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* The following schedule may change slightly as the semester progresses. I will announce any changes in class, and I will update this web page accordingly.
| Date | Topic | Reading (Finegan) |
|---|---|---|
| WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION | ||
| 1/8 | What's Linguistics? | pp. 1-35 |
| 1/10 | What's Language? | pp. 1-35 |
| 1/12 | What's a Corpus? HW #1 Assigned | None |
| Week 2: DISCOURSE | ||
| 1/15 | No Class! (Martin Luther King Holiday) | |
| 1/17 | Conversation as Action | pp. 293-306 |
| 1/19 | Conversation as Structure | pp. 306-326 |
| Week 3: DISCOURSE (CONT.) / SEMANTICS | ||
| 1/22 | Conversation as Culture | None |
| 1/24 | Lexical Semantics | pp. 179-206 |
| 1/26 | Metaphor HW #1 Due | None |
| Week 4: SEMANTICS (CONT.) / MORPHOLOGY | ||
| 1/29 | Prototypes | None |
| 1/31 | Types and Functions of Morphemes | pp. 46-59 |
| 2/2 | Word-Formation Processes HW #2 Due | pp. 46-59 |
| Week 5: MORPHOLOGY (CONT.) / SYNTAX | ||
| 2/5 | Morphological Analysis | pp. 59-77 |
| 2/7 | Lexical Categories; Constituency | pp. 39-47 and 145-158 |
| 2/9 | Phrase Structure RulesHW #3 Due | pp. 145-158 |
| Week 6: SYNTAX (CONT.) / PHONETICS | ||
| 2/12 | Tree Structures and Ambiguity | pp. 145-158 |
| 2/14 | Articulatory Phonetics | pp. 79-87 |
| 2/16 | IPA HW #4 Due | pp. 87-108 |
| Week 7: PHONETICS (CONT.) | ||
| 2/19 | IPA #2 | pp. 87-108 |
| 2/21 | Midterm Exam I | |
| 2/23 | Psycho/Acoustic Phonetics | None |
| Week 8: PHONETICS (CONT.) / PHONOLOGY | ||
| 2/26 | IPA Transcription / Natural Classes | None |
| 2/28 | Phonemes and Allophones | pp. 109-118 |
| 3/2 | Phonological Analysis HW #5 Due | pp. 118-129 |
| Week 9 | ||
| 3/5-9 | No Class! (Midterm Recess) | |
| Week 10 PHONOLOGY (CONT.) / SOCIOLINGUISTICS | ||
| 3/12 | Phonological Analysis #2 | pp. 118-129 |
| 3/14 | Morphophonemics | pp. 129-144 |
| 3/16 | Language Variation HW #6 Due | pp. 361-369 |
| Week 11: SOCIOLINGUISTICS (CONT.) | ||
| 3/19 | Regional Varieties of English | pp. 369-384 |
| 3/21 | Social Stratification | None |
| 3/23 | African-American Varieties of English HW #7 Due | pp. 384-416 |
| Week 12: SOCIOLINGUISTICS (CONT.) / HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS | ||
| 3/26 | Chicano Varieties of English | pp. 384-416 |
| 3/28 | Midterm Exam II | |
| 3/30 | (Video: In Search of the First Language) | None |
| Week 13: HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (CONT.) | ||
| 4/2 | Language Change | pp. 445-497 |
| 4/4 | Comparative Method and Reconstruction | pp. 445-497 |
| 4/6 | No Class! (Spring Recess) | |
| Week 14: HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (CONT.) / TYPOLOGY | ||
| 4/9 | History of English | pp. 499-536 |
| 4/11 | History of English #2 | pp. 499-536 |
| 4/13 | Typology and Universals HW #8 Due | pp. 223-255 |
| Week 15: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS / LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION | ||
| 4/16 | Language Development | pp. 537-557 |
| 4/18 | Language Development #2 Extra-Credit Report Due | pp. 537-557 |
| 4/20 | Language Sketches #1 HW #9 Due | None |
| Week 16: LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION | ||
| 4/23 | Language Sketches #2 | None |
| 4/25 | Language Sketches #3/ course Wrap-Up | None |
| Finals Week | |
|---|---|
| Saturday, April 28, 9:00am-noon | Final Exam (WebCT) graduating seniors only |
| Wednesday, May 2, 9:00am-noon | Final Exam (WebCT) continuing students only |