Tentative syllabus for:
Introduction to
Linguistics ^»y»y¨¥¾Ç·§½×
Fall 2015
Instructor: Professor Karen Steffen Chung ¥v¹ÅµY¦Ñ®v
karchung@ntu.edu.tw
Class time and classroom: Wednesday, periods 3, 4, and 5, 10:20am
to 1:10pm, in ´¶306
(with one five-minute break and one 15-minute
lunch break;
try to bring your own lunch to eat outside the classroom -
there's not enough time to go out to eat;
please avoid disposable packaging to reduce waste!)
Join the
NTU Introduction to
Linguistics page (REQUIRED):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NTUling/
CET ¤j®v¶}Á¿ articles 1-18 on English
pronunciation learning Articles
19-24
Eight Lessons In Hanyu Pinyin
º~»y«÷µ¤KÁ¿
Jimmy's
table for IPA transcription of Mandarin
List
of languages and linguists for 6-page paper Paper is due December 9!
How to check your English grammar
BEFORE submitting any assignment:
Using
Google as a Usage Barometer, by Jerome C. Su.
Also: 21. ¤j®v¶}Á¿ ¡X
«¤èªk¤£«¦ºIªº^¤å¤åªk¡]¤U¡^(# 89) Subscribe here.
English
linguistics glossaries (please
report any dead links)
English-Chinese linguistics glossaries (please report any dead links)
SIL's
Ethnologue
Some useful references on languages and history of
linguistics
The LINGUIST List site:
Subscribe to LINGUIST or LINGLITE, read LINGUIST online, or
use LINGUIST resources
The Linguistic
Society of Taiwan ¥xÆW»y¨¥¾Ç¾Ç·|,
the Taiwan
Linguist Discussion List ¥xÆW»y¨¥¾Ç°Q½×°Ï, and
the Student Committee, Linguistics
Society of Taiwan (LST).
This relatively easy-to-read, open source book is available
online as a supplement (pdf download):
Linguistics for Dummies. (local
pdf file) 2012. by Rose-Marie Dechaine;
Strang Burton;
Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson.
Mississauga, Ontario, CA: Wiley.
Basic course information:
This is a required two-semester course for 2nd year DFLL
students and an elective course for students enrolled in the
Neurological-Cognitive Studies Program ¯«¸g»{ª¾¾Çµ{; 3 credits per
semester; class is held once a week, Wednesday, periods 3,
4, and 5, 10:20am to 1:10pm, in Putong Classroom ´¶306.
Class meetings (17):
2015-16
September 2015: 16, 23, 30
October: 7, 14, 21, 28
November: 4, 11, 18, 25
December: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
January 2016: 6
Last day of semester: Friday, January 8,
2016
Final exam: January 13, 2016
Textbook: Akmajian,
Adrian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer & Robert M.
Harnish. 2010. Linguistics, An Introduction to Language
and Communication. 6th
edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 630pp. Paper.
Available through Tung Hua Books ªFµØ®Ñ§½. The books are
available for purchase at the NTU Press Bookstore,
downstairs from the Main Library.
Resources and requirements:
Supplements to the textbook will be provided on the class
website. All students will be expected to bring questions
on the assigned reading to class, so finishing
the reading before attending class is absolutely necessary,
though we may do some reading aloud from the textbook in
class. You will be assigned one or two CET ¤j®v¶}Á¿ articles (in Chinese) per
week (24 issues total; free subscription
required for issues 19-24); the content of these will come
up in class often and will be
included in the mid-term and final. Pop quizzes
may be given at any time to test your understanding of the
assigned reading. A written class- and self-evaluation shall
be submitted near the end of the semester.
Written assignments:
Selected exercises in the text
Pinyin quizzes
Mandarin IPA
transcription exercise: Due October
21
6-page paper:
Due December 9
You will receive extra credit if you read
at least one chapter of a linguistics book
of your choice (a few suggestions here;
more in this recently updated list of Bedtime
Readings in Linguistics) and submit a short written
summary; you may read as many of these as you like. Books in
Chinese are fine, too - have a look in the NTU main library
and the Chinese linguistics section of Y¤ô°ó!
