Syllabus for Sprint 1997

LING 390: INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (FALL 2007) TTh 6:40-8:30 PM – NH 462 Jeff Conn [email protected] (best option) 503-725-4099 East Hall 241 Office Hours: Tues 10-11 & by appointment Website: https://webmail.pdx.edu/~connjc/ TA: Christy Crosby/ 229 East Hall / 503-725-9198 / [email protected] / Office Hrs: / Text: O'Grady, W., Archibald, J., Aronoff, M., Rees-Miller, J. (2005). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (5th edition) Course Requirements:  Problem Sets (25% of total grade)  Midterm (25%)  Homework/Attendance/Participation (25%)  Final Exam (25%) Problem sets (distributed a week before they are due) and exams will be based on readings, lectures, and homework exercises. Homeworks (exercises from the book) will be assigned for each chapter and will be turned in and graded for completion, not correctness, on the last day of the topic. Late problem sets will receive a 10% reduction. Problem Sets will not be accepted after the answers have been given out. Your grade will suffer if you do not turn in all of the problem sets/homework and do not attend class (attendance taken at random). Late homework will be accepted up until the test for that section (midterm/final) (only worth 70%). Homework will be gone over in class and should be completed by the first day of the topic for best results. They must be turned in by the last day of the topic for full credit. Lectures will be posted to website shortly before or after each class. The final problem set and homework will be handed back before the final if they are turned in by Tuesday 11/27/2007. Tentative course calendar Dates Topic Chapter Homework Introduction to Language 9/25 1 None Movie: American Tongues Phonetics 9/27, 10/2, Exx. 5, 6, 7, DUE 10/9: Ch 2 HW 2 10/4, 10/9 8, 10, 15 Due 10/11: Problem Set #1 Phonology 10/9, 10/11, DUE 10/18: Ch 3 HW 3 Exx. 4, 5, 7 10/16, 10/18 DUE 10/23: Problem Set #2 Morphology Exx. 2, 3, 10, 10/23, 10/25 DUE 10/25: Ch 4 HW 4 11, 16, 17 DUE 10/30: Problem Set #3 10/30 Midterm Syntax 11/1, 11/6, Exx. 2, 3, 4 DUE 11/13: Ch 5 HW 5 11/8, 11/13 9, 11 (No trees) DUE 11/15: Problem Set #4 Semantics / Pragmatics 11/13, 11/15, Exx. 1, 3, DUE 11/20: Ch 6 HW 6 11/20 10, 17 DUE 11/27: Problem Set #5 11/20, 11/27, Language in Social Contexts 15 Exx. 2, 4 11/29 DUE 11/29: Ch 15 HW Final Exam: Tuesday, December 4, 7:30-9:20 PM