Request for Information: As people may know, NSF linguistics is no longer accepting proposals, and the future is uncertain. I want to ask: for small workshops, what other sources of funding are there (other than departmental and university funding)?

I have added functionality to the home page of my blog ("Ordinary Working Grammarian"). If you have not checked it out before, now is the time. Comments welcome! ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com

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This is my last post on the Undergraduate Introduction to Syntax for the semester. There is a final lecture on "Principles and Parameters", an tree drawing context, which the students really liked (they told me so), and a final review sheet. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

I barely feel qualified to write this, but here are a few things that have helped me throughout the years. I wrote this for a friend experiencing some stressful situations on the job. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/04/mana...

Added: Lecture 20 (VP-Shells) and Assignment 6. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

Congratulations to our NYU student Olivia Ndapo who just passed her dissertation proposal defense. The title of the dissertation proposal is: Argument Structure in Oshiwambo: The Role of Implicit Arguments.

Announcement! The MaS4 website has now been updated. It includes the announcement for MaS5, and it also includes abstracts and handouts for MaS4. Please check it out. Thanks to Paco and his team for updating the website! sites.google.com/stonybrook.e...

Undergraduate Introduction to Syntax Added: Lecture 18 (VPSH) and Lecture 19 (Raising versus Control). Enjoy! ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

Lecture 17 and Assignment 5 added. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

MaS4 (Morphology as Syntax 4). You need to register to attend. There are both Zoom and in-person options. sites.google.com/stonybrook.e...

MaS4 on April 17, 2026, so not much time left, remember to register (either for Zoom or in-person): sites.google.com/stonybrook.e...

Added two lectures. One on T to C and other on Internal Merge more generally. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

I have added lectures 12, 13 and 14, Assignment 4, and a supplement to lecture 9 (on coordination). Have fun! Feedback welcome. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/unde...

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Congratulations to myself! 400,000 Visits for Ordinary Working Grammarian. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2026/03/4000...

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: ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writ... You can also visit my blog. Lots of interesting posts for prospective graduate students about life in the field. 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! ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/08/crea...