English 290, Language Study

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Course Calendar

Week 1: January12. Introduction and Phonetics
Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
- M 12: intro to class
- W 14: What is Language
- F 16 Phonetics: Consonants
Week 2: january 19: Phonetics
- M 19: No class
- W 21: consonants
  Due: 11:29 AM: LC Steps 0 Before you Begin and 1. Here On the Language Creation Homepage
- F 23: More consonants
  First quiz.... You did exceptionally well! Thank you for that.
Week 3: Jan 26
- M 26: Rest of the consonants and bingo if we get to it.
- W 28: Snow day
- F 30: Consonants
Week 4: Feb 2: typology and Begin Morphology
- M 2: Transcription
- W 4: Language examples from around the world.
- F 6 A few more phonetic details; begin morphology
  First non LC related homework due 11:29 AM
  Quiz 2: Open Notes GREAT! job once again. the quiz and key are posted above.
Week 5 Feb 9 Morphology
Chapter four.
- M 9: Morphology
  LC Step 2 due 11:29 AM Here On the Language Creation Homepage
- W 11: More morphology
  Arbitrariness, Looking up words in existing languages. due 11:29 AM
- F 13: Morphology
Week 6: Feb 16: Morphology
- M 16 Morphology still
- W 18: Morphology
  Arbitrariness, Analyzing the words you all looked up due
- F 20 finishing Morphology
  Quiz 3
  Morphology of Other Languages
Week 7 Feb 23 Morphology and Phonology
Chapter 3
- M 23: More data in class
- W 25 Last Morphology
- F 27 Phonology: really this time.
Week 8 March2
- M 2: Practice midterm and perhaps more phonology
  LC Step #3 due.
- W 4: midterm
- F 6 Midterm due: Movie Day?
Spring BREAK!
Week 9 March 16
- M 16: Phonology
- W 18: phonology
- F 20: quiz 4
Week 10 March 23
- m 23: begin psycholinguistics
  Please read the Slips Pages
  Phonology of Other Languages
  Speech Error Homework: Due on or before April 22
- W 25: continue Psycholinguistics
  LC Step #5 due.
- F 27: ??
Week 11 March 30
- M 30: Psycholinguistics and speech errors
  Readings: 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 and 9.5
  Practice Categorizing Speech Errors
  Answers
- W 1: Psycholinguistics
  Extra Credit: Do you process language in your left hemosphere or in your right? Visit www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Dichotic/dichotic.html. Perform the test given there and report on it in a coherent, well-written, scholarly paragraph describing your results and what they tell you about your own brain. NB: Points only for doing the test *and* understanding its results.
- F 3: Psycholinguistics
  Quiz 5
Week 12 April 6 Orthography
File 13.4
- M 6: Orthography
  LC Step 6 Due
- W 8: Orthography
  Homework #7: Orthography Due
- F 10: Orthography completion
Week 13 April 13
Readings: file 5.6 Word order typology; file 13.3 Language and Culture
- M 13: Word Order (need to know for step 10)
  LC Step 8 Due
- W 15: Society and language: register, no naming
- F 17: Last Quiz
Week 14 April 20 Language Contact
File 11.1 and 11.2
- M 20: Linguistic Determinism and borrowing
  LC steps 9 and 10 due
- W 22: How and why to borrow words: Lexical gaps, Calques and adaptations
  Speech Error Homework Due.
- F 24: Language contact Day : required attendance: be ready with all your language creation materials in class.
Week 15 April 27 Translation
- M 27: How to translate: being bilingual
  LC Step 11 due
- W 29: topics as needed
- F 1: topic as needed: language workshop day?
  Hard deadline for *any* outstanding homework assignments
Last Day to turn in completed projects: Wednesday, May 6.

Updated 4/19, 2009