Syllabus

Linguistics 113 -- Syntax II				Spring Quarter 2016
Course website: http://babel.ucsc.edu/~hank/113/113.html

MWF 11:00 - 12:10
Cowell 131

Jorge Hankamer
	Office: 264 Stevenson				Office hours
	email:  hank@ucsc.edu				W 12:30-1:30, TH 11-12

TAs:	Karen Duek	kduek@ucsc.edu			M 3-4 PM	Stv 265
	Jason Ostrove	jostrove@ucsc.edu		Tu 12-1 PM	SCS

Sections:	M  5-6:10		Merrill 132	Karen Duek
		T  8:30-9:40		Crown 202	Jason Ostrove
		T  2-3:10		Stevenson 152	Jorge Hankamer

This course continues the investigation of syntactic theory and analysis
initiated in Syntax I.  While Syntax I focuses on the theory of phrase
structure and transformational operations within the clause and between
structurally adjacent clauses, in this course we will examine grammatical
phenomena that extend across multiple clause levels.

There will, of course, not be a textbook.  There might be a little reading,
if the occasion arises.  There will be regular homework assignments, a
midterm exam (take-home) and a final squib.

A rough outline of the course:

week	1	homeworks
	2	homeworks
	3	homeworks
	4	homeworks
	5	midterm
	6	homeworks
	7	homeworks
	8	homeworks
	9	homeworks
	10	final squib

The homework problems will be assigned usually at the rate of two a week;
they will generally be due on Fridays and Mondays.  These problems constitute
the main work of the course, and performance on the problems is the main basis
for the grade.  The midterm and the final squib will count about three
homeworks each.

There are no in-class exams, though there may be some (unannounced)
quizzes.  You will have to pass all of these quizzes to pass the course.

See http://babel.ucsc.edu/~hank/generic_advice for generic advice.

We realize that in most courses the syllabus gives you an outline of the
course, with topics and reading assignments and all that.  But in this
course there are almost no reading assignments, and the topics are mostly
a surprise, so you won't get that here.  If this looks a lot like your
Syntax I syllabus, that is because it is.