期末考(1/8/03): 共五大題型, Multiple Choices, Fill in the Blanks, Short Essay Questions, Ambiguity, Essay Questions

討論主題 I : (Lexical or Structural ) Ambiguity (due date: 12/11)

演講預告: 12 13 (星期五)1000 - 1200

12/18: 繳交 “over”; 小考

 

Class schedule: Fall, 2002

10:10-11:40, 20 mins break, 12:00-1:00 (305)

Date

Lecture/Discussion

Reading Assignment

September

Wk 1 9/18

General Introduction to the course

What is Language? (video clip: Discovering the human lg, 10 min)                                

Animal Communication (video clip: Animal Communication, 10min)

The Origin of Language                               

Ch 1

Wk 2

9/25

Brain, Mind, and Language (video clip: Brain)              

Ch 2

Subtle but Intrigui……”, Womens brains., Lone gene…”

October

Wk 3

10/2

Morphology: Morphemes vs. Words, Morphological Processes   

(video clip: The Human Language Series: 1, 3 min)

Ch 3, Lg Files 5.1-5.2, Exercises 3A, 3B

Wk 4

10/9

Morphology: Inflectional vs. Derivational Morphemes

Ch 3, Lg Files 5.6 (0.0, 1.1,1.2)

Wk 5 10/16

Morphology: New Word Formation

Ch 3, Lg Files 5.6 (1.3-3.4)

Wk 6 10/23

Syntax: Introduction

Sentence Structure, PS rules, Transformational Rules

(video clip: The Human Language Series 3/4, 7 min)  

Ch 4

Wk 7 10/30

Syntax: Transformational Rules                                                             

Subcategorization

Ch 4

November

Wk 8 11/6

Midterm Exam

 

Wk 9 11/13

Syntax: Word Order Typology and Phrasal Categories                                

Files 6.7

Wk 10 11/20

Semantics                                                        

                     The Meanings of Words, Phrases & Sentences

                     (video clip: The Human Language Series: 2/5, 6, min)

Ch 5

Wk 11 11/27

Semantics: The Meanings of                                                       

                     Words, Phrases & Sentences

turn in a one-page proposal for your group term paper            

Ch 5

over

December

Wk 12 12/4

Pragmatics and Discourse

Ch 5

Wk 13 12/11

Language Acquisition

(video clip: How Children Ask Questions/ What Do You Think What She Said?, 5min)  

Ch 8

Wk 14 12/18

Language Acquisition (video clip: Genie, 10min)

Ch 8, Reading Packet

Wk 15 12/25

Language Acquisition

Ch 8, Reading Packet

January

Wk 16 1/1

No Class

 

Wk 17 1/8

Last Class, Final Exam, turn in your final term paper