English 478/678 |
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Introduction to Linguistics |
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Winter 2003
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Instructor: Dr. Deborah Crusan Office: 479 Millett Hall Office Hours: T TH And by appointment |
Phone: (o): (937) 775-2846 (h): (937) 324-4660 email: deborah.crusan@wright.edu Class Day/Time: T TH 350 Oelman
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This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of certain aspects of the English language, to lead you to investigate your own linguistic tenets and attitudes, and to guide you to the recognition that language is enormously and wondrously complex. Through the acquisition of a theoretical framework, you will be better able to analyze the universal components inherent in language and apply this knowledge to the biological and social contexts of language.
Stewart, T. W., Jr. & Vaillette,
N. (Eds.). (2001). Language files:
Materials for an introduction to language
and linguistics, 8th ed. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press.
Since this course is cross-listed as an undergraduate and a graduate course, there will be two sets of requirements—one for undergrads enrolled in 478 and one for grads enrolled in 678.
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478 Students |
678 Students |
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Quizzes/Exams |
65% |
35% |
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Exercises |
20% |
20% |
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Research Paper |
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30% |
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Attendance/Participation |
15% |
15% |
For students taking this course for graduate credit (678), a research paper will be an additional requirement. The paper will address a topic regarding some aspect of language that is particularly interesting to you. The final paper is due on Tuesday, March 11, 2002 in class. Please use the following timetable (last date to complete each step in is parentheses) when performing your research and writing your paper:
1. Tentative selection of topic and individual conference to discuss selection (2/6).
2. Preparation of a working bibliography and conference to discuss entries (2/13).
3. Working draft (work in progress) and individual conference to discuss progress (2/20).
4. Working draft (final rough paper) and individual conference to discuss APA style for final draft (3/6).
Conferences are MANDATORY and will aid you at each step of the writing process. It is your responsibility to schedule your conferences promptly.
Attendance is an absolute necessity. However, because I know that life sometimes presents unavoidable circumstances, you are permitted two absences. These absences should be saved for when you really need them. Under no circumstances will you be allowed to miss more than two classes without penalties. For every absence after two, you will lose 50 points from your final grade! So . . . . . plan absences wisely, and if you don’t need ‘em, don’t use ‘em!
Homework should be neatly written or word-processed and must be handed in on the day it is due; late work will not be accepted!
This is a tentative schedule. Changes, if any, will be announced in class. It is your responsibility to record those changes and prepare accordingly. A reading is to be completed for the day it is listed; the same is true for the exercises listed. For example, the phonetics description and transcription exercises on pp. 54-56 must be handed in on Thursday, January 15.
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Readings in the text |
Exercises due |
Week 1 |
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T January 7 |
Introduction to the course |
Begin learning phonetic symbols |
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Syllabus “reading” |
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Introduction of course participants |
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TH January 9 |
The Fundamentals |
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Files 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 |
p. 10 |
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Week 2 |
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T January 13 |
Phonetics |
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Files 3.1 & 3.2 |
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TH January 15 |
Phonetics |
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Files 3.3, 3.6, 3.7 |
pp. 54-56 |
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Week 3 |
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T January 21 |
Phonology |
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File 4.1 |
p. 75 |
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TH January 23 |
Phonology |
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Files 4.2 & 4.3 |
pp. 82-84; File 4.4 in class/groups |
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Week 4 |
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T January 28 |
PHONETICS QUIZ |
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Morphology |
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File 5.1 |
pp. 118-119 |
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TH January 30 |
Morphology |
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Files 5.4, 5.5, 12.7 |
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File 5.6 in groups |
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Week 5 |
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T February 4 |
Syntax |
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Files 6.1 & 6.2 |
pp. 157, 163-164 |
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TH February 6 |
PHONOLOGY/MORPHOLOGY EXAM |
LAST DAY FOR GRADUATE TOPIC SELECTION |
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Week 6 |
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T February 11 |
Syntax |
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Files 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 |
pp. 169-170, 183-184 |
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TH February 13 |
Syntax |
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File 6.6 |
pp. 189-190 |
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LAST DAY FOR GRADUATE WORKING BIB CONFERENCE |
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Week 7 |
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T February 18 |
Semantics |
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Files 7.1 & 7.2 |
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TH February 20 |
Semantics |
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File 7.3 & 7.5 |
LAST DAY FOR GRADUATE WORKING DRAFT CONFERENCE |
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Week 8 |
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T February 25 |
Pragmatics |
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Files 8.1 & 8.3 |
pp. 227 #1, 233-234 |
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TH February 27 |
SYNTAX QUIZ |
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Week 9 |
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T March 4 |
Sociolinguistics |
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Files 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 |
pp. 305-306, 311 |
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TH March 6 |
Sociolinguistics |
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Files 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 |
pp. 340-341 |
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LAST DAY FOR GRADUATE APA STYLE CONFERENCE |
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Week 10 |
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T March 11 |
Sociolinguistics |
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Files 11.1, 1.2, 11.3, 11.4 |
GRAD RESEARCH PAPER DUE |
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TH March 13 |
SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS, SOCIOLINGUISTICS EXAM |
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There will be no final exam in Introduction to Linguistics.