Syllabus for Ling 390 Summer 2008

LING 390: INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (SUMMER 2008) TTh 10:30-12:50 – Clay Building 201 Jeff Conn [email protected] (best option) 503-725-4099 East Hall 241 Office Hours: By appointment Website: http://web.pdx.edu/~connjc/ 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. Homework will be gone over in class and should be completed by the first day of the topic for best results. 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. Late homework will be accepted up until the test for that section (midterm/final) (only worth 50%) - 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.

Tentative course calendar Dates Topic Chapter Homework Introduction to Language 6/24 1 None Movie: American Tongues Phonetics 6/24, 6/26, Exx. 5, 6, 7, DUE 7/3: Ch 2 HW 2 7/1, 7/3 8, 10, 15 Due 7/3: Problem Set #1 Phonology 7/3, 7/8, DUE 7/17: Ch 3 HW 3 Exx. 4, 5, 7 7/10, 7/15 DUE 7/17: Problem Set #2 Morphology Exx. 2, 3, 10, 7/17, 7/22 DUE 7/22: Ch 4 HW 4 11, 16, 17 DUE 7/24: Problem Set #3 7/24 Midterm Syntax 7/24, Exx. 2, 3, 4 DUE 7/31: Ch 5 HW 5 7/29, 7/31 9, 11 (No trees) DUE 8/5: Problem Set #4 Semantics / Pragmatics 7/31, 8/5, Exx. 1, 3, DUE 8/7: Ch 6 HW 6 8/7 10, 17 DUE 8/7: Problem Set #5 Language in Social Contexts 8/7, 8/12 Movie: Do You Speak American 15 Exx. 2, 4 DUE 8/14: Ch 15 HW Final Exam: Friday, August 15, 10:30-12:50