A 6-page paper
on (a) two languages (2 pages on each
language, 1-1/2 spacing; the first language you will be
assigned; the second will be chosen by you, but it must be
genetically unrelated to the first); and (b)
a comparison of the two languages (1 page); and (c)
one linguist (1 page) will be required.
A mid-term
and final exam will be given.
Fall 2015
There will be a total of 17 class
meetings plus a day for the final exam this
semester.
We will cover the following chapters of the textbook in
this order:
1. Chapter 1: What is linguistics?
2. Chapter 2: Morphology: The Study of the Structure of
Words
3. Chapter 3: Phonetics and Phonemic Transcription
4. Chapter 4: Phonology: The Study of Sound Structure
5. Chapter 7: Language Variation
6. Chapter 8: Language Change
7. Chapter 12: Language and the Brain
8. Appendix: The Written Representation of Language
The textbook
will be finished in Professor Gao Zhao-ming's
°ª·Ó©ú¦Ñ®v class next semester. Note that you MUST take Prof. Gao's
section Spring semester to complete this course, because a
different textbook will be used in the other section.
Spring
2016
Instructor: Prof. Gao Zhaoming °ª·Ó©ú¦Ñ®v
(Additional materials will be assigned)
1.
Chapter 5: Syntax: The Study of Sentence Structure
2. Chapter 6: Semantics: The Study of Linguistic Meaning
3. Chapter 9: Pragmatics: The Study of Language Use and
Communication
4. Chapter 10: Psychology of Language: Speech Production and
Comprehension
5. Chapter 11: Language Acquisition in Children
Format for name on
homework ¡V in upper right hand corner, left justified:
Iris Lin ªL¥É±ö
B01102000
Introduction to Linguistics
September 18, 2013 Week One
FONTS:
Use
Times New Roman 12 pt for text,
Lucida Sans Unicode 10.5 pt for IPA symbols,
·s²Ó©úÅé 12 pt for Chinese.
Watch
your email format! Here is a sample
showing you how it should be done.
For more help with email, read
Melissa Hsiung's article, ^¤å
E-mail ¼ç³W«h¡G¦Ñ
®v«ç»ò¤£¦ÂI±Ð§Ú?!
Available by free
subscription here.
Week-to-week class outline
(subject to CHANGE; new
items will be added each week)
September 16:
1. Music: Gambian/UK singer/griot and kora harp player Sona Jobarteh; official
website;
she sings in Mandinka. 1. Jarabi; 2. Sona Jobarteh Africa Festival
We in Taiwan have
our very own kora player! ªL¥Éªâ¦Ñ®v Yu-fen Lin
2.
Introduction
3. Make sure you have a textbook next
class!
4. Powerpoint/pdf
presentation; and YouTube video: What is linguistics?
5. TEDx talk by Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies (Koro) (10:17)
6. Book sharing: 1. Understanding the Chinese Language, by
Chris Shei.
2.
»¯¤¸¥ô¤å¦s. ©s¾å§°¿ï½s. «n¨Ê:
¦¿Ä¬¤H¥Á¥Xª©ªÀ. 2015.
3.
Through the Language Glass: Why the World
Looks Different in Other Languages,
by
Guy Deutscher.
You can keep track
of the books you read on Goodreads;
see also the 2015 Goodreads Reading Challenge
7. Sharing: Your language background and
experience with language in 3 sentences
Assignments:
8. Reading: Akmajian: Chapter 1: "What Is
Linguistics?";
read entire chapter
(p. 5-11) and bring questions to class
next Wednesday;
CHECK
all the words you don't know, including the pronunciation!
We will go over some
of the material in class, but you need to come prepared!
9. The Akmajian textbook is a relatively
challenging one, so you are
strongly encouraged to
form study groups on your own to help each other
work through and
understand the chapters. You can consider assigning one
section per person then
having each person explain it to the rest of the group
in turn when you meet.
This is not required, but it could make things easier for
everybody
while enhancing your
learning, and giving you the chance to discuss things with
others.
