Advanced Syntax

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1-2	Covert movement and logical form	(PDF)
3-4	Reconstruction and logical form	(PDF)
5	Wh-movement: Islands, barriers and successive-cyclicity	Part 1 (PDF) “On Wh-Movement” (PDF) (Courtesy of David Pesetsky. Used with permission.)
6	Wh-movement: Islands, barriers and successive-cyclicity (cont.)	Part 2 (PDF)
7	Wh-movement: Islands, barriers and successive-cyclicity (cont.)	Part 3 (PDF)
8	Superiority, probes and goals	(PDF)
9	Superiority, probes and goals (cont.)
10-11	Remnant movement, derivations, probes and goals
12-13	Weak islands and relativized minimality	(PDF)
14-17	Phases, barriers, and spell-out	Main points (PDF) Minimalist inquiries (PDF) (Courtesy of David Pesetsky. Used with permission.) Derivation by phase (PDF) (Courtesy of David Pesetsky. Used with permission.) Cyclic linearization (PDF) Holmberg’s generalization (PDF)
18-19	Wh-movement: Pied-piping
20-22	A vs. A-bar movement and scrambling	(PDF)
23-24	Gapping
25-26	Parasitic gaps