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Congratulations to myself! 400,000 Visits for Ordinary Working Grammarian.
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Undergraduate Introduction to Syntax. Added: Lecture 11 (Binding Theory) and a Mid-Term Review sheet. Comments welcome! ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...
I have added a new lecture, lecture 8 on DP Structure. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...
I got a lot of interesting feedback on this, so I added four additional points and did some rewriting. I think this could be a very useful took for grads and younger faculty. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/02/tips...
In case anybody out there teaches Syntax I at the graduate level: Class Exercises for Graduate Level Syntax (pedagogy) ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/11/clas...
Let me remind people (and their advisors) applying to graduate school of this post:
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You can also visit my blog. Lots of interesting posts for prospective graduate students about life in the field.
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And while you are there, check out my blog "Ordinary Working Grammarian" in general. Lots of stuff for linguistics and linguistic fieldworkers. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com
It is that time of year again for linguistics students to start thinking of graduate school applications. In order to help them out, I wrote the following blog post. It is by far the most popular blog post I ever wrote. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writ...
How to write a syllabus for an introductory graduate level course in syntax. Comments welcome!
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My blog is averaging about 200 hits per day (5,000-8,000 per month). If you are interested in posting, or responding to one of my posts, please let me now. Topics are: syntax and fieldwork, in the broadest sense. Let me know if you have ideas!
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This is one of the most useful posts I have written, on collaboration in syntax.
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The way that the Chomskyan method allowed us to find new data was by setting up semiformal models that encouraged us to look for new data (to test the predictions of the model).
Concept map of Collins 2024:
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Some students have found this useful in writing their statement of purpose. Feedback welcome. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writ...
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