Schedule

Times & Places

Topics

This is a tentative schedule for the class - it is likely to change as the semester progresses. Some of the readings will be discussed in detail, others will be discussed in much less detail. More specific details as the semester proceeds.

February

 7

8
Class 1
Principles & Parameters I
Reading: Kenstowicz 1989, Roberts pp. 149-157, 204-210

9

10
Class 2
Principles & Parameters II
Reading: Baker 1996 Ch.1, Richards 1998

11

 14

15
Class 3
Word Order I
Reading: Roberts Ch.1, especially pp.29-44

16

17
Class 4
Word Order II
Reading: Pollock 1989 (selections), Iatridou 1990

18

21

22
Class 5
Word Order III
Reading: Baker 1988 Ch.2

23

24
Class 6
Word Order IV
Reading:

25

28

29
Class 7
Binding I
Reading: Roberts Ch.3

March

 

1

2
Class 8
Binding II
Reading: Haegeman Ch.4

3

6

7
Class 9
Binding III
Reading: Cole, Hermon & Lee 2000

8

9
Class 10
Binding IV
Reading: Reinhart & Reuland 1993, Lidz, 2000

10

13

14
Class 11
Binding V
Reading: Demirdache 1998, Fox 1999 (excerpts)

15

16
Class 12
Case & Grammatical Functions I
Reading: Roberts Ch.2

17

20

21
Class 13
Case & Grammatical Functions II
Reading: Haegeman Ch.6

22

23
Class 14
Case & Grammatical Functions III
Reading: Baker et al. 1989
First Squib Due!

24

27

28

 29

 30

 31

 April

 3

4
Class 15
Case & Grammatical Functions IV
Reading: Lasnik & Saito 1991

5

6
Class 16
Unbounded Dependencies I
Reading: Haegeman Ch.7

7

10

11
Class 17
Unbounded Dependencies II
Reading: Haegeman Ch.8

12

13
Class 18
Unbounded Dependencies III

14

17

18
Class 19
Unbounded Dependencies IV
Reading: Roberts Ch.4

19

20
Class 20
Unbounded Dependencies V
Reading: Haegeman Ch.10

21

24

25
Class 21
Unbounded Dependencies VI
Reading: Haegeman Ch.12

26

27
Class 22
Unbounded Dependencies VII

 28

May

1

2
Class 23
Unbounded Dependencies VIII
Reading: Cole & Hermon 1997

3

4
Class 24
Word Order V (Free Word Order)
Reading: Saito & Hoji 1983, Baker 1991

5

8

9
Class 25
Word Order VI (Free Word Order)
Reading: Saito 1992

10

11
Class 26
Derivations and Constituency I
Reading: Phillips 1998

12

 15

16
Class 27
Derivations and Constituency II
Reading: Richards 1999
Second Squib Due!

 17