10. Download, print out, and complete (with paper and pen!)
this tutorial
(even if you have done it
before you will need to review):
Eight Lessons In Hanyu Pinyin
º~»y«÷µ¤KÁ¿
11. Pronunciation: The Echo Method: CET 1 and 2 (issues #69 and #70):
´£
¤ÉÅ¥¤O¯¦³Z¡G ¨C¤Ñ½ÐÅ¥¡u¦^µ¡v¤Q¤ÀÄÁ¡]¤W¡B¤U¡^
12. Productivity tool: Watch and try out The
Pomodoro Technique.
Online
timer 1 Online
timer 2 (or find your own!)
September 23:
1. Music: Breton singer Denez Prigent: An Hini A Garan
(Indo-European/Celtic/Brythonic;
spoken in Brittany in
NW France)
2. Read and ask questions on: Akmajian,
Chapter 1: "What Is Linguistics?"
3. Begin Akmajian, Chapter 2: Morphology:
The Study of the Structure of Words
4. Book sharing: Deutscher, Guy. 2005
The Unfolding of Language:
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's
Greatest Invention.
New York:
Picador/Henry Holt.
Assignments:
5. Read and take notes on: Akmajian,
Chapter 2: Morphology: The Study of the Structure of Words,
p. 13-34.
6. Make a list of the different ways
of forming words, e.g. acronym, clipping, etc.
Make sure you know the
definition of each one and can give a few examples of each
in English.
7. Compare to Chinese: read this passage
from Understanding the
Chinese Language, by Chris Shei.
8. Read: Steven Pinker. Words and
Rules. The Ingredients of Language. 1999. New York:
Perennial, 2000. 29-41
9. CET articles to read and take notes on:
CET 16 and 17 (issues #84 and #85):
Do not ©M
don¡¦t·N«ä¤@¼Ë¶Ü¡H^»yªºÁYŪ¦r¡]¤W¡B¤U¡^
September 30:
1. Music: Sami singer Mari Boine; Sami languages (Uralic: spoken in
Norway, Sweden, Finland, NW Russia)
2. Go over first part of Akmajian, chapter 2, p. 13-34.
3. Karen Chung's Putting Blends in their Place ppt.
(Presentation at the Universals and Typology
in Word-Formation Conference, Košice,
Slovakia, August 16-18, 2009.)
4. Hand in notes, including make-up notes from last week.
Assignments:
5. Read and take notes on: Akmajian, Chapter 2: Morphology:
The Study of the Structure of Words, p. 34-59.
6. Pronunciation: CET 8 (issue #76) "-s" ©M "-ed" µü§À «ç»ò°á¡H
7. Do these written exercises for Chapter
Two: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16. Due October
14.
8. First Pinyin quiz
on October 7 - come prepared!
For reference:
9. For reference: Ethnologue
10. For reference: Dictionary of Taiwan Sign Language
October 7:
1. Music: Altazor: Latin American Spanish (Indo-European/Ibero-Romance),
but California-based.
2. Return work; hand in notes. Make sure you turn in all
missing work!
3. Final check of class list, and assignment of Linguist
and First Language for 6-page paper.
Submit the name of the second
language (which must be unrelated to the
first)
that you are reporting on in your 6-page
paper to Ms. Chung by email
BEFORE October 12!
You must use at least two paper sources from the library!
(i.e. Don't rely completely on
Wikipedia!) You will receive more instructions on this next
week.
4. First Pinyin quiz ¡V come prepared!
(Then review so you do better next
time...)
If you got a score below 90%, REVIEW the
º~»y«÷µ¤KÁ¿ tutorial
CAREFULLY.
The next Pinyin quiz will be in the
MIDTERM on November 18.
5. Go over second part of Akmajian, Chapter 2: Morphology:
The Study of the Structure of Words, p. 34-59.
Bring questions!
6. Chinese
reflexives, from Chung, Karen S., 2006. Mandarin
Compound Verbs º~»y½Æ¦X°Êµü.
