Linguistics 001 Schedule of lectures and readings

(Fall 2001)

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In the table below, the right-most column gives page references in the course text The Science of Words (preceded by S/), or a hyperlink (underlined).

1. Mo 09/10	Introduction to the course
2. We 09/12	Perspectives and approaches	S/vii-ix S/1-19 (ch 1)
3. Mo 09/17	Prescriptive and descriptive linguistics	Nunberg, Halpern
4. We 09/19	Communication: a biological perspective	S/20-37 (ch 2)
5. Mo 09/24	Communication: philosophical and mathematical perspectives	S/144-169 (ch 8)
6. We 09/26	Basic elements of linguistic form: morphology	S/88-102 (ch 5) S/89-119 (ch 6)
7. Mo10/01	The sound of linguistic structure: phonetics	S/64-87 (ch 4)
8. We 10/03	The structure of linguistic sound: phonology	Mawukakan chapter
9. Mo 10/8	The pronunciation of English
10. We 10/10	Combining words into phrases: syntax I	S/210-235 (ch 11)
11. Mo 10/15	Formal models of language structure: syntax II
12. We 10/17	Meaning I: semantics	S/170-189 (ch 9) S/190-209 (ch 10)
13. Mo 10/22	Meaning II: pragmatics
We 10/24	Midterm
14. Mo 10/29	Language in society: sociolinguistics	Synopsis of lecture by Uri Horesh
15. We 11/01	Language and gender
16. Mo 11/05	Linguistic form in art, ritual and play
17. We 11/07	Language production and perception
18. Mo 11/12	Brain and language	S/120-143 (ch 7)
19. We 11/14	Reading and writing	S/38-63 (ch 3)
20. We11/14	Child language acquisition	S/235-255 (ch 12)
We 11/21	[Thanksgiving Break: No lecture]
21. Mo 11/26	Languages of the World
22. We 11/28	Language Change
23. Mo 12/03	Language in technology
24. We 12/05	Signed and spoken language
25. Mon 12/10	Human and non-human communication
	Final Exam

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