Linguistics 390 Winter 2013

Webpage updated 3/14/2013 6:28 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

FINALS WEEK:

Office hours for (335S UCB): M 2-3, Tues 4:15-5:15PM

Study Sessions (335B): Tues 5:15-7:00PM

PLEASE LET JEN KNOW IF YOU’D LIKE TO ATTEND!

 

Click here for 390 Final study game

 

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

 

 Announcements:

Finish Semantics this week

Ch 6 Exx now due Tues 3/5!

Problem Set 5 NOW DUE Tuesday March 12! (will be posted this weekend)

Sociolinguistics next 2 weeks. 

Ch 14 Exx due 3/12 (they take some time)

Final is Tuesday March 19, at 7:30-9:20PM!

 

Language Mini-Research Project Info here

HW1 (due 1/17): 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/#

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 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