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Schedule
[Week 16, Tu] Last day!!!
2012-05-01
[Week 15, Th] Syntax
2012-04-26
More cross-linguistic comparisons:
Dutch, German verb-second.
Practice with derivations, review.
Lecture notes.
Dutch, German verb-second.
Practice with derivations, review.
Lecture notes.
[Week 15, Tu] Syntax
2012-04-24
More cross-linguistic comparisons: Yes/No-Questions.
The English verbal system. Tense Hopping and Do-Support.
Lecture notes, revised.
The English verbal system. Tense Hopping and Do-Support.
Lecture notes, revised.
[Week 14, Th] Syntax
2012-04-19
Cross-linguistic comparisons: V-to-T Movement.
Adverbs, negation, and VP Ellipsis.
Lecture notes, revised.
Assignment 10: Part 1, Dutch. Part 2 to be assigned next Tuesday.
Adverbs, negation, and VP Ellipsis.
Lecture notes, revised.
Assignment 10: Part 1, Dutch. Part 2 to be assigned next Tuesday.
[Week 14, Tu] Syntax
2012-04-17
More of English.
Cross-categorial similarities: Heads, complements, and modiifers.
Headedness: head-initial vs. head-final languages.
Lecture notes.
Cross-categorial similarities: Heads, complements, and modiifers.
Headedness: head-initial vs. head-final languages.
Lecture notes.
[Week 13, Th] Syntax
2012-04-12
Building a grammar of English.
Phrase structure rules, subcategorization.
Lecture notes emailed out.
Assignment 9: Distributed in class. Due Thursday, April 19th.
Phrase structure rules, subcategorization.
Lecture notes emailed out.
Assignment 9: Distributed in class. Due Thursday, April 19th.
[Week 13, Tu] Syntax
2012-04-10
[Week 12, Th] Semantics and Pragmatics
2012-04-05
The study of meaning.
Entailment vs. Implicature.
Reading: Grice (1975).
Listening: Steven Neale on Philsophy Bites.
Entailment vs. Implicature.
Reading: Grice (1975).
Listening: Steven Neale on Philsophy Bites.
[Week 12, Tu] Historical Linguistics
2012-04-03
[Week 11, Th] Historical Linguistics
2012-03-29
Practice with comparative reconstruction.
How far back can we go? Proto-World?
Lecture notes. Revised course schedule.
Assignments 7/8: Due Thursday, April 5th.
How far back can we go? Proto-World?
Lecture notes. Revised course schedule.
Assignments 7/8: Due Thursday, April 5th.
[Week 11, Tu] Historical Linguistics
2012-03-27
Historical linguistics: the study of how languages change over time.
Types of change: Sound change, analogy, borrowing.
The comparative method.
Lecture notes.
Reading for Thursday: (i) NYTimes article; (ii) Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of Language and Prehistory (Trask 2007).
Types of change: Sound change, analogy, borrowing.
The comparative method.
Lecture notes.
Reading for Thursday: (i) NYTimes article; (ii) Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of Language and Prehistory (Trask 2007).
[Week 11, Tu] Historical Linguistics
2012-03-27
Historical linguistics: the study of how languages change over time.
Types of change: Sound change, analogy, borrowing.
The comparative method.
Lecture notes.
Reading for Thursday: (i) NYTimes article; (ii) Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of Language and Prehistory (Trask 2007).
Watching: Verner's Law.
Types of change: Sound change, analogy, borrowing.
The comparative method.
Lecture notes.
Reading for Thursday: (i) NYTimes article; (ii) Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of Language and Prehistory (Trask 2007).
Watching: Verner's Law.
[Week 10, Th] Exam 3
2012-03-22
Exam 3: Phonology.
See March 6th lecture notes for a list of what to know for the exam.
Also know: Everything covered on the phonetics exam.
See March 6th lecture notes for a list of what to know for the exam.
Also know: Everything covered on the phonetics exam.
[Week 10, Tu] Phonology
2012-03-20
[Week 9, Th] Spring Break
2012-03-15
Today either!
