Introduction to Linguistics

WINTER 2000	English 306A	Harry Logan
hlogan@watarts	Introduction to Linguistics	HH 245
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Text:

Fromkin, Rodman, Hultin, & Logan. An Introduction to Language. 1st Canadian Edition.

Recommended reading:: Aitchison, Jean, Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. 1994.; Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. New York: Harper Perennial. 1994.

Links: Parts of Speech; Resources for Creating New Words in English; Previous Exam(s); Notes on First Exam; Notes on Second Exam
Web Board: Please Note:There is a Web Board conferencing system connected to this course. This can be used to continue discussion of topics raised in class or to raise new issues.; If you are not familiar with Web Board, please read the Instructions for using the system. Your userid is your UWuserid and your password until you change it will be your UW Student ID; Connect to Course Web Board

Requirements:
Two one-hour examinations and a final examination, graded equally, 33.3% each. Students are responsible for material in the assigned readings and for material covered in lectures in class.: Examination 1 (February 8): Chapters 1 and 2.; Examination 2 (March 7): Chapter 3.; Final examination: Chapters 4 and 5.

DATE	ASSIGNMENT
Jan. 6 -- Jan. 18	Chap. 1: What Is Language?
Jan. 20 -- Feb. 3	Chap. 2: Morphology.
Feb. 8	HOUR EXAMINATION 1.
Feb. 10 -- Mar. 2	Chap. 3: Syntax.
Feb. 21 -- Feb. 25	READING WEEK.
Mar. 7	HOUR EXAMINATION 2.
Mar. 9 -- Mar. 23	Chap. 4: Semantics.
Mar. 28 -- Mar. 30	Chap. 5: Phonetics.
Apr. 4	Chap. 6: Phonology (195-218).
Apr. 7	Final Examination. 9-12 noon. Engineering Lecture Hall, Room 112

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