-Readings for Sept. 1:
Syntactic Structures Revisited
to page 35; Syntactic Structures
to page 33 [Please bring these 2 books to class]
-Readings for Sept. 8
Syntactic Structures Revisited
to page 49
Syntactic Structures
to page 48
Handout on Equivalent Sigma, F derivations, Phrase Markers, and Reduced Phrase Markers
[Suggested readings: Syntactic Structures Ch. 6; Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, Ch. 1] [[For the formally inclined,
you can find the 1977 Lasnik and Kupin revision of the LSLT theory of PS here (pp.174-179) ] ]
-> HW 1, due Tuesday Sept. 15. [Homework revision policy.]
-Readings for Sept. 15
Continue Sept. 8 readings and start the following:
Syntactic Structures Revisited to page 105
Syntactic Structures Chapter 7
-Readings for Sept. 22
Continue Sept. 15 readings and start the following:
Syntactic Structures Revisited to page 165
A Course in GB Syntax pp.1-5
-> HW 2, due Tuesday Sept. 29.
-Readings for Sept. 29
Finish Sept. 22 stuff and start "Case and Passives" Handout
-Readings for Oct. 6: No new ones. Just continue with previous weeks' stuff.
-Readings for Oct. 13:
Finish "Case and Passives"
A Course in GB Syntax pp.1-20
[Here's the Vergnaud letter inventing Case theory, as recently published in Freidin and Lasnik, Syntax: Critical Concepts.]
-> HW 3, due Tuesday Oct. 20
[Here's my 1981 paper 'Restricting the Theory of Transformations'.]