[Week 9, Tu] Spring Break
2012-03-13
No class!
[Week 8, Th] Phonology
2012-03-08
[Week 8, Tu] Phonology
2012-03-06
[Week 7, Th] Phonology
2012-03-01
Multiple rules and rule ordering.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 6: Due Thurs., Mar. 8th.
Ch. 12 supplement.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 6: Due Thurs., Mar. 8th.
Ch. 12 supplement.
[Week 7, Tu] Phonology
2012-02-28
[Week 6, Th] Phonology
2012-02-24
Phonology: The study of sound systems.
Phonemes and their allophones.
Phonological rules.
Lecture notes.
Phonology problems packet.
Assignment 5: Due Thurs., Feb 23rd.
Exam 3: Thurs., Mar 22nd.
Phonemes and their allophones.
Phonological rules.
Lecture notes.
Phonology problems packet.
Assignment 5: Due Thurs., Feb 23rd.
Exam 3: Thurs., Mar 22nd.
[Week 6, Tu] Endangered Languages
2012-02-21
The Linguists.
LSA on endangered languages.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 4: Due Thurs., Feb 23rd.
Revised course schedule.
LSA on endangered languages.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 4: Due Thurs., Feb 23rd.
Revised course schedule.
[Week 5, Tu] Phonetics
2012-02-14
[Week 4, Th] Phonetics
2012-02-09
Articulatory descriptions for English phonemes.
Natural classes.
Beyond English: sounds of the world's languages.
Reading the IPA.
Lecture notes.
Jennifer Smith's Phonetics Resources. IPA keyboard online.
Natural classes.
Beyond English: sounds of the world's languages.
Reading the IPA.
Lecture notes.
Jennifer Smith's Phonetics Resources. IPA keyboard online.
[Week 4, Tu] Phonetics
2012-02-07
Phonetic alphabets.
The IPA.
English phonemes and phonemic transcription.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 3: Due Tues., Feb. 14th.
Exam 2: Thurs., Feb 16th.
The IPA.
English phonemes and phonemic transcription.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 3: Due Tues., Feb. 14th.
Exam 2: Thurs., Feb 16th.
[Week 3, Th] Morphology
2012-02-02
Exam 1!
[Week 3, Tu] Morphology
2012-01-31
Review for the exam.
Clitics.
Language relatedness and genetic classification.
Lecture notes. History of Linguistics.
Clitics.
Language relatedness and genetic classification.
Lecture notes. History of Linguistics.
[Week 2, Th] Morphology
2012-01-26
Semantically conditioned allomorphy.
English morphology.
Derivation vs. inflection.
Lexical vs. grammatical.
Lecture notes.
English morphology.
Derivation vs. inflection.
Lexical vs. grammatical.
Lecture notes.
[Week 2, Tu] Morphology
2012-01-24
Beyond affixation: reduplication, ablaut, compounding.
Discontinuous morphology in Semitic.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 2: Due Tues., Jan. 31st.
Discontinuous morphology in Semitic.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 2: Due Tues., Jan. 31st.
[Week 1, Th] Morphology
2012-01-19
Morphological analysis of unfamiliar languages.
Lecture notes.
Morphology problems handout.
Chapter 2: Morphology.
Assignment 1: Due Tues., Jan. 24th.
Exam 1: Thurs., Feb. 2nd.
Lecture notes.
Morphology problems handout.
Chapter 2: Morphology.
Assignment 1: Due Tues., Jan. 24th.
Exam 1: Thurs., Feb. 2nd.
[Week 1, Tu] Introduction and Course Overview
2012-01-17
What is linguistics?
What do you know when you know a language?
Lecture notes. Course schedule.
Readings (for next class):
(i) What is Linguistics?;
(ii) Why Major in Linguistics?; and
(iii) Chapter 1, up to the end of Section 1.4, of Linguistics.
What do you know when you know a language?
Lecture notes. Course schedule.
Readings (for next class):
(i) What is Linguistics?;
(ii) Why Major in Linguistics?; and
(iii) Chapter 1, up to the end of Section 1.4, of Linguistics.