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Schedule of Events
This represents the current plan for the semester, but be aware that changes are likely. If you are reading this on paper, please consult the course web page at http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/UG/course/lx522/, which will be more up-to-date. Readings listed in the Reading column are those that pertain to the class that week (for best results, do the readings before coming to the class they are listed with). Unless otherwise specified, readings are from Adger (2003). Homework will generally be assigned on Thursdays and due the following Thursday.
| Date | Topic | Homework | Reading | |||||||
| 1 | S E P |
TUE | 2 | Competence, performance, and adequacy, principles, parameters, and UG. | Pres | Survey | 1 | |||
| THU | 4 | Morphosyntactic features (number, category). | Pres | HW1 | Key | 2.1-2.4.1 | ||||
| 2 | TUE | 9 | Morphosyntactic features (person, gender, case, verbal features) | Pres | 2.4.2-2.5 | |||||
| THU | 11 | Constituency, trees, Merge (Makes use of this movie) |
Pres | HW2 | Key | 3.1-3.4 | ||||
| 3 | TUE | 16 | Labels, θ-roles, feature checking | Pres | 3.5-3.6 | |||||
| THU | 18 | Phrase structure, X-bar theory | Pres | HW3 | Key | 3.6-4.2 | ||||
| 4 | TUE | 23 | C-command, binding theory | Pres | 4.3 | |||||
| THU | 25 | Linking (UTAH) and ditransitives | Pres | HW4 | Key (v1.1) | 4.4-4.6 | ||||
| 5 | TUE | 30 | TP, MP, PerfP, ProgP, and Agree | Pres | 5.1-5.3 | |||||
| O C T |
THU | 2 | Agree, movement, and the strength of features | Pres | HW5 | Key (v1.1) | 5.4 | |||
| 6 | TUE | 7 | Parametric variation and do-support | Pres | 5.5-5.6 | |||||
| THU | 9 | Review—Practice midterms Pat must not have been sending flowers to Chris derivation (big, tiny) |
Practice midterms | |||||||