Thursday * June 21, 2012 * Introduction and Grammars
Today’s slides: LING101-IntroductionSlides
Class Policies and Information Handout
Topics discussed
- General Introduction
- Class policies and information
- What is linguistics?
- Mental Grammar, Descriptive Grammar, and Prescriptive Grammar
Homework:
- Plagiarism Quiz (to be turned in on Mon. the 25th)
- Writing Assignment 1 (due Tues. the 26th)
- Homework Assignment (due Fri. the 22nd)
- p. 13, Exercise 3
- p. 14, Exercise 5, (a) – (e)
- p. 14, Exercise 6, (a) – (e)
Friday * June 22, 2012 * Phonetics
Topic discussed
- The need for the IPA
- Segments vs. Spelling
- Place of Articulation
- Voicing
Homework:
Other Resources:
Monday * June 25, 2012 * Phonetics
Topics discussed:
- Grading Policy
- Manners of Articulation
- How to describe consonants
- 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
Tuesday * June 26, 2012 * Phonology
Topics Discussed:
- Homework 1 Assignments (returned)
- Introduction to Phonology
- Phonological Processes
- Features and Natural Classes
- Allophones and Phonemes
- Determining Contrast
Homework (Due Fri., the 29th)
Other Resources:
Wednesday * June 27, 2012 * Phonology
Today’s slides: LING101-Phonology2
Topics covered:
- Distributions of Allophones to Phonemes
- Solving Phonology Problems
- How to Write Phonological Rules
Homework (Due Fri., the 29th)
- 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
Topics covered:
- Syllable Structure
- Syllabification
- Applying Syllable Structure to Phonological Problems
Homework (Due Fri., the 29th)
- 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)
Friday * June 29, 2012 * Morphology
Topics covered today:
- Introduction to Morphology
- 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
Monday * July 2, 2012 * Morphology
Topics covered today:
- Morphemes and allomorphs
- Word Structure
- Approaching Morphology Problems
Homework (due Thursday, July 5th):
- Writing Assignment 4
- Homework Assignment:
- p. 147, Exercise 2
- p.148, Exercise 4
- p. 149, Exercise 6
- p. 149, Exercise 9
Swahili dataset: LING101swahili-verbs
Tuesday * July 3, 2012 * Morphology
Today’s Slides: LING101-Morphology3
Be sure to check out the Practice portion of this site! I’ve posted some practice problems for Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology. To gain access to the answers pages, e-mail me and I’ll e-mail you a password.
Topics covered today:
- The Lexicon
- Derivational and Inflectional Affixes
- Compounding
- Morphology Problems
Homework (due Thursday, July 5th):
- Writing Assignment 4
- Homework Assignment:
- p. 147, Exercise 2
- p.148, Exercise 4
- p. 149, Exercise 6
- p. 149, Exercise 9
- p. 151, Exercise 14, (a) – (d)
Thursday * July 5, 2012 * Review
Covered today:
- Answers to Morphology Homeworks
- Brief Review for midterm tomorrow
Comments:
- 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
Monday * July 9, 2012 * Syntax
Today’s slides: LING101-Syntax1
Covered today:
- Midterm results, comments
- Introduction to sentence structure
- Grammaticality
- Constituency
- The X-bar Schema
Reading for next time:
Homework (Due Thursday, the 12th):
- Writing Assignment 5 (Syntax)
- Homework Assignment:
- p. 199, Exercise 3 (a) – (e)
- p. 200, Exercise 6
- p. 200, Exercise 7
Tuesday * July 10, 2012 * Syntax
Today’s slides:LING101-Syntax2
Covered today:
- Inflectional Phrases
- Modifiers
- Structural Ambiguity
Reading:
- CL, Ch. 5, Sections 3 and 4
Homework (Due Thursday, the 12th):
- Writing Assignment 5
- Homework Assignment:
- p. 199, Exercise 3 (a) – (e)
- p. 200, Exercise 6
- p. 200, Exercise 7
- p. 199, Exercise 4 (a) , (c), (e)
- p. 200, Exercise 5 (b), (d), (f)
Wednesday * June 11, 2012 * Syntax
Today’s slides: LING101-Syntax3
Covered today:
- Complementizer Phrases
- Embedded Clauses
- Questions
- WH-Questions
- Yes-No Questions
- Movement
- Do – Insertion
Reading:
- CL, Ch. 6, sect. 1.1 – 1.2, sect. 2.3
Homework (Due tomorrow, the 12th)
- Homeworks
- p. 199, Ex. 3, (a) – (e)
- p. 200, Ex. 6
- p. 200, Ex. 7
- p. 199, Ex. 4, (a), (c), (e)
- p.200, Ex. 5, (b), (d), (f)
- p. 201, Ex. 9, (a) and (c)
- p. 201, Ex. 10, (e) and (f)
- p. 201, Ex. 11, (a), (b), and (d)
Thursday * July 12, 2012 * Semantics
Covered:
- Introduction to Semantics
- Word Meaning
- Word Relations
- Intension vs. Extension
- Lexicalization
- Semantic Features
Homework (Due Monday the 16th):
Friday * July 13, 2012 * Semantics
Covered:
- Compositionality
- Intensions and Extensions of sentences
- Sentence Meaning Relations
- Paraphrase
- Entailment
- Presupposition
- Contradiction
- Gricean Maxims
- The Cooperative Principle
Homework (Due Monday the 16th):
- 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
Monday * July 16, 2012 * Language Acquisition
Covered:
- Basic assumptions of acquisition
- Acquisition Studies
- Stages of language acquisition
- The Innateness Hypothesis
Homework:
- 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
Tuesday * July 17, 2012 * Sociolinguistics
Today’s slides: LING101-Sociolinguistics1
Covered:
- Linguistic Attitudes and Beliefs
- Sociolinguistic Apsects
- Sociolinguistic Factors
Homework:
- 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?
Wednesday * July 18, 2012* Sociolinguistics
Covered:
- 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?
Thursday * July 19, 2012 * Historical Linguistics
Covered:
- Historical Linguistics and mental grammar
- Aspects of Historical Linguistics
Homeworks (all due Tuesday the 24th):
- Writing Assignment 9
- Homework Assignment:
- p. 291, Exercise 1, (a) – (g)
- p. 294, Exercise 10
- p. 294, Exercise 11
Friday * July 20, 2012 * Historical Linguistics
Today’s slides: LING101-Historical2
Covered:
- Language Families
- Grimm’s Law
- Comparative Method
Homeworks (all due Tuesday the 24th):
- 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.
Monday * July 23, 2012 * Historical Linguistics
Covered:
- How to solve historical problems
- History of the English Language
- Writing Systems
Homeworks (all due Tuesday the 24th):
- 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.
Tuesday * July 24, 2012 * Review
Homework (due Thursday the 26th):
I forgot to mention this in class, but be sure to complete your course evaluations online before tomorrow (i.e. tomorrow is the last day to complete your course evaluations).
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