Daily syllabus

This syllabus is updated after each day's class.
Use it to keep track of what we've done and where we're going.
See also the schedule of topics for a general overview.

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[01] M Jan 9

• Covered: Introduction to the course; What is morphology?
  • Handout - Course information and policies
  • Handout - Introduction: Concepts and questions in morphology
• Assignment: Homework assignment #1, due W Jan 11
• Optional reading (no RR due): Nida (1949), ch 2, "The identification of morphemes" [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • This is a long reading; focus on the introduction (p 6) and Principles 1 (p 7), 2 (p 14), 5 (pp 55-56), and 6 (pp 58-59)

[02] W Jan 11

• Covered: Starting point - Some basic concepts and principles
  • Handout - Nida (1949): Principles of morpheme identification
  • Discussion of Chichewa analysis from HW #1
  • Discussion of terms from "Introduction" handout (posted last class)
• Reading: Aronoff & Fudeman (2011), ch 1, "Thinking about morphology and morphological analysis." [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions
  • Remember to use the "Assignments" feature on Sakai to submit your RR by 10am Fri

[03] F Jan 13

• Covered: Discussion of Aronoff & Fudeman (2011), ch 1 - Basics of morphological analysis
• Reading: Dixon & Aikhenvald (2002), ch 1, "Word: A typological framework." [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions
  • Remember to use the "Assignments" feature on Sakai to submit your RR by 10am Wed

M Jan 16

No class -- Holiday

[04] W Jan 18

• Covered: Dixon & Aikhenvald (2002), ch 1 - What is a word?
  • Class notes from discussion
• Reading: Katamba & Stonham (2006), section 3.7 (only) of Chapter 3, "Types of morphemes." [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • There is no RR due for Fri -- but do look at the relevant section on the Discussion questions handout to prepare for Friday's class discussion

[05] F Jan 20

• Covered: Discussion of readings to date
  • Discussion outline
• Assignment: Please print out, fill in, and submit the groups questionnaire for the data presentation (pass/fail assignment)
  • Handout - General requirements for the data presentation
• Reading:
  Aikhenvald (2007), Sections 7-10 of Chapter 1, "Typological distinctions in word formation." [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions
  • Remember to use the "Assignments" feature on Sakai to submit your RR by 10am Mon

[06] M Jan 23

• Covered: Aikhenvald (2007), sec 7-8 of ch 1 - Productivity, grammaticalization, lexicalization
• Reading: Haspelmath (2002), Ch 4, "Inflection and derivation" - sections 4.1-4.3 for Wed [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: A new course page has been created to collect information related to the data presentation

[07] W Jan 25

• Covered: Haspelmath (2002), sec 4.1-4.3 of ch 4 - Inflection vs. derivation (to be continued)
• Reading: Haspelmath (2002), Ch 4, "Inflection and derivation" - section 4.4 for Fri [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Fri in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: There is now a sign-up sheet for scheduling your group's data presentation (GoogleDocs)

[08] F Jan 27

• Covered: Haspelmath (2002), sec 4.1-4.3 of ch 4 - Inflection vs. derivation
• Reading: No new reading; no RR due Mon
  • Review Haspelmath (2002), Ch 4, section 4.4
  • Prepare for class discussion of the Discussion questions assigned for this reading

[09] M Jan 30

• Covered: Haspelmath (2002), sec 4.4 of ch 4 - Inflection, derivation, and the architecture of the grammar
  • Discussion outline
• Reading: Booij (2005), Ch 4, "Compounding" [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: A sample data presentation handout has been posted (see Data presentations page)

[10] W Feb 1

• Covered: Booij (2005), ch 4 - Compounding and compounds
• Upcoming reading (for Mon): Baker (1985), "The Mirror Principle and morphosyntactic explanation", sec 1-4 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: Grading criteria for the data presentations have been posted (see Data presentations page)

[11] F Feb 3

• Covered: Data presentation - Central Tibetan
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Reading: Baker (1985), "The Mirror Principle and morphosyntactic explanation", sec 1-4 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[12] M Feb 6

• Covered:
  • Follow-up from Fri: Applying diagnostic tests for grammatical word status
  • Baker (1985) - focus on sec 1-2, the Mirror Principle and Baker's architectural assumptions
• Reading: Baker (1985), "The Mirror Principle and morphosyntactic explanation", sec 3-4 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
  • DQ handout is the same as last time [now with better definition of 'oblique'], but for Wed, everyone should answer DQ (4) on discussing a language example in the context of a theoretical proposal

