Linguistics 390 Spring 2013

Webpage updated 5/20/2013 6:25 PM

 

Syllabus

Due to overcrowded classes, students not in attendance

at the first class will be dropped from the course (unless you have contacted me)

 

TA: Jen Sacklin Email: jsacklin@pdx.edu

Office hours for Jen (335S UCB): M 4:15-5:15 & Th 11:30-12:30

Study Sessions (335B): M 5:15-6:15 & Th 12:30-1:30

No office hour/study session Mon 5/27

Office hour and study session for Jen Wed 5/29: 4:15-6:15

PLEASE LET JEN KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND!

 

Click here for 390 Final study game

 

Website for our text: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/linguistics6e

 

 Announcements:

Mon 5/20: Problem Set 4 due

Mon 5/20 and Wed 5/22: Semantics Ch 6

Wed 5/22: Ch 6 Exx due

Mon 5/27: NO CLASS Univ closed

Wed 5/29: Problem Set 5 due - There is info about Socioling on the Prob Set

Wed 5/29, Mon 6/3, Wed 6/5: Sociolinguistics Ch 14

Mon 6/3: Ch 14 Exx due (these take some time)

Mon 6/10: FINAL 7:30-9:20 PM (same classroom)

 

Language Mini-Research Project Info here

HW1 (due 4/10): download here (PDF) or here (Word Doc)

Resources for Mini-Research Project:

Wikipedia list of languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_languages

Ethnologue: http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp

About World languages: http://www.aboutworldlanguages.com

 

Phonetics Info:

Good Phonetics site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

IPA help for typing: http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/

Click here to download a PDF copy of English consonants and vowels chart

Click here to see blank English Consonant and Vowel charts

Click here to download table of English Consonant & Vowel descriptive terms

 

Phonology Info:

Click here for Info on Narrow transcription and diacritics

Click here for Rule for English Aspiration

Click here to see info on Phonetic Environments

 

  

Problem Sets

Download Problem Set #1 here*

Download Problem Set #2 here*

Download Problem Set #3 here*

Download Problem Set #4 here

Download Problem Set #5 here

 

*Because of IPA fonts, these are PDF files

 

Lecture Notes/Power Pointpresentations

Download PowerPoint presentations

Intro/Video: American Tongues: Class 1 Intro

Phonetics: Ch 2 Exercises Here: Answers here

Phonology: Ch 3 Exercise Answers

Morphology: Ch 4 Exercise Answers

Midterm Review

Syntax: Ch 5 Exercise Answers

Semantics: Ch 6 Exercise Answers

Sociolinguistics: Ch 14

Video: Do You Speak American? at PSU Lib at  PE2808 .D69 2005 DVD

Final Review