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Schedule
[Week 15, Tu] Last class!!!
2010-12-07
More on cross-linguistic comparison of grammars:
VP Ellipsis in Hebrew and Swahili; V2 in Dutch and German.
Last words.
Lecture notes.
VP Ellipsis in Hebrew and Swahili; V2 in Dutch and German.
Last words.
Lecture notes.
[Week 14, Th] Syntax
2010-12-02
[Week 14, Tu] Syntax
2010-11-30
Headedness: English (head-initial) vs. Japanese (head-final).
Head Movement in English and French.
V-to-T Raising, Tense Lowering. VP Ellipsis, Do-Insertion.
Lecture notes.
Head Movement in English and French.
V-to-T Raising, Tense Lowering. VP Ellipsis, Do-Insertion.
Lecture notes.
[Week 13, Th] No class but homework yes
2010-11-25
Happy Break!!
Assignment 7.
Assignment 7.
[Week 13, Tu] Syntax
2010-11-23
Expanding the grammar: More phrase structure rules of English.
Anatomy of a phrase: Heads, complements, modifiers.
Lecture notes.
Anatomy of a phrase: Heads, complements, modifiers.
Lecture notes.
[Week 12, Th] Syntax
2010-11-18
The study of sentence structure.
Building a fragment of a grammar of English.
Phrase structure rules; constituency; subcategorization; lots of kittens.
Lecture notes.
Building a fragment of a grammar of English.
Phrase structure rules; constituency; subcategorization; lots of kittens.
Lecture notes.
[Week 12, Tu] Endangered Languages
2010-11-16
Language endagerment and preservation. The Linguists.
LSA on endangered languages. More LSA on endangered languages.
Lecture notes.
Reading for next time: Andre Carnie's Syntax: Chapter 2, up to p. 48.
LSA on endangered languages. More LSA on endangered languages.
Lecture notes.
Reading for next time: Andre Carnie's Syntax: Chapter 2, up to p. 48.
[Week 11, Th] Phonology
2010-11-10
Exam 3!!!!! Closed book, closed note.
[Week 11, Tu] Phonology
2010-11-08
Rules that reference syllable position (syllable-initial/final).
Somali solution. Review for the exam.
Lecture notes.
Somali solution. Review for the exam.
Lecture notes.
[Week 10, Th] Phonology
2010-11-04
No class today! Assignment 6 is due next Tuesday (the 9th).
[Week 10, Tu] Phonology
2010-11-02
More on rule ordering. The psychological reality of the phoneme.
Speech perception in infants. Liquid dissimilation in Latin.
Lecture notes (including Assignment 6).
Speech perception in infants. Liquid dissimilation in Latin.
Lecture notes (including Assignment 6).
[Week 9, Th] Phonology
2010-10-28
[Week 9, Tu] Phonology
2010-10-26
Phonology and morphology. Neutralization.
Lecture notes.
Lecture notes.
[Week 8, Th] Phonology
2010-10-21
Phonemes and their allophones. Phonological rules.
Lecture notes.
Lecture notes.
[Week 8, Tu] No Skool
2010-10-19
Happy Fall Break!
[Week 7, Th] Phonetics
2010-10-16
Exam 2!
[Week 7, Tu] Phonetics
2010-10-12
[Week 6, Th] Phonetics
2010-10-07
Suprasegmentals: length, stress, pitch.
Beyond English: Sounds of the world's languages.
Lecture notes.
Beyond English: Sounds of the world's languages.
Lecture notes.
[Week 6, Tu] Phonetics
2010-10-05
The IPA chart. Natural classes.
More practice with transcription.
Jennifer Smith's online phonetics resources. IPA chart keyboard.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 4: See today's lecture notes.
More practice with transcription.
Jennifer Smith's online phonetics resources. IPA chart keyboard.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 4: See today's lecture notes.
[Week 5, Th] Phonetics
2010-09-30
Phonetics: The study of speech sounds.
The IPA. Broad transcriptions.
Lecture notes. English phonemes.
Reading: Chapter 11.
The IPA. Broad transcriptions.
Lecture notes. English phonemes.
Reading: Chapter 11.
[Week 5, Tu] Morphology
2010-09-28
Exam 1!!!
[Week 4, Th] Morphology
2010-09-23
Review for the exam: Practice exercises Popoluca, Japanese.
[Week 4, Tu] Morphology
2010-09-21
Irregulars, regulars, and the structure of the lexicon.
Lecture notes.
Optional reading: Pinker (1999), Chapter 6.
Lecture notes.
Optional reading: Pinker (1999), Chapter 6.
[Week 3, Th] Morphology
2010-09-16
Reduplication in Chumash (Assignment 2 review).
Discontinuous morphology in Semitic. Borrowing.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 3: See lecture notes.
Discontinuous morphology in Semitic. Borrowing.
Lecture notes.
Assignment 3: See lecture notes.
[Week 3, Tu] Morphology
2010-09-14
Semantically conditioned allomorphy. Compounding. Cliticization.
Lecture notes.
Lecture notes.
[Week 2, Th] Morphology
2010-09-09
Circumfixes. More on:
Allomorphy, conditioned and free variation, derivation vs. inflection, suppletion.
Lecture notes.
Reading: (i) I-Language: Chapters 1&2 (for Tues.); (ii) Finish Chapter 2 (for Thurs.).
Assignment 2: (i) Chapter Exercise 2.28 (Chumash); (ii) I-Language Exercise 1.8.1 (Ethnologue).
Lecture notes.
Reading: (i) I-Language: Chapters 1&2 (for Tues.); (ii) Finish Chapter 2 (for Thurs.).
Assignment 2: (i) Chapter Exercise 2.28 (Chumash); (ii) I-Language Exercise 1.8.1 (Ethnologue).
[Week 2, Tu] Morphology
2010-09-07
Infixation. Reduplication. Lexical vs. grammatical.
Derivation vs. inflection. Paradigms, suppletion.
Lecture notes.
Derivation vs. inflection. Paradigms, suppletion.
Lecture notes.
[Week 1, Th] Morphology
2010-09-02
Morpheme, simple, complex, root, prefix, suffix, affix, bound, free, portmanteau, ablaut. Allomorphy and conditioned variation.
Morphological analysis of unfamiliar languages.
Lecture notes. Morphology problems packet.
Reading: Chapter 2, up to Section 2.7.
Assignment 1: Exercises 2.12 and 2.27. Due Thursday, Sept. 9th.
Morphological analysis of unfamiliar languages.
Lecture notes. Morphology problems packet.
Reading: Chapter 2, up to Section 2.7.
Assignment 1: Exercises 2.12 and 2.27. Due Thursday, Sept. 9th.
[Week 1, Tu] Course Overview
2010-08-31