At the end of class last time, I sort of alluded to the readings, but I only just now posted the specifics. The readings include, first, a number of excerpts from Cinque’s (1999) book on adverbial syntax, and, second, a paper by Travis & Rackowski on Malagasy and Nieuan, with reference to Cinque’s story about …
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I was surprised to discover that I never handed out the final project specifications—I actually thought I’d handed this out at the beginning of the course, but it appears that I didn’t. So, here is a PDF outlining the different steps toward the final project (the project proposal, presentation, and paper). The proposal is due …
As spring break winds down (how could it be over already?), I have an announcement about Tuesday’s class. We will as planned discuss the papers by Kyle Johnson and by Danny Fox & David Pesetsky, but after that we will have Shai Cohen, a finishing graduate student from U. Mass Amherst, coming to talk to …
How is it Wednesday already? I meant to announce this earlier, but let me at least announce it. My normally scheduled 3-4pm office hours can’t happen today due to a BU faculty meeting. Instead, they will be 12-1 today, but as always, just email me if you want to meet and we can set up …