-Readings for week of Sept. 5: Syntactic Structures Revisited
to page 35
Syntactic Structures to page
33
HW #1 Due Sept. 12 {{Note correction
in ex. 3}}
-Readings for Sept. 12 Syntactic Structures Revisited
to page 49
Syntactic Structures
to page 48
[Suggested readings: Syntactic Structures
Ch. 6; Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, Ch. 1]
Class notes for Sept.
12
-Readings for week of Sept. 19
Syntactic Structures Revisited to page 105
Syntactic Structures Chapter 7
HW #2 Due Sept. 26
-Readings for week of Sept. 26
Syntactic Structures Revisited to page 165
A Course in GB Syntax pp.1-5
[Suggested readings: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, Chapters 2-3]
-Readings for Oct. 3-10
Continue with Sept. 26 readings. Then proceed to the following:
"Case and Passives" Handout
Lasnik and Uriagereka A Course in GB Syntax Ch.1, Sections 1.1, 1.2,
1.4, 1.5, 1.6
[Suggested reading: Chomsky Lectures on Government and Binding Ch. 2,
Sections 2.1-2.3]
[Suggested reading: Lasnik 1981 "Restricting the Theory of Transformations"
(= Ch. 5 of Lasnik Essays on Restrictiveness and Learnability]
HW #3 Due Oct. 17 [Check again
Tuesday. I might slightly modify some of the questions.]
-Readings for Oct. 17-24
I. Case Theory and Theta Theory:
-Lasnik and Uriagereka
EPP 1.9 (pp.27-29)
PRO 2.2 (pp.48-50)
Problems with the Case Filter 6.1 (pp.144-146)
- Chomsky (1995) Chapter 1
Case 1.4.3 (pp.110-124)
Lexicon 1.2 (pp.30-33)
NEW: Lasnik, H. In press. On the Development of Case Theory.
[Available at Lasnik
publications]
NEW: Lasnik and Saito (1991) "On the Subject of Infinitives"
[Available at Lasnik
publications]
II. Binding Theory:
-Lasnik and Uriagereka Chap. 2
-Chomsky (1995) Chap. 1, 1.4.2 (pp. 92-110) [You might find it useful
in the next few weeks to read this whole chapter.]
-Lasnik, H. 1994. "Noam Chomsky on Anaphora" [Available at Lasnik
publications]
NEW: Handout summarizing the development
of binding theory 1973-1986
HW#4 Due Oct. 31
Review paper asignment
Due Nov. 9 Nov. 10, 11:00 AM
-Readings for Oct. 31 - Nov. 7
Subjacency handout
Lasnik and Saito 1992 Move Alpha
pp.69-75
ECP handout
Lasnik and Uriagereka Chap. 4
-Readings for Nov. 14- Nov. 21
Chomsky (1995) section on Government Theory (78-92)
Chomsky (1995) section on Economy of Representation (150-154)
Chomsky (1995) section on Minimal Link Condition (294-297)
and Attract/Move (297-299)
Rizzi (2001) "Relativized
Minimality Effects"
Collins (2001) "Economy
Conditions in Syntax"
HW#5 Due Tues. Nov. 21