LING 322 - Syntax 2
Jonathan Bobaljik
 
Fridays 1-4
Arjona 344
 
Readings will be announced here and in class as the course progresses. Readings are made available in the copy room.
 
Course Outline and Requirements (for registered students)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Readings and Announcements:
 
Apr 18:
Guest lecture: Željko Bošković
Reading: Bošković 2007, LI
Term paper drafts due !

Apr 11:
Minimalist Inquiries: the Framework

Apr 4: Early Minimalism III: Copies

Bobaljik, 2002. A-Chains at the PF Interface. NLLT.

Mar 28: Early Minimalism II.

Main reading: Chomsky (1993) A Minimalist Program...

Mar 21: Early Minimalism I.

Homework #4 due
Main reading: Chomsky (1991) Some Notes on Economy of Derivation and Representation.
Useful background for this section of the course: Marantz (1995): The Minimalist Program. In G. Webelhuth ed.

Mar 7: Minimality.

      Relativized Minimality (Ch. 1)

Mon. Mar. 3:   Homework #3 due.

Feb 29: no class.

Feb 26: Barriers (wrap up) - special time (make-up for snow)

Read Barriers, pp. 1-48.

Feb 15: Barriers

Homework #2 due.
Read Barriers, pp. 1-48.
[optional: Lasnik & Saito (1992) Move-alpha. pp. 69-75 has a summary of key points of Barriers]

Feb 8: ECP

Start reading Barriers.
[optional: Lasnik & Saito (1984) On the nature of proper government. LI. Today's lecture is based on this paper, but you don't need to read it for class.]

Feb 1: Conditions on Transformations; Subjacency
 
    Read van Riemsdijk & Williams, chapter 4, Subjacency.
    Homework 1 due.
 
Jan 25: Overview Lecture; Transformations.