Well, I guess that’s it. Seems like it raced by, somehow. But, thanks for an interesting semester, and congratulations on all you absorbed about the current state of syntax from the sort of “immersion-style” course/seminar this past semester. As you know, I’ll be on sabbatical during the upcoming year, but I expect to be around …
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 …
The machine on which this blog is run is having some technical trouble and needs to have a couple of bits replaced. (Literally, though I suppose it’s really just one: Somewhere in its gigabyte of memory, there is a single bit that won’t turn on, but this still warrants replacing the memory chip. Also, the …
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Just to clarify (since a typo slipped through on the information sheet I handed out), my office hours this semester are: Mondays 11-12 Tuesdays 2-3 Wednesdays 3-4 As usual, this is generally “walk-in” time, but if you want to set up a time to meet other than the times listed above, just let me know.
Greetings. You have found the course blog for CAS LX 523, Syntax II, Spring 2007. I’ll post news, typos, and whatnot here. You should also be able to post comments should the need arise.