Homework assignments will be posted as they become available. For an idea of what homework assignments may be like, you can look at the homework page for Ling001 in Fall 2000 or Spring 2001.

General information

1. There will be a homework assignment due almost every week, except during the period around the midterm, and at the end of the term, when the term project will in effect be the homework assignment for the last few weeks. Thus you can expect 7 homework assignments in the course of the term. You can ask questions about the current homework in your recitation section, or by email to the course instructor and/or your TA.
2. You should give your completed homework in class to your TA on the day it's due. If for some reason you can't make class that day, make other arrangements with them to hand it in.
3. Homework will be given back to you and discussed in the next feasible meeting of your recitation section.
4. We're happy to see students work in small groups on (most) homework assignments, unless the assignment specifically indicates that you should do it alone. If you work in a group, you should submit two (or more) copies of the same answer (with a note indicating that you have done so). If both participants really contribute actively to the exercise, then they may well learn more working together than they would working separately. Of course, if one partner has done much more of the reading, and is responsible for most of the insight, then the other one will not learn very much, and is likely to have problems on the exams. Likewise, if one partner does all of half of the assignment, while the other partner does all of the other half, each misses half of the opportunity to learn -- so don't do this! Finally, as the group size grows, the chances that everyone can participate fully gets smaller, so we would prefer not to see groups larger than three.
5. As the course introduction indicates, homework counts for 30% of your grade. However, the purpose of the assignments is to give you an opportunity to learn by doing, and we'll give you every opportunity to get as much of the 30% as possible. If you do badly on a particular assignment, and would like to do some sort of make-up or extra credit work to compensate, let us know.

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