(Fall 2006)
Follow the links in the middle column for lecture notes.
In this course, these are notes for the lecture,
rather than notes on the lecture, so that they
serve as an on-line textbook. As such, they generally provide a larger
volume of material than is presented in the lectures. In class, I'll
give an overview of the day's topic, and work through examples and sample
problems in detail, typically in ways that are not entirely covered
in the lecture notes.
The right-hand column provides links to additional
course readings. These are articles or book chapters that provide useful
background. In many cases, additional links will be provided within
the main page of lecture notes.
Because the lecture notes are updated each year, to
modify the content as well as to refresh stale links, the new lecture
notes will generally appear about a week before the date of the lecture.
If you want to "read ahead", you can consult the links in
the schedule for the fall
2005 edition.
1. We 09/06 |
Introduction to the
course |
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2. Mo 09/11 |
Perspectives and approaches |
Miller, George
A. "The Scientific Study of Language."
Ch. 1 of The Science of Words. (1991). |
3. We 09/13 |
Prescriptive and descriptive
linguistics |
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4. Mo 09/18 |
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5. We 09/20 |
Communication: philosophical
perspectives |
[see links in lecture notes] |
6. Mo 09/25 |
The pronunciation of English |
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7. We 09/27 |
Basic elements of linguistic form: morphology |
(Just for fun:
"Psycholinguistics in the logging industry"
"All your base are belong to which lexical category?"
"Linguists boycott Intelligent Design hearings"
"Fearful (also nauseous, addictive, dubious, suspicious...) symmetry"
"Not a brillantological invention"
"W's conundrum"
"Euphony and usefulness"
"Cracking down on the Hezbollians"
"Playing with your morphology"
"Bogosity") |
8. Mo 10/02 |
The sound of linguistic structure: phonetics |
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9. We 10/04 |
The structure of linguistic sound: phonology |
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10. Mo 10/9 |
Syntax I
(slides for Syntax lectures)
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Read & study HW6 (and answers) from 2005
[note that you are not required to turn this in] |
11. We 10/11 |
Syntax II
(additional slides)
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Beatrice Santorini's Syntax Text , Chap. 2:
"Constituent
structure", |
12. Mo 10/16 |
Meaning I: semantics
(additional slides) |
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13. We 10/18 |
Meaning II: pragmatics
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Mo 10/22 |
FALL BREAK |
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14. We 10/25 |
Language in society: sociolinguistics |
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Mo
10/30 |
Midterm |
(Study guide)
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15. We 11/01 |
Language and gender
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16. Mo 11/06 |
Linguistic form in art, ritual
and play |
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17. We 11/08 |
Patterns and performances in speech and music |
[Slides in .ppt form; zip archive including audio files]
(archive is about 27 MB) |
18. Mo 11/13 |
Language production and perception |
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19. We 11/15 |
Brain and language |
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20. Mo 11/20 |
Reading and writing |
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We 11/22 |
[Thanksgiving: No lecture] |
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21. Mo 11/27 |
Child language acquisition |
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22. We 11/29 |
Languages of the World |
Gibbs, W. W. "Saving Dying Languages". Scientific American, August 2002. |
23. Mo 12/04 |
Language Change |
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24. We 12/06 |
The Language of Law |
Justice Antonin Scalia, "Law and Language: Review of 'Law's Quandary'", First Things, Nov. 2005.
Lawrence Solan, "Private Language, Public Laws: The Central Role of Legislative Intent in Statutory Interpretation", Georgetown Law Journal, 93(2), Jan. 2005
Geoffrey Nunberg, "The Book of Samuels", Fresh Air commentary. |
We 12/20 |
Final Exam |
(9:00-11:00 a.m.) |
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