Course Materials

Week 0 - Building Linguistic Intuitions

Aug 27
SectionExpletive Insertion
Slides Handout
Aug 28
No Class
Aug 29
SectionHow do We Explain Language?
Read Sections 1-3 and 11 from Chomsky (1959). Review of B.F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior
Quiz Slides Handout

Week 1 - Phonology I and II

Sep 2
SectionIPA and Articulation: Consonants
Read Chapters 2.1-2.5 from Contemporary Linguistics
Quiz Handout Slides
Sep 4
SectionPhones, Phonemes, and Allophones, oh my
Read Chapter 3.2 from Language Files
Quiz Handout Slides

Week 2 - Phonology III and IV

Sep 9
SectionPhonemes Redux and Phonological Rules
Read Chapters 2.6, 2.7, and 2.10 from Contemporary Linguistics by O’Grady, Archibald,
Quiz Slides Handout
Sep 11
SectionVowels, Syllables and Phonotactics
Read Chapter 3.5 from Language Files by The Ohio State University
Quiz Slides Handout

Week 3 - Morphology I and II

Sep 16
SectionMorphology I
Read Chapter 4.1 from Contemporary Linguistics
Quiz Slides Handout
Sep 18
SectionMorphology II
Read Chapter 4.2-4.4 from Contemporary Linguistics
Quiz Handout

Week 4 - Morphology III and Morphology IV

Sep 23
SectionMorphology III
Read Chapter 4.5 from Language Files
Quiz Slides Handout
Sep 25
No Class

Week 5 - Syntax I and II

Sep 30
SectionSyntax I
Read Chapter 5.0-5.2 from Language Files
Quiz Handout
Oct 2
SectionSyntax II
Read Chapter 5.3-5.4 from Language Files
Quiz Handout

Week 6 - Syntax III and Syntax IV

Oct 7
SectionSyntax III
No New Reading
Handout
Oct 9
SectionSyntax IV
Read pp 172-191 from Contemporary Linguistics
Quiz Slides Handout

Week 7 - Review

Oct 14
SectionFall Break
No Class
Oct 16
SectionReview
Review old readings
Handout

Week 8 - Review and Midterm Exam

Oct 21
SectionReview
Review old readings
Handout
Oct 23
SectionMidterm Exam
Study

Week 9 - Semantics and Pragmatics

Oct 28
SectionSemantics
No new reading
Handout
Oct 30
SectionPragmatics
Read Chapters 7.1, 7.2, and 7.5 from Language Files
Quiz Slides Handout

Week 10 - Advising Meetings

General
Quiz
Schedule a Registration Meeting
Nov 4
SectionNo Group Class - Advising Meetings
No new reading
Nov 6
SectionNo Group Class - Advising Meetings
No new reading

Week 11 - Language Acquisition and Reading Wars

Nov 11
SectionLanguage Acquisition
No new reading
Slides
Nov 13
SectionReading Wars
Read Kim JS. Research and the reading wars.. Chapter 4 of When Research Matters: How Scholarship Influences Education Policy.
Slides Additional Resource
Final Project Ideas

Week 12 - Final Project Data and Analysis

Nov 18
SectionFinal Project Data Description
Slides
Nov 20
SectionFinal Project Preliminary Analysis
Slides