (1991), Cinque (2005)<br \/>\n        <span class=\"caslxdiscussants\">Discussion:<\/span> AlP, RG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Nov 9<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\">Intervention effects<\/td>\n<td class=\"caslxwarning\">Project proposal due<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> TBA<br \/>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Nov 16<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Adverbs<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Cinque (1999) [excerpts], Rackowski &amp; Travis (2000)<br \/>\n        <span class=\"caslxdiscussants\">Discussion:<\/span> AlP, GG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Nov 23<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">Topics<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Linearization<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> Fox &amp; Pesetsky (2005)<br \/><span class=\"caslxdiscussants\">Discussion:<\/span> NH, AbP<br \/>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Nov 30<\/td>\n<td>Other frameworks<\/td>\n<td class=\"caslxwarning\">Paper draft due<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"caslxread\">Readings:<\/span> TBA<br \/>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon<br \/>\n        Dec 7<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"1\" class=\"caslxsupertopic\">Presentations<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n          Student conference (presentations)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&mdash;.<\/li>\n<li>&mdash;.<\/li>\n<li>&mdash;.<\/li>\n<li>&mdash;.<\/li>\n<li>&mdash;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" class=\"caslxholiday\">Thu Dec 10: Semester ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the current plan as to how the semester will proceed (although there may be some changes as the semester evolves). If possible, consult the course web page at http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/schedule\/ for the most up-to-date schedule, rather than relying on a printed version. The Reading column lists the readings related to that week and should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx523f15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}