English 306A Fall 2010



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


16 Sept
Microlinguistics/Macrolinguistics


21 Sept
 History of language
9. Language across time



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


28 Sept
Words
2. What's in a word?
30 Sept


5 Oct
Morphology
3. Meaningful building blocks
7 Oct


12 Oct
Syntax
4. Putting concepts together


14 Oct
Midterm I


19 Oct
Syntax
4. Putting concepts together
21 Oct


26 Oct
Phonetics
5. The sounds of language
28 Oct


2 Nov
Phonology
5. The sounds of language
4 Nov
Semantics
6, Language, culture, and meaning


9 Nov
Semantics
6, Language, culture, and meaning
11 Nov


16 Nov
Pragmatics
7, Doing things with words
18 Nov
Midterm II


23 Nov
Pragmatics
7, Doing things with words
25 Nov
Texts
8. Structuring texts


30 November
Texts
8. Structuring texts
2 Dec
Review, discussion, exam preparation