1. Introduction, ellipsis
Reading: May (2002)
Additional/optional readings: Merchant (2001) §1
Handout: H1

2. Ellipsis, where, what?
Reading: Williams (1977)
Additional/optional readings: Merchant (2009)
Handout: H2

3. Focus and ellipsis
Reading: Rooth (1992)
Additional/optional readings:
Wagner (2006),
Samek- Lodovici (2005),
Schwarzschild (1999)
Handout: H3

4. VP ellipsis
Reading: Johnson (2001)
Additional/optional readings:
Johnson (2009),
Sobin (2008)
Handout: H4

5. VP & vP ellipsis
Reading: Tanaka (2011)
Additional/optional readings:
Gribanova (2012),
Merchant (2008),
Otani & Whitman (1991)
Handout: H5

6. vP ellipsis and phases
Reading: Rouveret (2012)
Additional/optional readings:
Toosarvandani (2009)
Handout: H6

7. Ellipsis and Anaphora
Reading: Hankamer and Sag (1977)
Additional/optional readings:
Safir (2004)
Handout: H7

8. Binding in Ellipsis A
Reading: Baltin (2003)
Additional/optional readings:
Safir (2012)
Handout: H8

9. Condition C
Reading: Merchant (2000)
Additional/optional readings:
Baltin (2012)
Handout: H9

10. ACD, QR
Reading: Kennedy (1997)
Additional/optional readings:
Bruening (2001)
Handout: H10

11. Sluicing
Reading: Chung (1995)
Additional/optional readings:
Craenenbroeck & Liptak (2006),
Potsdam (2007)
Handout: H11

12. Ellipsis and Islands
Reading: Fox (2003)
Additional/optional readings:
Craenenbroeck & den Dikken (2006),
Soh (2007)
Handout: H12

13. Ellipsis and Traces
Reading: Hartman (2011)
Additional/optional readings:
Boskovic (2011)
Handout:  H13

14. Comparative deletion
Reading: Kennedy (2002)
Additional/optional readings:
Lechner (2004) §1,2 .
Bresnan (1973)
Handout: H14

15. Discussion of possible research topics
How to design a research topic, find papers
Handout: H15

16. More on QR
Reading: Fox (2002)
Additional/optional readings:
Harley (2002),
Cecchetto (2004)
Handout: H16

17. Ellipsis Acquisition
Reading: Syrett (2011)
Additional/optional readings:
Matsuo & Duffield  (2001),
Reinhart (2004)
Handout: H17

18. More on VP raising
Reading: Landau (2007)
Additional/optional readings:
Baltin (2006)
Handout: H18

19. More on Anaphora
Reading: Williams (1997)
Additional/optional readings:
Safir (2004)
Handout: H19

20. Ellipsis and questions
Reading: Arregi (2010)
Additional/optional readings:
Merchant (2004)
Handout: H20

21. More on Comparatives
Reading: Kennedy & Merchant (2000)
Additional/optional readings:
Grimshaw (1987),
Borroff (2006)
Handout: H21

22. Processing of Ellipsis
Reading: Arregui (2006)
Additional/optional readings:
Clifton & Frazer (2010),
Clifton (1998)
Handout: H22

23. Discussion of abstracts
24. Presentations  
25. Presentations
26.   Presentations
27.   Presentations
28.  Wrap up, discussion of final papers