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Presentations, squibs, course evaluations

First, thank you for the class presentations.

Second, please send us your squibs by the 21. We're available to discuss them, before and after that deadline.

Third, please fill in the course evaluations (http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation): you have until Monday 5-16 at 9AM to do them.

Your feedback will benefit future generations taking this class.

Announced on 12 May 2016  10:45  p.m. by Donca Steriade

Last opacity handout uploaded

I've uploaded all remaining class handouts to Stellar and the last opacity lecture. Let me know if/when you want to discuss it.

Announced on 10 May 2016  9:53  p.m. by Donca Steriade

Abstracts, presentation, last lecture and squib deadline

If you haven't yet uploaded both parts of your squib's abstract (the data part and the proper abstract part) please do so now, so Benjamin and I can offer comments before your presentations next week.

Presentations are currently scheduled as follows: Colin, Mitya, Maša and Justin speak on Tuesday; Itai, Rafael, Suzana and Verena on Thursday. Plan to speak for 12-15 mins to allow time for discussion. Bring a handout.

We have a class Wednesday in 36-112, 12-1.

Squibs are due May 21, before midnight.

Announced on 05 May 2016  5:30  p.m. by Donca Steriade

Changing the remaining assignments

• The posted PS-6 (Stress in Indonesian) is no longer required. Try it anyway, if you're interested in the issue of multiple bases.

• The abstract assignment is split into two parts, due on 4-26 and 5-3 respectively.

• The first installment of the abstract, due 4-26, will formulate in concrete terms the initial puzzle that your paper seeks to solve. State the preliminary generalizations you will analyze, provide examples that justify the generalizations, explain what aspect of the data makes it compelling: what class of broader questions do you hope the analysis will shed light on? The length of this first part is not restricted.

• The second installment of the abstract, due 5-3, consists of a conference abstract of at most 2 pages. This is the summary of the results of your analysis. It should be written for an audience of linguists who are generally familiar with the broad issues the paper would contribute to, but who do not know the data or the analysis. To write this abstract, you should have completed the bulk of the analysis, or at least you should have defined a small set of viable alternative analyses. It is not necessary, nor possible, that the entire analysis be disclosed in 2 pages: highlight only parts that are critical to explaining the possible implications of the analysis.

Benjamin and I are available for consultation at all stages in the process of writing the two assignments.

Announced on 19 April 2016  11:18  a.m. by Donca Steriade

Remaining assignments; due dates; and question about presentations

A two-sentence description of your topic was due on April 14. Please upload yours, if you haven't done already, as soon as possible. The PS-6, originally due 4-21, is still being negotiated. While negotiations progress, please work on your abstract, which *is* due on April 26. Finally, I had asked the class to decide if presentations will happen on May 10 and 12, as originally scheduled, or in one 3h-long session, on May 12. If the latter, we will need to meet at 9:30 on Thursday May 12. Please decide and let me know.

Announced on 18 April 2016  9:38  p.m. by Donca Steriade