[13] W Feb 8

• Covered: Baker (1985), sec 3-4 - Examples and argumentation for the Mirror Principle
  • Discussion outline
• Reading (for Mon): Baker (1985), sec 5-6 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[14] F Feb 10

• Covered: Data presentation - Danish
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Reading: Baker (1985), sec 5-6 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai
  • Reminder: RRs should be specific and show thought, but they do not need to be long

[15] M Feb 13

• Covered: Baker (1985), sec 5-6 -- General implications of the Mirror Principle, and overall review
  • Discussion outline
• Preparation: No new reading for Wed; we will talk about Baker vs. Haspelmath and then prepare for the Hyman reading
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[16] W Feb 15

• Covered: Baker (1985) and Haspelmath (2002) - Looking at the Mirror Principle proposal in the larger context of classifying morphemes (different criteria give different classifications; this is not necessarily a problem)
• Reading (for Mon): Hyman (2003), sec 1-3 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[17] F Feb 17

• Covered: Data presentation - Scottish Gaelic
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Reading: Hyman (2003), sec 1-3 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: Revised expectations and grading criteria for data presentations have been posted (also linked from the Data presentations page); we will discuss these on Monday
  • Data presentation: Supplement
  • Revised grading criteria

[18] M Feb 20

• Covered: Hyman (2003), sec 1-3 - Templates and the Mirror Principle in Bantu
• Reading: Hyman (2003), sec 4-6 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[19] W Feb 22

• Covered: Hyman (2003), sec 4-6 - Templates and the Mirror Principle in Bantu
• Prepare: On Monday, we will discuss points from the Hyman and Baker readings, and see what conclusions we can draw about factors determining morpheme order cross-linguistically
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: An information page for the final project has been created
  • A handout has been posted with information about types of projects
  • We will discuss this on Monday if there are any questions

[20] F Feb 24

• Covered: Data presentation - Indonesian
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Prepare: On Monday, we will discuss points from the Hyman and Baker readings, and see what conclusions we can draw about factors determining morpheme order cross-linguistically
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[21] M Feb 27

• Covered: Hyman (2003) vs. Baker (1985) - Sources of affix ordering, and implications
  • Discussion summary
• Reading: Bermúdez-Otero (2011), sec 1-3 and sec 5 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[22] W Feb 29

• Covered: Bermúdez-Otero (2011), sec 1-3 and sec 5 - Overview of cyclicity effects in phonology
• Reading: Bermúdez-Otero (2011), sec 6 and sec 8-9 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon (Mar 12) in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: Information about the final project deadlines and proposal has been posted to the final project information page
  • We will discuss this on Monday after break if there are any questions

[23] F Mar 2

• Covered: Data presentation - Mam
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Reading: Bermúdez-Otero (2011), sec 6 and sec 8-9 [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon (Mar 12) in Assignments on Sakai

M Mar 5 ~ W Mar 7 ~ F Mar 9

No class -- Spring Break

[24] M Mar 12

• Covered: Bermúdez-Otero (2011), sec 6 and sec 8-9 - Cyclicity vs. transderivational correspondence
• Assignment: In place of a new reading for next class, you will explore an online morphology database or other resource
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
  • The morphology databases are linked from the Resources page
• Upcoming: Project proposal is due F Mar 16

[25] W Mar 14

• Covered: Using online morphological resources
  • Handout - Typological databases, lexical databases, and corpus resources
• Assignment: Project proposal is due F Mar 16

[26] F Mar 16

• Covered: Introduction to the prosodic hierarchy
  • Lecture notes - Introduction to prosodic categories
• Assignment: Midterm exam is due F Mar 23 [Sakai > Resources > Midterm]

[27] M Mar 19

• Covered: The prosodic hierarchy and 'special' morpheme types
  • Motivating the foot as a prosodic category
    • Data set - Stress patterns
  • Reduplication
    • Data set - Partial reduplication
• Assignment: Midterm exam is due F Mar 23 [Sakai > Resources > Midterm]

[28] W Mar 21

• Covered: The prosodic hierarchy and 'special' morpheme types
  • Lecture notes - Prosodic Morphology
  • Infixation
    • Data set - English 'expletive infixation'
    • Data set - Ulwa possessives
    • Data set - Chamorro passives
  • Truncation
    • Data set - Japanese nicknames
• Assignment: Midterm exam is due F Mar 23 [Sakai > Resources > Midterm]

[29] F Mar 23

• Covered: Preparation for the next set of readings
  • What have we seen so far about the structure of the mental lexicon?
    • Discussion summary
  • Basic introduction to experimental methods in psycholinguistics
• Reading: Pinker (1998), all [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[30] M Mar 26

