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Schedule

Written assignments will be posted on the Wednesday on which they are assigned, and due the following Wednesday at the beginning of class.

[Week 1, Wed] Introduction and course overview 2007-01-03

What is Syntax? Linguistic competence and grammaticality intuitions.
Reading: Core Syntax: Chapter 1.

[Week 2, Mon] Phrase structure rules 2007-01-08

Building a grammar of a small fragment of English:
A simple phrase structure grammar.

[Week 2, Wed] Lexical and phrasal categories 2007-01-10

[Week 3, Mon] Constituency tests and ambiguity 2007-01-15

[Week 3, Wed] Particle verbs, APs, CPs 2007-01-17

Ambiguity review. Particle verbs. APs, CPs.
Homework: Assignment 2.
Reading: Chapter 2.

[Week 4, Mon] Heads and their complements 2007-01-22

Subcategorization/C-selection options for heads.
More on CPs. Solution to Assignment 1.

[Week 4, Wed] Features and feature checking 2007-01-24

Features and feature checking to account for subcategorization.
Lecture notes for week 4.
Homework: Assignment 3.

[Week 5, Mon] More on features: Agreement 2007-01-29

Review of the system so far: More on features and feature checking.
Solution to Assignment 2.

Reading (optional): Chapter 3, Sections 3.5-3.7, in particular, pp. 84-87. Note that we are not following the book exactly, but the discussion of c-selectional features and feature checking in pp. 84-87 may be helpful to you.

[Week 5, Wed] Reflexives and pronouns 2007-01-31

Reflexives, pronouns, imperatives, and tag questions.
Assignment 4.

[Week 6, Mon] Review for the exam 2007-02-05

[Week 6, Wed] The S Rule 2007-02-07

[Week 7, Mon] Head Movement 1 2007-02-12

Head Movement in English and French.
Tense Hopping, Do-Support, and V-to-T Movement.

[Week 7, Wed] Head Movement 2 2007-02-14

Yes/No-Questions. T-to-C Movement.
Homework: Assignment 5.
Note that Assignment 5 is due on Monday the 26th!

[Week 8, Mon] Mid-term break 1 2007-02-19

No school!