English 306A Fall 2009



15 Sept
 Hello; how are you? Nice to meet you. This is linguistics.


17 Sept
Microlinguistics/Macrolinguistics


22 Sept
 History of language
9. Language across time



24 Sept
The nature of language
1. The cognitive basis of language


29 Sept
Words
2. What's in a word?
1 Oct


6 Oct
Morphology
3. Meaningful building blocks
8 Oct


13 Oct
Syntax
4. Putting concepts together


15 Oct
Midterm I


20 Oct
Syntax
4. Putting concepts together
22 Oct


27 Oct
Phonetics
Phonology
5. The sounds of language
29 Oct


3 Nov
Phonetics
Phonology
5. The sounds of language
5 Nov
Semantics
6, Language, culture, and meaning


10 Nov

12 Nov

No classes, no office hours this week; use it to consolidate your notes and plan for the midterm.


17 Nov
Semantics
6, Language, culture, and meaning
19 Nov
Midterm II


24 Nov
Pragmatics
7, Doing things with words
26 Nov
Texts
8. Structuring texts


1 Dec
Texts
8. Structuring texts
3 Dec
Review, discussion, exam preparation