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Schedule
[Week 8, M] IPA bingo
2010-03-08
[Week 7, W] Beyond English
2010-03-03
Homework review.
More sounds around the world.
More sounds around the world.
[Week 7, M] Natural classes
2010-03-01
Lis of articulatory descriptions.
Natural classes. Stress.
Lecture notes.
Beyond English: Sounds around the world.
Natural classes. Stress.
Lecture notes.
Beyond English: Sounds around the world.
[Week 6, W] More phonetics
2010-02-24
IPA Chart; Articulatory descriptions for English phonemes.
Various handouts distributed in class.
*If you missed class today, be sure to catch up with someone who attended class, or come to office hours, since we covered material not in the textbook.
Assignment 4: Exercises 11.1-11.5, 11.7, 11.18, 11.19.
Various handouts distributed in class.
*If you missed class today, be sure to catch up with someone who attended class, or come to office hours, since we covered material not in the textbook.
Assignment 4: Exercises 11.1-11.5, 11.7, 11.18, 11.19.
[Week 6, M] Phonetics!
2010-02-22
Morphology wrap-up: Morphological change.
Start on phonetics: Phonemes of English.
Lecture notes.
Reading: Chapter 11: Phonetics.
Start on phonetics: Phonemes of English.
Lecture notes.
Reading: Chapter 11: Phonetics.
[Week 5, W] EXAM 1!
2010-02-17
Morphology exam.
[Week 5, M] Study day.
2010-02-15
No class. Happy studying!
[Week 4, W] Semantically conditioned variation
2010-02-10
Homework review. Morphology wrap-up/review.
Semantically conditioned variation (Cherokee).
Lecture notes.
Semantically conditioned variation (Cherokee).
Lecture notes.
[Week 4, M] Clitics, Discontinuous morphology
2010-02-08
[Week 3, W] English morphology
2010-02-03
Glossing. More on compounding.
Hierarchical structure of words. Derivation vs. inflection.
Hanunoo.
Lecture notes.
Hierarchical structure of words. Derivation vs. inflection.
Hanunoo.
Lecture notes.
[Week 3, M] Beyond affixation
2010-02-01
Reduplication, compounding, ablaut. Conditioned and free variation.
Suppletion and portmanteau morphemes.
Lecture notes.
Suppletion and portmanteau morphemes.
Lecture notes.
[Week 2, W] Morphological analysis
2010-01-27
Analysis of unfamiliar languages. Infixes, circumfixes, portmanteau morphemes, allomorphy, conditioned variation.
Lecture notes.
Reading (for next week): Chapter 2, Sections 2.9.2, 2.10, 2.11.
Assignment 1: Exercises 2.7 and 2.12 from the textbook. Due Wednesday, February 3rd.
Lecture notes.
Reading (for next week): Chapter 2, Sections 2.9.2, 2.10, 2.11.
Assignment 1: Exercises 2.7 and 2.12 from the textbook. Due Wednesday, February 3rd.
[Week 2, M] Morphology
2010-01-25
Morphology terminology: simple, complex, bound, free, root, affix, prefix suffix, inflectional, derivational, closed, open.
Reading (for the week): Chapter 2 up to Section 2.7.
Reading (for the week): Chapter 2 up to Section 2.7.
[Week 1, W] Course Overview
2010-01-20
Rules of the course.
What is linguistics?
What do you know when you know a language?
Readings: (i) What is Linguistics?; (ii) Fromkin et. al: Chapter 1.
What do you know when you know a language?
Readings: (i) What is Linguistics?; (ii) Fromkin et. al: Chapter 1.