Taipei: Crane¡¦s 2006, p. 43-45; cf.
Akmajian, p. 55-56.
Assignments:
7. Do these written exercises for Chapter
Two: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16. Due October
14.
8. Read Akmajian, Chapter 3: Phonetics and Phonemic
Transcription, p. 67-86.
9. Pronunciation: CET 5 (issue #73) ^»y±Ð¾Ç¦º¨¤¡G½Æ¦X¦Wµü«µ
October 14:
1. Music: Georgian Voices: "Earth and Heaven"
მიწა და ზეცა Mits'a da zetsa.
Sung in Georgian (South
Caucasian/Kartvelian);
other major Geogian singing
groups: Rustavi and Zedashe (Ms. Chung's teachers)
2. Finalize choice of second language for 6-page
paper; and make sure you have
joined NTU Introduction to Linguistics on
Facebook. Class absence policy.
3. Go over and hand in answers to exercises for
Chapter Two: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16,
plus
these two questions:
A.
Give five examples each: (a) free
morphemes, and (b) bound morphemes in Mandarin Chinese.
(c) Is the distinction between the two always clear-cut?
B.
How do you determine what is and what is not a "word" in
Chinese?
Note that what the text
calls "alphabetic abbreviations," we are calling
"initialisms."
4. Introduction to Phonetics:
a. The
Fantastic Voyage. See the vocal folds in action
close up:
http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/tutorials/youngexp/fantasticvoyage.html
b. Mid-sagittal
view of the head, showing articulatory
organs.
c. IPA symbols
for English
5. Go over first part of Akmajian, Chapter 3:
Phonetics and Phonemic Transcription, p. 67-86.
6. Book sharing: Pinker, Steven. 2014. The Sense of Style: The Thinking
Person's
Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. London:
Allen Lane/Penguin. 359pp. Paper.
Assignments:
7. Read second part of Akmajian, Chapter 3:
Phonetics and Phonemic Transcription, p. 86-104.
8. Practice circling stress and marking tonic
stress (*) in phrases and compound nouns.
Get some help from this
Introduction
to the IPA and text markup (ppt)
and CET 5 (issue #73) ^»y±Ð¾Ç¦º¨¤¡G½Æ¦X¦Wµü«µ.
Hand in with next week's notes.
9. Summaries of CET articles: CET 6 (issue #74) §í´¹y®À¡G^»yªº»y½Õ©MÂ_¥y
and 21.
«¤èªk¤£«¦ºIªº^¤å¤åªk¡]¤U¡^(#
89) Subscribe here.
Also read this article in
Chinese: Using Google as a Usage Barometer,
by Jerome C. Su.
Both this article and
CET 21 will show you how to check your English grammar
BEFORE submitting any
assignment.
10. Download and play around with Praat,
a free and very popular phonetics software program.
Record "My two boys know
how to fish." in English and Chinese, print out the
WAVEFORM
(turn off the other modes,
or the waveform will be too small to see clearly),
and submit it with your
notes and CET summaries.
Try marking segments of the
waveform and listen to each one, so you can hear
each individual sound and
match it to how it looks as a waveform.
Note: We are now using Praat
instead of WASP, since the WASP download link is not
working.
October 21:
1. Music: Värttinä ¡V Seleniko: Seelennikoi, Kyla vuotti uutta kuuta, Sulhassii; Aitara: Maamo;
Finnish (Uralic/Finnic; spoken in
Finland, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Norway)
2. Submit class notes, notes on textbook reading (Akmajian
p. 86-104); notes on CET 6 and 21,
completed phrase and compound noun stress
practice sheet, and Praat
assignment.
3. Three tutorials on voicing,
plosives, and VOT
4.
Melissa Hsiung's How to transcribe
English with IPA symbols
(pdf);
Chander Tseng's: 1. Introduction
to the IPA and text markup (pptx);
2. English
consonants (pptx);
3. IPA
Vowels (pptx)
How to transcribe Mandarin with
IPA symbols:
Jimmy's
table for IPA transcription of Mandarin;
print it out
for use in class and in doing your
homework.
