This reading course will provide a sampling of syntactic theory and analysis from the beginnings of generative grammar to the present.
Perlmutter: The Two Verbs Begin
Chomsky's review of Skinner's Verbal Behavior
Ross 1967: Cyclic Pronominalization
Kayne 1970: Pronominalization Paradox
More Studies Out in Left Field
Lasnik & Stowell 1991: Weakest Crossover
Postal 1993: Remarks on Weak Crossover
McCloskey 2011: The Shape of Irish Clauses
Hankamer 2011: Auxiliaries and Negation in English
Pullum 1982: Syncategorematicity and English Infinitival 'to'