| Sept 5 | W | Introduction part one, part two |
| Sept 10 | M | Phrase structure, and more phrase structure |
| Sept 12 | W | Even more phrase structure: Handout |
| Sept 17 | M | Selection |
| Sept 19 | W | EPP, case, and movement: Handout |
| Sept 24 | M | A-movement |
| Sept 26 | W | Unaccusatives: Problem Set #1 |
| Oct 1 | M | More on A-movement: VP-internal subjects, raising (rough notes) |
| Oct 3 | W | Morphological case and agreement (rough notes) |
| Oct 8 | M | Columbus Day--vacation |
| Oct 10 | W | Binding theory |
| Oct 15 | M | midterm |
| Oct 17 | W | Binding theory, continued |
| Oct 22 | M | Control (rough notes) |
| Oct 24 | W | More control; evidence for vP (handout) |
| Oct 29 | M | Hurricane Day |
| Oct 31 | W | Double Object constructions; applicatives. (handout) Problem Set #2 |
| Nov 5 | M | Head-movement |
| Nov 7 | W | wh-movement: squib topic due: Problem Set #3 |
| Nov 12 | M | Veteran's Day--holiday |
| Nov 14 | W | Islands (extended handout) |
| Nov 19 | M | More islands: Problem Set #4 |
| Nov 21 | W | Covert movement (handout): drop date: squib draft due |
| Nov 26 | M | Why is some movement covert? |
| Nov 28 | W | Why is there an EPP? |
| Dec 3 | M | Reconstruction: Problem Set #5 |
| Dec 5 | W | QR, ACD |
| Dec 10 | M | Phase theory |
| Dec 12 | W | Scrambling: squib due |
Some useful links:
Creating graphics of syntax trees that you can paste into homework assignments and papers
And another way of doing the same thing
Drawing trees in LaTeX
a Windows app for drawing trees
LingBuzz, an online archive for articles in Generative Linguistics
Useful Syntax hand signals, available as an attractive poster here.