• Covered: Pinker (1998) - "Words" and "rules" in inflectional morphology
• Reading: Alegre & Gordon (1999), pp 41-47 (through "Experiment 1") [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Remember to go via the library catalog if the link through Sakai doesn't work for you off campus!
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
• Upcoming: Information about final paper first drafts now available
  • You will have a chance to ask questions in class on Wed

[31] W Mar 28

• Covered: Alegre & Gordon (1999) - 'Dual models' and implications for the structure of the lexicon
  • Discussion summary
• Reading: Alegre & Gordon (1999), pp 47-end [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[32] F Mar 30

• Covered: Data presentation - Alaaba
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Prepare (note that this is a change in plans): On Monday, we will discuss how to read and interpret the results and statistics for Experiment 1 in Alegre & Gordon (1999)
  • See above for discussion summary from Wednesday's class -- read this first
  • Here is the Cliff's Notes version of statistical significance -- read this next
  • Then, have another look at Experiment 1 and the discussion of the results
  • There is no new RR due Mon (use the weekend to work on your final projects?)
• Upcoming: The reading for Wed will be Alegre & Gordon (1999), pp 47-end [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[33] M Apr 2

• Covered: Alegre & Gordon (1999) - Understanding statistical significance and interpreting experiment results
  • Discussion summary
  • Binomial distribution calculator -- try your own coin-toss scenarios
• Reading: Alegre & Gordon (1999), pp 47-end [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR (optional) due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai
• FYI: Pass-fail grades to date have been posted to Sakai (under PostEm)
  • Reminder: 2=pass, 1=half-pass; RR codes match the Assignments List on Sakai
  • Pass-fail score must be in the same 10%-level as your course grade or your course grade will be lowered one category
  • The next few RRs will be optional; take advantage of this if you are missing a lot of pass grades

[34] W Apr 4

• Covered: Alegre & Gordon (1999) - Evidence from Experiments 2-5, and implications
  • Discussion summary
• Assignment: First draft of final project is due M Apr 9

F Apr 6

No class -- Holiday

[35] M Apr 9

• Covered: Overview of Maratsos (2000) [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Handout - Overregularization in L1 acquisition
• Reading: Maslen et al (2004) [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR (optional) due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[36] W Apr 11

• Covered: Maslen et al (2004) - Overregularization evidence and the 'blocking' model
  • Class and group discussion points
• Assignment: Prepare for peer review of final papers
  • Information handout - Peer commentary on paper drafts

[37] F Apr 13

• Covered: Data presentation - Koasati
  • Slides (PDF) [Sakai > Resources > Data presentations]
• Assignment: Peer commentary on final papers due Mon (two hard copies)
  • Information handout - Peer commentary on paper drafts
• Upcoming: The reading for Wed will be Havas et al. (2012) [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions coming soon | RR (optional) due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[38] M Apr 16

• Covered: Peer review conferences on paper first drafts
• Reading: Havas et al. (2012) [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR (optional) due 10am Wed in Assignments on Sakai

[39] W Apr 18

• Covered: Havas et al. (2012) - "Words" and "rules" in derivational morphology
  • Class discussion points
• Reading: Clahsen et al. (2010), intro and "Part I" (through p 30) [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR (optional) due 10am Fri in Assignments on Sakai

[40] F Apr 20

• Covered: Clahsen et al. (2010), part 1 - L1/L2 differences in inflectional morphology
  • Class discussion points
• Reading: Clahsen et al. (2010), p 30 to end [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions | RR (optional) due 10am Mon in Assignments on Sakai

[41] M Apr 23

• Covered: Clahsen et al. (2010), part 2 - L1/L2 differences in derivational morphology
  • Class discussion points
• Reading: Clahsen et al. (2010), p 33 to end [Sakai > Resources > Readings]
  • Discussion questions (see DQ #3) | no RR due
• Upcoming: Final papers
  • Some general feedback on first drafts
  • Details about grading criteria, turn-in procedure coming Wed

[42] W Apr 25

• Covered: Clahsen et al. (2010), part 3 - L1/L2 differences in morphosyntactic phenomena
  • Upshot: Agreement more difficult than case for L2 learners of English, but this doesn't really bear on the lexical representation of contextual inflection
• Final class discussion: Returning to some of the major themes in morphology
  • Discussion summary
• Upcoming: Final papers are due F May 4 by 3pm
  • Details about grading criteria and submission procedure are now posted on the final-project information page -- remember to submit as PDF

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