Take-home exam
The questions (with instructions) are
here. Please return your answers to me by email no later than 23:59 on Friday, February 28.
Readings
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Chomsky, Noam. 1977. On wh- movement.
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Davies, William, and Stanley Dubinsky. 2004. The grammar of raising and control.
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Harley, Heidi, and Elizabeth Ritter. 2002. Person and number in pronouns: a feature-geometric analysis.
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Lasnik, Howard. 2013 Multiple sluicing in English?.
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Matsuoka, Mikinari. 2003. Two types of ditransitive constructions in Japanese.
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Merchant, Jason. 1999. The syntax of silence.
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Ross, John Robert. 1969. Guess who.
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Vassilieva, Masha, and Richard Larson. 2005 The semantics of the plural pronoun construction.
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Wurmbrand, Susanne. 2004 How complex are complex predicates?.
Week 13 (Feb. 6)
Required readings
Week 12 (Jan. 29)
Required reading
Additional readings
Week 11 (Jan. 16)
Required reading
Homework: Get it
here. A model solution is available
here.
Week 9 (Dec. 19)
Required reading
Additional readings
Homework: Get it
here. The solution is available
here.
Week 7 & 8 (Dec. 5 & 12)
Required reading
Additional readings
Homework: get it
here. A solution will be posted on Thursday, December 12.
Week 6 (Nov. 28)
Required reading
Additional readings
Homework: no homework this week.
Week 5 (Nov. 21)
Reading
Optional reading
Homework: get it
here. A solution will be posted on Thursday, November 27.
Week 4 (Nov. 14)
Reading
Additional reading
Homework: get it
here. A model solution is
here.
Week 3 (Nov. 7)
Reading
Additional reading
Homework: get it
here. A model solution is
here.
Week 2 (Oct. 24)
Reading
Homework: get it
here. A model solution is
here.
Week 1 (Oct. 17)
Reading
Homework: get it
here. A model solution is
here.
General info
Pass requirements
Attendance and participation | 10% |
Paper presentation | 20% |
Weekly assignments | 30% |
Take-home final exam | 40% |
| 100% |
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