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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Undergraduate Introduction to Syntax (Lectures, Spring 2026)

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I will use this blog post to distribute my lectures for 'Grammatical Analysis I' which is the undergraduate introduction to syntax a...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Being a Syntactician (Some Preliminary Posts)

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I am trying to convey to a non-linguist audience what it means to be a syntactician. The goal is to write something completely non-technical...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Some Challenging Issues in Teaching Graduate Level Syntax

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1. Grad: Does X (a hypothesis) really work? My professor as an undergrad said it does not. I agree with them. Implication: Everything I le...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Inversion Seminar: The Scope of Inversion in English (Spring 2026)

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Inversion Seminar January 20th, 2026 Lecture 1: I. Overview of Inversion in English II. Analyses of Quotative Inversion III. Present...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Where are they now? (written for Peace Corps Togo)

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Where Are They Now? Chris Collins, January 14, 2026 1. Where did you serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer? I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer i...

Syllabus: Inversion Seminar, Spring 2026 (near final draft)

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Course Description Collins and Branigan 1997 (see also Collins 1997) inaugurated the study of quotative inversion into generative syntax. In...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The Personality of a Syntactician

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I have written this blog post to highlight some personality traits of syntacticians (Ordinary Working Grammarians). It is meant for both lin...