1. The need for the IPA
2. Segments vs. Spelling
3. Place of Articulation
4. Voicing

• Plagiarism Quiz (to be turned in on Mon. the 25th)
• Writing Assignment 1 (due Tues. the 26th)
• Writing Assignment 2 (due Tues. the 26th)
• Homework Assignment (due Tues. the 26th)
  • p. 55, Exercise 2
  • p. 55, Exercise 3, (a) -(h)
  • p. 56, Exercise 5, (a) – (e)

1. Grading Policy
2. Manners of Articulation
3. How to describe consonants
4. Vowels

Homework:

• All due tomorrow
  • Writing Assignment 1
  • Writing Assignment 2 (Phonetics)
  • Homework Assignment:
    • p. 55, Exercise 2
    • p. 55, Exercise 3, (a) – (h)
    • p. 56, Exercise 5, (a) – (e)
    • p. 56, Exercise 6, (e) – (h)
    • p. 56, Exercise 7, (e) – (h)
    • p. 57, Exercise 10, (a), (c), (g), and (h)

Other Resources:

• Animated Vocal Tractby the University of Iowa
  •  This is a fantastic resource, which allows you to see the articulations that go into every segment of American English as well as hear them. This could really be helpful when transcribing on your homework.  
  • To access the Animated Vocal Tract for American English, click on the American flag in the grey bar. 
• X-ray video of Vowels by Peter Ladefoged

1. Homework 1 Assignments (returned)
2. Introduction to Phonology
3. Phonological Processes
4. Features and Natural Classes
5. Allophones and Phonemes
6. Determining Contrast

Homework (Due Fri., the 29th)

• Writing Assignment 3
• Homework Assignment:
  • p. 109, Exercise 6
  • p. 109, Exercise 7, (a) – (d)

• Dr. Moreton’s site on low-tech ways to observe your articulations

Wednesday * June 27, 2012 * Phonology

1. Distributions of Allophones to Phonemes
2. Solving Phonology Problems
3. How to Write Phonological Rules

• p. 107, Exercise 2 (use the steps discussed in class to complete this exercise)
• p. 107, Exercise 3 — Complete both sections, but for (b), be sure to use the steps discussed in class to complete this portion of the exercise.
• p. 109, Exercise 6
• p. 109, Exercise 7, (a) – (d)

Thursday * June 28, 2012 * Phonology

1. Syllable Structure
2. Syllabification
3. Applying Syllable Structure to Phonological Problems

• Midterm Study Guide

Topics covered today:

1. Introduction to Morphology
2. Practice Phonology Problems (and Homework)

Homework (due Thursday the 5th):

• None yet (will try to post a Writing Assignment 4 prompt soon)

Other Resources:

• Ladefoged’s sitewith the sounds of the Hindi stops.
  • The regular [b] is the voiced bilabial stop. The murmured [b] is the ‘breathy voiced’ bilabial stop

1. Morphemes and allomorphs
2. Word Structure
3. Approaching Morphology Problems

Homework (due Thursday, July 5th):

1. Answers to Morphology Homeworks
2. Brief Review for midterm tomorrow

• Don’t forget to go over the concepts laid out in the study guide
• You will be expected to be able to provide the segment symbols if provided with the voicing, place, and manner of articulation. 
•  There are also practice questions available on this site for phonetics, phonology, and morphology. E-mail me if you want to check your answers.

Friday * July 6, 2012 * MIDTERM

Reading for Monday: CL, Ch. 5, Sections 1.1 – 1.2, 1.4

• CL, Ch. 6, sect. 1.1 – 1.2, sect. 2.3

1. Introduction to Semantics
2. Word Meaning
3. Word Relations
4. Intension vs. Extension
5. Lexicalization
6. Semantic Features

1. Compositionality
2. Intensions and Extensions of sentences
3. Sentence Meaning Relations
4. Paraphrase
5. Entailment
6. Presupposition
7. Contradiction
8. Gricean Maxims
9. The Cooperative Principle

• Writing Assignment 6
• Homework:
• p. 240, Exercise 1, (a) – (d)
  • p. 241, Exercise 4
  • p. 241, Exercise 5
  • p. 243, Exercise 11
  • p. 244, Exercise 16

1. Basic assumptions of acquisition
2. Acquisition Studies
3. Stages of language acquisition
4. The Innateness Hypothesis

• Writing Assignment 7 (Due Wednesday the 18th)
• Homework (Due tomorrow, the 17th):
  • p. 386, Exercise 1
  • p. 386, Exercise 2
  • p. 389-340, Exercise 12
  • p. 389, Exercise 13

• Writing Assignment 7 (Due Tomorrow, the 18th)
• Writing Assignment 8 (Due Thursday, the 19th)
• Homework Assignment (Due Thursday, the 19th):
  • Find one person from NC and one person from outside of NC and conduct the following survey:
    • Record the Age, Gender, and City/State where they grew up, and how long they have lived in NC.
    • Answer the following three questions for your participants:
      • Have your speakers read the following sentences and transcribe the vowels that they produce for pen, pin, cot, and caught.
        • –I couldn’t do my homework, because I lost my pen.
        • –There aren’t enough beds, so I had to sleep on a cot.
        • –Attach the poster to the bulletin board with this pin
        • –They wanted to sneak out at night, but they were afraid of getting caught.
      • Ask your participants if the following sentence is something they would ever say if they were talking casually with their friends.
        • –I’m fixin’ to take my car in for an oil change.
      • Ask your participants to answer this question:
        • What do you call an event where people use an outdoor grill or cooker to cook a meal, often for a group of friends?

1. Historical Linguistics and mental grammar
2. Aspects of Historical Linguistics

• Writing Assignment 9
• Homework Assignment:
  • p. 291, Exercise 1, (a) – (g)
  • p. 294, Exercise 10
  • p. 294, Exercise 11

• Writing Assignment 9
• Homework Assignment:
  • p. 291, Exercise 1, (a) – (g)
  • p. 294, Exercise 10
  • p. 294, Exercise 11
  • p. 291-92, Exercise 2
  • p. 292, Exercise 3
    • The tilde above certain vowels indicates that it is nasal.

1. How to solve historical problems
2. History of the English Language
3. Writing Systems

Homeworks (all due Tuesday the 24th):