Old Handouts

Matt Wagers

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These handouts are mostly from presentations on syntax papers I've given in seminars. But maybe you will find them useful. Some are extensive guides to papers, others just synopses. Preparation dates are in parentheses. There are undoubtedly errors.

• Hankamer & Sag, 1976, "Deep and Surface Anaphora" (Spring 2005)
• Jackendoff, 1977, "Constraints on Phrase Structure Rules" (Spring 2005)
• Kayne, 1984, "Connectedness" (Spring 2005)
• Berwick & Weinberg (1984)'s computational account of subjacency (Fall 2004)
• Deane, 1991 "Limits to attention: a cognitive theory of island phenomena" (Fall 2007)
• Handout on Categorial and Type-logical Grammars, As part of a Maryland Syntax Lunch overview series of grammatical formalism and frameworks (Fall 2005)