This is the current view of how the semester will proceed, but the schedule will be adjusted from time to time. Do not print a copy and then rely on it; the truth is here: http://ling-blogs.bu.edu/lx723f20/schedule/. Things are listed in the homework column on the date they are due. Homework 1 will be due on Sep 9.

Date Topic Reading Homework
2 History/Introduction

Overview, Reading notes
9 Problems of projection

Chomsky (2013)

HW 1
16 Constituency and Derivation

Phillips (2003), Frank (2006)

HW 2
23 Linearization

Fox & Pesetsky (2005), Ko (2007)

HW 3
30 Passive

Collins (2005)
[NS, GL, KS]

HW 4
10/7 Fine structure of the left periphery

Rizzi (2013), Aboh (2004, chs. 7-8)
[NW, YG, CI]

HW 5
14 Adverbs

Ernst (2014), Rackowski & Travis (2000)
[AS, CL, NW]

HW 6
21 Subjects/argumentation (or other vP structure)

Folli & Harley (2020)
[NS, JK, KS]

HW 7
28 DP

Punske (2014), Déchaine & Wiltschko (2003)
[TO, DN, YG]

Paper topic due
11/4 Optimality in Syntax

Legendre (2001), Pesetsky (1997) (and/or something)
[JC, CL, DN]
11 Ellipsis

Johnson (2001), Merchant (2006) (and/or something)
[JK, GL, AS]
18 TBA

Something (and/or something else)
[CI, TO, JC]

Paper draft due
— Fall recess
12/2

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 Final paper due