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Look out for ideas and references on the topics that you have all chosen for your long assignment at this site. If you have any questions you can post them on the blog or ask me by email during the vacation. It's a good idea to start thinking about your topic while on vacation. I will be to post more details about the class lectures in the other site after the 25th. Meanwhile, do as much reading as possible during the break, now that you all have copies of various material that I distributed yesterday.
Merry Chirstmas and happy new year!

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The good news for those you who are still shopping for an optional paper in your 2nd year MA (Linguistics) is that you can still (as of today 141205) join in the L14 paper that is being offered as usual in the second semester (Dec. 05 to March 06).

Remember that this is an advanced paper and such a course (at least for me) is run rather differently from the lecture method that most of you're used to and have been exposed to for the last one year. It will involve less actual lecturing and more of discussion and certainly class presentation and assignment writing. If you're already looking for the nearest door, then, truly, this paper is not for you. However, those of you (and I know that some of you) are encouraged, Welcome to my parlour.
Modalities such time table (at least 4 hours of late afternoon contact hours though), topics, evaluation method, reading list have been more or less decided (by today 141205) but a few things are yet to be decided, the term paper topics for example.

The course itself, if today's 'lecture' (see link http://syntaxlog.wordpress.com/ for a brief review)was any indication, will mess things up a bit in life and letters but I hope the overall spirit of Minimalism will reach you at some level at some point. In short, don't expect an unproverbial neat house at the end of the proverbial tunnel.

Hard times are aahead!