5. Go over second part of Akmajian,
Chapter 3: Phonetics and Phonemic Transcription, p.
86-104.
6.
Unmissable new
pronunciation resource! youpronounce.it
Assignments:
7. Do these exercises for chapter 3, p. 104-107: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15. Due October 28.
8. Read first part of Akmajian, Chapter 4: The
Study of Sound Structure, p. 109-126.
9. Pronunciation: CET 3 (issue #71) ´£
¤ÉÅ¥¤O¯¦³Z¡G /i/ ©M /Èþ/ ªº¿ë§O
and CET 7 (issue #75) Stop at stops! ¡X¡X ¹J¨ì¶ëµ½Ð°±¡I
10. 6-page paper: This week work on the phonetics and phonology of
your two languages:
take notes on each,
and compare the two;
and read the Wikipedia
biography of
your assigned linguist
and take notes.
October 28:
1. Music: Urna Chahar-Tugchi ¯Q¤¯®R: Hödööd; 2, 3, 4, 5. Mongolian (Mongolic;
some say it belongs to the Altaic phylum
of languages, which also includes Turkic,
Tungusic [e.g. Manchu], and possibly even
Korean and Japanese)
2. Turn in notes, including on CET 3 (issue #71) ´£
¤ÉÅ¥¤O¯¦³Z¡G /i/ ©M /Èþ/ ªº¿ë§O
and CET 7 (issue #75) Stop at stops! ¡X¡X ¹J¨ì¶ëµ½Ð°±¡I
3. Review English vowels; Chander's IPA
Vowels;
How to
transcribe English with
IPA symbols (pdf);
4. Go over and turn in these exercises for chapter 3: p.
104-107: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15.
5. Transcribing Mandarin Chinese into IPA:
Jimmy's
table for IPA transcription of Mandarin;
use tone letters to indicate
tones.
6. Go over
the
first part
of Akmajian, Chapter 4: The Study of Sound Structure, p.
109-126.
Assignments:
7. Read and take notes on CET 4 (issue #72) ¡u«µ¡v¯uªº«Ü«n!
8.
Read and take notes on second part of Akmajian,
Chapter 4: The Study of
Sound Structure, p. 126-144.
9. Transcribe this passage from the 10/27/15 China Times
online into IPA for next Wednesday:
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26¤éµo¥¬¤@¶µ³ø§i¡A±N¼öª¯¡B»¸z¡B¤õ»L©Mº~³ùµ¥¥[¤u¦×«~¡A
¦C¬°»P»µÒ©M¥Ûºø¦P¯Åªº²Ä¤@¯ÅPÀùª«¡A¥i¯à¤Þµo¤j¸zª½¸zÀù¡A
¬õ¦×«h³Q¦C¬°²Ä¤G¯ÅAÃþ¡]2AÃþ¡^PÀùª«¡C
http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20151027000368-260102 (¤¤°ê®É³ø
2015¦~10¤ë27¤é)
10. 6-page
paper: This week work on the morphology
(word formation) of your two languages:
take notes on each,
and compare the two;
find some more sources on
your assigned linguist, and take notes.
Keep a good record of
all the reference works you use. Check and follow MLA bibliographic format.
Book sharing/reference:
11. Chomsky, Noam & Morris
Halle. 1968; 1991. The Sound Pattern of English.
New York, Evanston &
London: Harper &
Row. 470pp.
November 4:
1. Music: Amal Murkus (Palestinian): Amal; La Ahada Yalam (No One Knows); Taalu (Come on Poet);
Hekaye; Hjar Foq Hjar; Hulum; Asfur; Dunia
Lwan; Ya Ba La La.
Arabic (Afro-Asiatic/Semitic/Central
Semitic)
2. Questions on CET 4 (issue #72) ¡u«µ¡v¯uªº«Ü«n!?
3. Mark IPA transcription of passage in Chinese. Hand in
transcriptions and notes.
4. Go
over second part of Akmajian, Chapter 4:
The Study of Sound
Structure, p. 126-144. Practice drawing feet over
syllables.
