LX523: Syllabus

Schedule of events.

Below is the current plan as to how the semester will proceed (although there may be some changes as the semester evolves). How to read this table: The Reading column lists the reading that should be done before showing up that week The homeworks listed are due the week after they are listed.

Week	Date	Topic		Reading
1	Mon Jan 13	Introduction, Minimalist Program part I Homework 1		Roberts (1997), introduction, ch. 1. Chomsky (2000), sections 1, 2, and 4 up to p. 114. Note: you don't have to read these before the first class, but try to read them before the second class.
	Mon Jan 20	No class
2	Mon Jan 27	Minimalist Program II Homework 2		Roberts (1997), ch 2 section 6.
3	Mon Feb 3	DP (and Prep for PrP) Homework 3		Kishimoto (2000) (ppt), Bernstein (2001) (ppt). Discussants: KM, LT
4	Mon Feb 10	PrP Homework 4		Bowers (2001). Discussants: JC, LM
5	Tue Feb 18	Tuesday class meeting (Monday schedule)
		*Class cancelled due to snow* But there's Homework 5 anyway!
6	Mon Feb 24	AdvP (Bobaljik, Rackowski & Travis handout, thoughts on English handout) Homework 6 (reading notes)		Cinque (1999); Rackowski & Travis (2000); Bobaljik (1999). Discussants: TS, PH
		Split CP		Rizzi (1997); Rizzi (1999). Discussants: LT, AB, RS We may also briefly discuss Ko (2002).
7	Mon Mar 3	Split CP continues...
		Wh-movement Final project specifications Homework 7		Pesetsky (1987); Rudin (1988) Discussants: YCT, DB, KA, AA This may continue briefly into the next week.
	Mon Mar 10	No class (spring recess)
8	Mon Mar 17	Wh-in-situ (no written homework for next week)	Project proposal due	Watanabe (2001); Hagstrom (2001). Discussants: RS, TS, SH
9	Mon Mar 24	NegP Homework 9		Zanuttini (1994); Zanuttini (2001). Discussants: SH, KM, YCT
10	Mon Mar 31	Optimality Theoretic syntax Homework 10		Legendre (2001), Pesetsky (1997), Vikner (2001). Discussants: AB, LM, AA
	(MIT colloquium that was going to be on Fri Apr 4 was cancelled, never mind).
11	Mon Apr 7	UTAH		Baker (1997). Discussants: JC, DB, KA
12	Mon Apr 14	Presentations	Paper draft due	Gapping Wh-in-situ and D-linking Distributed Morphology Events
	Fri Apr 18	Harvard colloquium: Richard Larson. 4:00pm in Boylston 110. You're encouraged to go if you can! The abstract for the talk is here (RTF format).
13	Wed Apr 23	Wednesday class meeting (Monday schedule)
		Presentations		Morphology and V-movement Partial wh-movement Adjective-N ordering Syntax-phonology interface
	Fri Apr 25	MIT colloquium: Michael Brody. 3:30pm in E36-270. You're encouraged to go if you can!
14	Mon Apr 28	Presentations		Wh-movement/scope marking in Iraqi Arabic Case and default Case Phases and applicatives A-not-A questions
	Semester ends (Thu May 1)