IDS 155 - Introduction to Linguistics Tentative Syllabus

Spring 2005

Texts:

OÕGrady, William, Archibald, John, Aronoff, Mark, Rees-Miller, Janie. 2005. Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. 5th Edition.  Boston: Bedford/St.MartinÕs Press.

 

Vanderweide, Teresa. Study Guide for Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. 5th Edition. Boston: Bedford/St.MartinÕs Press.

 

Pinker, Steven. 2000. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. Perennial Publishers.

 

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Date

Topics / Due dates

Assignments (Due by class date)

1

1/18

T

Introduction

Overview of the class

 

1/20

Th

What Is Language

1. Read: OÕGrady, Archibald, Aronoff & Rees-Miller - Chapter 1 - Language: A Preview

 

2. Exercises:

  • Textbook - 1 -6, pp. 12 -13

2

 

1/25

T

The Language Instinct

 

1. Read: Pinker -Chapter 1 & answer Pinker Handout Questions

 

3. Watch Human Language Video #1 -viewing finished by this date.

 

Expert Report #1 Due

1/27

Th

Language and Thought

1. Read: Pinker -Chapters 2 & 3 & answer Pinker Handout Questions

 

2. Watch Human Language Video #2 -viewing finished by this date.

 

Expert Report #2 Due

3

2/1

T

Language and Thought

 

SOUNDS

 

Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

1. Read: Pinker -Chapter 8 & answer Pinker Handout Questions

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 2 -Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

 

3. Expert Report #3 Due

 

4. Reaction Paper #1 Due

2/3

Th

Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

 

1. Read: Pinker - Chapter 6 & answer        Pinker Handout Questions

 

2. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #2 -8 & #10, 13 and 15
  • Study Guide - 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 2.11, 2.14, 2.15, 2.17 and 2.18

 

3. Expert Report #4 Due

 

4. Expert Report #5 Due

4

2/8

T

NO CLASS

 

2/10

Th

 

 

Phonology: The Function and Patterning of Sounds

1. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 3 -Phonology: the Function and Patterning of Sounds

 

 2. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #1 & 2,
  • Study Guide - 3.2, 3.3 (1),  and 3.4(2)

 

3. Expert Report #6 Due

 

5

2/15

T

 

Phonology: The Function and Patterning of Sounds

1.     Exercises:

  • Textbook - #4, 5, 7, 8,12, 13 and 14
  • Study Guide - 3.6, 3.9, 3/10, 3.12, 3.13 and  3.14(1)

 

2. Expert Report #7 Due

2/17

Th

 

 

 

 

2/22

T

UNIT TEST 1

 

 

6

 

2/24

 

Th

WORDS

 

Morphology:

The Analysis of Word Structure

1. Reaction #2 Paper Due

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 4 -Morphology: the Analysis of Word Structure

 

3. Expert Report #8 Due

 

 3/1

T

Morphology:

The Analysis of Word Structure

1. Read: Pinker - Chapter 5 & answer Pinker Handout Questions

 

2. Expert Report #9 Due

 

7

 

 

3/3

Th

Morphology:

The Analysis of Word Structure

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #1 -#6, #10 & #12
  • Study Guide -  4.2, 4.3, 4.4., 4.5, 4.7, 4.8,  and 4.10

 

2. Expert Report #10 Due

 

3/8

T

Morphology: The Analysis of Word Structure

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook -#13, 14, 16 & 19
  • Study Guide  - 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, and 4.15

 

2. Review for Unit Test

 

3. Expert Report #11 Due

8

 

 

 

3/10

Th

UNIT TEST 2

 

 

 

3/15

T

SENTENCES

1. Reaction Paper #3 Due

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 5 -Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structure

 

3. Expert Report #12 Due

 

9

3/17

Th

Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structures

 

1. Read: Pinker - Chapters 4 & 7 and answer Pinker Handout Questions

 

2. Expert Report #13 Due

 

3/22

T

 

 

SPRING BREAK

 

3/24

Th

 

10

3/29

T

Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structures

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook -#1 -9
  • Study Guide -5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7

 

2. Expert Report #14 Due

 

3/31

Th

Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structures

1. Reaction Paper #4 Due

 

2. Review

 

3. Expert Report #15 Due

4/5

T

Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structures

 

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #10 -14
  • Study Guide -5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11 and 5.12

 

2. Review for Unit Test

 

3. Expert Report #16 Due

11

4/7

Th

UNIT TEST 3

 

 

4/12

T

MEANING

 

Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

 

1. Reaction Paper #5 Due

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 6 -Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

 

3. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #1 -9
  • Study Guide -6.1, 6.2, and 6.3

 

4. Expert Report #17 Due

12

4/14

Th

 

Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #11 -13
  • Study Guide -6.4 and 6.5

 

2. Expert Report #18 Due

4/19

T

 

Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning

1. Exercises:

  • Textbook - #14 -17
  • Study Guide -6.6 and 6.7

 

2. Review for Unit Test 4

 

3. Expert Report #19 Due

 

13

4/21

Th

UNIT TEST 4

 

 

4/26

T

Language in Social Contexts

 

TIME CHANGE:

3:30 -4:45

Guest Speakers:

Prof. David Douglass - Rhetoric & Communication

Prof. Peter Wogan -Anthropology

14

 

4/28

Th

Language in Social Contexts

 

 

1. Reaction Paper #6 Due

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 15 -Language in Social Contexts

 

3. Expert Report #20 Due

 

15

5/3

T

 

 

 

Language Acquisition

 

1. Reaction Paper #7 Due

 

2. Read: OÕGrady, et al -Chapter 11 -First Language Acquisition and Chapter 12 -Second Language Acquisition

 

Guest Speaker - Prof. Miho Fujiwara

16

5/5

Th

Optional Study Session - 10:00 - 12:00

 

 

5/6

Fri

FINAL EXAM - 2:00 - 5:00 PM