Pay special attention to
both primary and secondary
stress in English words.
Remember that the leftmost
syllable of a foot will always be stressed.
Assignments:
5. Reminders:
a. Mid-term is
on November 18.
b. Paper on two languages and
one linguist is due on December 9.
6. Do these
exercises for Akamajian, chapter 4, p. 144-146: 1
(see this page for help),
2, 6.
7. Read and take notes on: CET 18 (issue
#86)
¦¸«µ¡G¦¸nªº«µÁÙ¬O«Ü«n¡I
8. New
chapter: Read and take notes on the first of part
of Akmajian,
Chapter 7: Language
Variation, p. 273-291 (top).
9.
6-page paper: This week work on the syntax
(grammar) of your two languages:
take notes on each, and compare
the two;
also learn about the writing system/orthography
of your two languages.
When did your languages
first acquire writing? From where, and how?
Did it have anything to do with
political conquest, or with religion?
Did either language ever change to a
different writing system? Why?
Keep a good record of all the
reference works you use. Check and follow MLA bibliographic format.
More
on format of 6-page paper:
See this page above
September 16 for format of name and student number,
to go in upper right-hand corner of p.
1.
Center the title of your paper, in boldface
type, at the top of p. 1 (don't add a separate title
page):
Paper
on Linguist: Otto Jespersen
Overview and comparison of: Estonian and Hmong
November 11:
1. Music: Jacques Brel (Belgian;
French-speaking Flemish): Amsterdam; Le plat pays; Orly;
Le diable: Ça va; Sur la place; Ne me quittes pas
French:
Indo-European/Italic/Romance/Western Romance/Oïl;
spoken in 29 countries
2.
Mark exercises for Akamajian, chapter 4,
p. 144-146: 1 (see this page for
help), 2, 6.
3.
Finish correcting Mandarin IPA transcriptions.
4. Go
over second part of Akmajian, Chapter
7: Language Variation,
p.
273-291 (top).
5.
Hand in notes on the first of part of
Akmajian, Chapter 7: Language
Variation,
p. 273-291 (top),
and notes on: CET 18
(issue #86)
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6. Video: Ask or Ax?
Assignments:
7. Read and take notes on second part of Akmajian, Chapter
7: Language
Variation, p.
291-306.
8. Do these exercises for Akmajian,
Chapter
7: Language
Variation:
1, 2 (use
youpronounce.it), 4, 7, 8, 9.
9. Pronunciation: CET 11 (issue #79)
¥x¦¡^»y¸o»íº×º¡G/æ/¡B/È÷/ ©M /eÈþ/
10.
Mid-term is next Wednesday, November 18.
11. 6-page
paper: This week work on the countries
where your two languages are spoken,
number
of speakers;
major dialects, and other
notable facts about the languages.
Start writing up what you have
so far into a relatively finished form, paying attention
to
format, spelling, grammar, and
word choice. Check your grammar carefully using the
tools
mentioned in CET 22!
November 18:
1.
Music: Sangpuy ¿c¬Ò¿³, Samingad ¬ö¾å§g, and Balikewas ³°´ËÄ_
(Puyuma ¨õ«n) Dalan ¸ô;
Grand Creator ±R°ªªº³Ð³yªÌ; Senay na vali ·¤§ºq; malikasaw §Ö¼Ö·nÂ\; 2012¥X¤fµ¼Ö¸`;
Samingad ¬ö¾å§g - Beautiful Rice Grains
(¬üÄRªº½_ÁJ) version 2 sung by Balikewas ³°´ËÄ_;
Samingad ¬ö¾å§g - ¯«¸Ü
Puyuma ¨õ«n»y: Austronesian (Formosan)
2. Mid-term
exam, with Pinyin and IPA dictation
quizzes.
3. Go over second part of
Akmajian, Chapter
7: Language
Variation,
p. 291-306.
4. Hand in last week's and this week's notes,
including notes on CET 11 (issue #79)
¥x¦¡^»y¸o»íº×º¡G/æ/¡B/È÷/ ©M /eÈþ/,
and exercises.
