1. We 09/09 |
Introduction to the
course |
[introductory video] |
2. Mo 09/14 |
Perspectives and approaches |
Miller, George
A. "The Scientific Study of Language."
Ch. 1 of The Science of Words. (1991). |
3. We 09/16 |
Prescriptive and descriptive
linguistics |
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4. Mo 09/21 |
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5. We 09/23 |
Communication: philosophical
perspectives |
[see links in lecture notes] |
6. Mo 09/28 |
The pronunciation of English |
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7. We 09/30 |
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 10/05 |
The sound of linguistic structure: phonetics |
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9. We 10/07 |
The structure of linguistic sound: phonology |
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10. Mo 10/12 |
Syntax I
(lecture slides) |
Read & study HW6 (and answers) from 2005
(note that you aren't required to turn this in.)
(just for fun:
"Crash blossoms"
"Compared"
"Fucking shut the fuck up"
"Not propping open the door"
"Insufficient agency"
"He must can parse"
"Adverbial modification at the Supreme Court today"
"Elliptical sin"
"'Passive Voice' -- 1397-2009 -- R.I.P."
"Hot Dryden-on-Jonson action"
"Those who are not authorized are not authorized" ) |
11. We 10/14 |
Syntax II
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Beatrice Santorini's Syntax Text , Chap. 2:
"Constituent
structure". |
Mo 10/19 |
FALL BREAK |
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12. We 10/21 |
Meaning I: semantics
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(Just for fun:
"The reality could not be further from the truth"
"Cannot underestimate" = "must not underestimate?"
"Why are negations so easy to fail to miss?") |
13. Mo 10/26 |
Meaning II: pragmatics |
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14. We 10/28 |
Language in society: sociolinguistics |
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15. Mo 11/02 |
Language and gender |
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We
11/04 |
Midterm |
(Study guide,
2007 Midterm, answers)
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16. Mo 11/09 |
Linguistic form in art, ritual
and play |
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17. We 11/11 |
Patterns and performances in speech and music |
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18. Mo 11/16 |
Language production and perception |
(Just for fun:
"Reverse English"
"Phonetics quiz"
"Notes from the ESL trauma unit"
"Noi lai and contrepets"
"Get your boyfriend to move it: a speech perception story"
"The doors of infant perception"
"Escher sentences"
)
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19. We 11/18 |
Brain and language |
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20. Mo 11/23 |
Reading and writing |
"The globalization of educational fads and fallacies"
"Reading corruption"
"Mark Seidenberg on the Reading First controversy"
"Ghoti and choughs again" |
We 11/25 |
[Thanksgiving: No lecture] |
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21. Mo 11/30 |
Child language acquisition |
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22. We 12/02 |
Languages of the World |
Gibbs, W. W. "Saving Dying Languages". Scientific American, August 2002.
"Experiencing language death" |
23. Mo 12/07 |
Language Change |
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24. We 12/09 |
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.
"Is marriage identical or similar to itself?" |
Th 12/17 |
Final Exam
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12:00-2:00
ANNS 110 & 111 |