Week 1, Wed, Jan 9: introduction, motivation
Week 2, Mon, Jan 14: introduction to basics of LFG, glue approach. Readings: Falk (2001, Chapter 1), Dalrymple (2001, Chapter 2). Handout: A Brief Introduction to LFG.
Week 2, Wed, Jan 16, 11-1, 60/62L (note exceptional meeting time/place): basics of proof theory. Readings: Crouch and van Genabith (2000). Handout: Basics of Proof Theory.
Week 3, Mon, Jan 21: no class (Martin Luther King Day).
Week 3, Tues, Jan 22: Review. Lab exercise: semantics for simple sentences; due Feb 5 (10%). Handouts: LFG Review, Using XLE at Stanford, Using X Windows (MI/X) on Macs in Meyer 143.
Week 4, Mon, Jan 28: Modification/quantification. Readings: Dalrymple (2001), Chapters 9, 10. Handout: Modification and quantification.
Week 4, Tues, Jan 29: Modification/quantification. Handouts: Lab & More on Quantification, How to Run the Glue Semantics. Lab exercise: modification and quantification; due Feb 12 (20%).
Week 5, Mon, Feb 4: Modification/quantification. Readings: Gupta and Lamping (1998). Handout: Quantifiers as Modifiers.
Week 5, Tues, Feb 5: Glue in HPSG. Readings: Asudeh and Crouch (2002).
Week 6, Mon, Feb 11: Raising and control. Readings: Dalrymple (2001), Chapter 12, Sections 1&2; Falk(2001), Chapter 5. Handout: Equi and raising verbs.
Week 6, Tues, Feb 12: Lab exercise: raising/equi (control) ; due Feb 29 (10%).
Week 7, Mon, Feb 18: no class (President's Day).
Week 7, Tues, Feb 19: Raising and control. Readings: Asudeh (2000). Handout: Issues in the syntax and semantics of equi.
Week 8, Mon Feb 25: Coordination. Readings: Dalrymple (2001), Chapter 13. Handout: Coordination.
Week 8, Tues, Feb 26: Ellipsis. Readings: Lappin (1996). Handout: Ellipsis.
Week 9, Mon, Mar 4: Ellipsis and glue. Readings: Crouch (1999), Asudeh and Crouch (unpublished).
Week 9, Tues, Mar 5: Relative clauses. Readings: Dalrymple (2001), Chapter 14. Handout: Relative clauses. Lab exercise: relative clauses; due Mar 12 (10%).
Week 10, Mon, Mar 11: Relative clauses, resumptive pronouns. Readings: Asudeh dissertation proposal, section 5.
Week 10, Tues, Mar 12: Wrapup. Final exercise, student's choice: Lab or paper exercise (to be assigned), paper.