Assignments:
5. We'll
mark the
exercises for
ch. 7: 1,
2 (use youpronounce.it),
4, 7, 8, 9.
next Wednesday
(11/25)
6. Read and take notes on first part of Akmajian, Chapter
8: Language
Change,
p. 311-332
(top).
7. Pronunciation: CET 9
and 10 (issues #77
and 78) »ó
µ /m/¡B/n/ »P /Èü/ ¡X¡X No
problen? ¡]¤W¡B¤U¡^
8. 6-page paper: This week continue
pulling together all the parts of your report
into a coherent whole
check your spelling,
grammar and format carefully; finish work on
your bibliography,
making sure you use correct MLA bibliographic format.
See 11/4 for title format.
Videos, Books, Web
pages:
9. The news in Tok Pisin (print)
Radio news in Tok Pisin
10. The Gullah dialect
11. A Language without Numbers? with
Daniel Everett Other videos: 1 2 3
12. Books: 1. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes:
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle, by
Daniel L. Everett.
2. Languages: A Very Short
Introduction, by Stephen R. Anderson. Very
good discussion on the
difference
between a language and a dialect.
3. Ax or Ask? The African American
Guide to Better English, by Garrard
McClendon YouTube
4. Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing
Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity
in the World's Lowliest Languages,
by Derek Bickerton.
5.
Pidgin
& Creole Languages, by Suzanne Romaine.
13. Online language identifying game
14. FOXP2: A "language gene"?
The Disorder is not grammar or
speech-specific: Geoffrey Pullum
November 25:
1.
Music: More Austronesian languages this week, in
Putumayo's "South Pacific Islands" CD:
Iuliana by
Te Vaka: Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand;
Mana Ma'Ohi by Matato'a:
Rapa Nui/Easter Island); Abebe in Tolai by Telek: Papua New
Guinea;
Nengone Nodegu by OK! Ryos: New Caledonia; Haloa Olohega by Te Vaka;
Watolea by Gurujele: New
Caledonia; Co Era So by OK! Ryos; Nukukehe by Te Vaka;
Wahine Whakairo by Whirimako
Black: New Zealand.
2. Discussion of mid-term.
3. Mark exercises for ch. 7: 1, 2
(use youpronounce.it),
4, 7, 8, 9.
4. Hand in class notes, notes
on text, and notes on CET 9 and 10 (issues #77 and 78)
»óµ /m/¡B/n/ »P /Èü/
¡X¡X No problen?
¡]¤W¡B¤U¡^
5. Go over first part of Akmajian, Chapter 8: Language
Change,
p.
311-332 (top).
Assignments:
6.
Read and take notes on Akmajian,
Chapter 8:
Language
Change,
p.
332-352 (top).
7.
Pronunciation: CET 12 and CET 13 (issues #80 and #81)
^»yµoµ¦Ê¼Ö½g¡]¤@¡^¡B¡]¤G¡^:
Pronunciation Potluck (1) and
(2)
8.
Work on finalizing your
6-page paper: Carefully check for accuracy,
coherence, relevance,
spelling, grammar and
format; make sure you use
correct MLA bibliographic format.
See 11/4 for title format.
Have a friend read it over for you and offer
feedback. Due December 9.
December 2:
1. Music: Lena
Platonos £Nέ£h£\ £S£fά£n£s£h£jς with
Savina Yannatou £U£\£]£]ί£h£\ £F£d£\£h£hά£n£j£o
(Greek £`£f£f£b£h£d£eά) YouTube Mix Aithousa Anamonis
To Koperti Mia Askete Fisikes Alete (spoken)
Indo-European/Hellenic/Greek
2. Hand in class notes, notes
on text, and notes on CET 12 and CET 13 (issues #80 and #81)
^»yµoµ¦Ê¼Ö½g
¡]¤@¡^¡B¡]¤G¡^: Pronunciation Potluck (1) and (2). Ask questions
about anything in the CET articles
you're not sure of or would like examples of.
Also hand in your corrected mid-term exam.
