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...

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! ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com

This is one of the most useful posts I have written, on collaboration in syntax. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2017/07/coll...

Concept map of Collins 2024: ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2025/02/prin...

Some students have found this useful in writing their statement of purpose. Feedback welcome. ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2019/12/writ...

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Here is the next version of my concept map for my career in syntax.

I am here now at Bluesky. I have not yet abandoned Twitter/X. This is my very first post (5:32am Wednesday). Hello everybody! I hope I find some linguists and syntacticians here.