Ling 390: Introduction to
Linguistics (Spring 2011)
TTh 6:40-8:30 PM – CH 269
Dr. Jeff Conn connjc@pdx.edu 503-725-2372 East Hall 222
Office
Hours: W 3 – 5 & by appt. Website: http://web.pdx.edu/~connjc/
TA: Jenny Frey jlfrey@pdx.edu
& Lucas Steuber steuber@pdx.edu / East Hall 225 /
Course
Objectives: Following curricular goals
of the Applied Lingusitics department, Intro to Ling
aims to achieve the following:
Text: O'Grady, W., Archibald, J., Aronoff, M., Rees-Miller,
J. (2009). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (6th edition)
Course
Requirements:
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Ø Problem Sets (25% of total grade) |
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Midterm (25%) |
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Ø Homework (25%) |
Ø
Final Exam (25%) |
Problem sets (distributed online a week before they
are due) and exams will be based on readings, lectures, and homework
exercises. Homeworks
(exercises from the book) will be assigned for each chapter and will be turned
in and graded for completion, not correctness, on the last day of the topic.
Homework will be gone over in class and should be completed by the first
day of the topic for best results. Late
problem sets will receive a 10% reduction.
Problem Sets will not be accepted
after the answers have been given out.
Your grade will suffer if you do not turn in all of the problem
sets/homework and do not attend class.
Late homework will be accepted up until the test for that section
(midterm/final) (only worth 50%) - they must be turned in by the last day of
the topic for full credit. Lectures will
be posted to website shortly before or after each class.
Info
on H1N1 at PSU can be found here: http://www.shac.pdx.edu/. Attendance is not mandatory, but it is
critical that you come to class as scheduled.
To promote a healthy and safe environment, please do not come to class
if you are feeling ill. Email me
beforehand and we can make arrangements to deal with missing homeworks etc.
Students
are expected to follow PSU's Code of Student Conduct and Responsibility,
particularly §577-031-0135 and §577-031-0136, which can be found at http://www.pdx.edu/dos/psu-student-code-conduct#code.
Violations of the code will be reported to the Office of the Dean of Student
Life.
For
info dealing with students who need extra help, please visit the Disability
Resource Center at: http://www.drc.pdx.edu/
Students
not in attendance on the 1st day of class will be dropped from the
course.
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Dates |
Topic |
Chapter |
Homework |
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3/29 |
Introduction
to Language; Movie: American Tongues |
1 |
None |
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3/31,
4/5, 4/7,
4/12 |
Phonetics Ch 2 Exercises DUE 4/12;
Problem Set #1 Due 4/14 |
2 |
Exx. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15 |
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4/12,
4/14, 4/19,
4/21 |
Phonology Ch 3 Exercises DUE 4/21;
Problem Set #2 DUE 4/26 |
3 |
Exx. 4, 5, 7 |
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4/26,
4/28 |
Morphology Ch 4 Exercises DUE 4/28;
Problem Set #3 DUE 5/3 |
4 |
Exx. 2, 4, 13, 14, 19, 20 |
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5/3 |
Midterm |
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5/5,
5/10, 5/12 |
Syntax Ch 5 Exercises DUE 5/12;
Problem Set #4 DUE 5/17 |
5 |
Exx. 2, 3, 4, 9, & 11 (No
trees) |
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5/17,
5/19 |
Semantics
/ Pragmatics Ch 6 Exercises DUE 5/19;
Problem Set #5 DUE 5/24 |
6 |
Exx. 1, 2, 3, 12, 18 |
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5/24,
5/26, 5/31, 6/2 |
Language
in Social Contexts; Movie: Do You Speak
American; Ch 14 Exercises DUE 5/31
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14 |
Exx. 2, 7 |
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Final Exam: Tuesday, June 7, 7:30-9:20 PM |
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