Schedule of topics

Ling 101 · Fall 2020

Highlighted items are future plans that may be subject to adjustment.

— (S) synchronous Zoom lecture | (A) asynchronous learning activities —

Monday
Wednesday
Friday | recitation
[outline] Aug 10 (S)
What is linguistics?
Course overview
[activities] Aug 12 (A)
Prescriptive linguistics and descriptive linguistics
Aug 14
Language and linguistics
[outline] Aug 17 (S)
phonetics | The vocal tract
Phonetic symbols
[activities] Aug 19 (A)
Consonant symbols & properties
Vowel symbols & properties
Aug 21
Phonetics
Aug 24
No class
Transition to 100% remote
Aug 26 (A)
Linguistics and some applications (optional)
Aug 28
No recitation this week
Practice IPA & sound properties!
[outline] Aug 31 (S)
phonology
Phonemes and allophones
[activities] Sept 2 (A)
Natural classes
Phonological rules
Sept 4
Phonology
Sept 7
HOLIDAY
[activities] Sept 9 (A)
morphology
Finding morphemes
Sept 11
Morphology
Phonology (review)?
[outline] Sept 14 (S)
Word structure
Word categories
[activities] Sept 16 (A)
Derivation, inflection, and compounding
Sept 18
Morphology
[outline] Sept 21 (S)
syntax | Phrase structure
The X' schema
[activities] Sept 23 (A)
Constituency tests
Complements: Options; clauses
Sept 25
Syntax
[outline] Sept 28 (S)
Structural ambiguity
Modifiers
[activities] Sept 30 (A)
Movement rules (Inversion, Wh)
Do Insertion
Oct 2
Syntax
[outline] Oct 5 (S)
Review for midterm
Oct 7 (A)
MIDTERM EXAM
Oct 9
World Mental Health Day
Recitations are "paused"
[outline] Oct 12 (S)
semantics & pragmatics
Word and sentence meaning
[activities] Oct 14 (A)
Sentence meaning relations
Indirect communication
Oct 16
Semantics and pragmatics
[outline] Oct 19 (S)
sociolinguistics
Lg varieties; lg attitudes
[activities] Oct 21 (A)
Language in social contexts
Linguistic analysis of lg variation
Oct 23
Sociolinguistics
[outline] Oct 26 (S)
language acquisition
Child lg (L1): Phonology
[activities] Oct 28 (A)
L1 acquisition:
Morphology, syntax
Oct 30
L1 acquisition
[outline] Nov 2 (S)
UG and L1 acquisition
Second-language (L2) acquisition
[activities] Nov 4 (A)
language change
Reconstructing ancient lgs
Nov 6
L2 acquisition
Language change
[outline] Nov 9 (S)
Lg change and mental grammar
[activities] Nov 11 (A)
Language—What to remember
Linguistics research today
Nov 13
General review for final exam
[outline] Nov 16 (S)
General review for final exam

** Official final exam period: Sat Nov 21, 12-3pm **
** Final exam open in Sakai: Th Nov 19, 3pm – Sat Nov 21, 3pm **