3. Go over
second part of Akmajian,
Chapter 8:
Language
Change,
p.
332-352 (top).
4. Books: 1. The American Heritage Dictionary of
Indo-European Roots, by Calvert Watkins.
2.
The Earliest English: An Introduction to
Old English Language, by Chris McCully & Sharon
Hilles.
3.
Word-Hoard: An Introduction to Old English
Vocabulary, by Stephen A. Barney.
4.
From Old English to Standard English,
by Dennis Freeborn.
5. Recite in class: Caedmon's Hymn (658-680 AD).
Caedmon's Hymn reading 1 (West Saxon
Anglo-Saxon) Caedmon's Hymn reading 2.
About Old English prosody and style
Assignments:
6. Finalize
and finish your 6-page
paper, to be submitted next
Wednesday, December 9.
Bibliography does NOT count
in the six pages! Use MLA bibliographic format.
Double
and triple check your final version for content,
language and format!
Look just above
entry for September 16 for format of name and student
number,
to go in upper right-hand corner of p.
1.
Center the title of your paper, in boldface
type, at the top of p. 1:
Paper
on Linguist: Otto Jespersen
Overview and comparison of: Estonian and Hmong
If you search
for tenderness It isn't hard to find You can have the love you need to live But if you look for truthfulness You might just as well be blind It always seems to be so hard to give Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honesty is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you I can always find someone To say they sympathize If I wear my heart out on my sleeve But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue |
Honesty
is hardly ever heard When
I'm deep inside of me Honesty
is such a lonely word |
2. Hand in
class notes and notes on: CET 23 and 24 (issues
#91 and #92)
#91:
³æ
¼Æ¡H½Æ¼Æ¡H¥i¼Æ¡H¤£¥i¼Æ¡Ha, one,
the¡HÅý^¤å¦Wµü¦A¤]Ãø¤£Ë§A¡I¡]¤U¡^
and
#92:
°Êµü®ÉºA¤T¶³q (emailed to
you over Ceiba).
3. Discussion on your 6-page term papers.
(1) Do NOT copy verbatim from Wikipedia
or other sources ¡V
this is
PLAGIARISM and NOT an academic report.
You
need to DIGEST, CHOOSE from, and ORGANIZE the material
YOURSELF;
do
NOT rely on a single source, and EXPRESS your content IN
YOUR OWN WORDS.
Make
sure you DEFINE and EXPLAIN any unfamiliar terms
like
"T-V", "tenuis consonant", or "latus".
Better
to be SIMPLE and CLEAR than to copy down material
you
haven't digested and don't really understand
yourself.
(2) CHECK your English CAREFULLY with
the methods described in CET 21 and Linggle.
Pay
special attention to SINGULAR vs. PLURAL AGREEMENT and
VERB FORMS.
One
problem with procrastinating is you narrow down your
choices,
and end
up putting anything down just to get the assignment
done;
you
also have less time to check everything carefully.
(3) Remember to FOLLOW the REQUIRED
FORMAT for the assignment,
including
1" (2.5cm) margins, CORRECT FONT, the title format, and
MLA bibliographic format.
In
the title, the linguist's GIVEN name should come first,
then his FAMILY name,
not
vice-versa as in the alphabetical list of linguistics.
Don't
use italics in Chinese.
Make
sure you are using a Unicode FONT if you use IPA symbols,
Romanization, or tone markings, and make sure you don't
get
nonsense
characters or leave anything blank.
Converting
to pdf format before printing will help solve most
problems,
if you
have inputted the symbols correctly.
(4) Avoid clichés, especially for
transitions.
Say "Finally"
instead of "Last but not least";
say "In
addition" instead of "What's more" or "Besides";
say "As
regards" or "Regarding" instead of "When it comes to".
4. One-minute oral report on one article in the media related to
language.
5. 12
NOON FRIDAY JANUARY 8 is the final date
that overdue homework will be
accepted.
Missing homework may result
in not passing the course.
6. Final exam for the course will be on
Wednesday January 13, usual time
and place.
January 13, 2016:
Final exam.