Ling 101 -- Introduction to Linguistics (Honours)

Spring 2005

Section 80 Times and Places

Lecture: Tuesday 2:00-3:15pm; 118 Sharp Lab MAP
Discussion: Thursday 2:00-3:15pm; 118 Sharp Lab

Instructor

Professor: Julie Anne Legate
Office: 42 East Delaware Ave, Room 202 MAP
Email: jlegate THE AT SIGN udel DOT edu
Webpage: http://www.ling.udel.edu/jlegate/
Office hours: Thursday 12:00-1:00pm or by appointment

Textbook

Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams. An Introduction to Language, Seventh edition. Boston: Heinle. 2003.

Grading

Quizzes: 60% (3 x 20%)
Exercises: 30% (6 x 5%)
Participation: 10%

There is no final exam for this course.

Quiz questions include short answer questions, multiple choice questions, and language analysis problems similar to the exercises and to the examples done in class.

Quizzes are non-cumulative.

There are no make-up quizzes.

Do the readings before coming to class.

Exercises are due at the beginning of lecture on the day indicated on the schedule.

Exercises must be handed in on time; late assignments receive an automatic deduction of 50%.

Accommodations for illness/emergencies require a letter from the dean.

Attendance at lectures and discussion sections is mandatory.

Participation grade includes attendance, and participation in group problems during discussion sessions.

Tutoring

The Department of Linguistics has arranged to make FREE tutoring for LING 101 students available at the Academic Enrichment Center (148-150 South College Ave). A graduate student from the Department of Linguistics will be available at the Academic Enrichment Center on most days of the week. They are all knowledgeable about linguistics and will be very glad to help you.

The tutoring schedule online: here

In order to get the most out of the tutoring services, you should:

Ask for help early (don't wait until the day before a quiz).
Complete the readings before coming to the tutoring center.
Have specific questions for the tutor (e.g., "I'm having trouble figuring out when two sounds are allophones of one phoneme", not "I don't understand anything").
Bring a copy of relevant materials: textbook, exercises, class notes, etc. The tutors will be working with students from a number of different sections of LING 101, so they will want to know about the specific material being covered in your section.
Do not expect the tutors to do your exercises for you.

Schedule

Lecture Date	Topic	Reading	Exercises
Feb 7	Introduction	Ch1, p3-22, 27-28, Ch2 p33-54	--
Feb 14	Words	Ch3 We will differ from the book: zero morphemes exist, we use tree format for word formation rules	--

Feb 21	Words	Ch3	Ch 3 ex. 2, 3, 5 for 5B(f), label what the nominal suffix applies to as the "stem"
Feb 28	Word Meaning, Dialects	Ch5 p173-187, Ch10 p450-453, 472-475	Ch3 ex. 4, 6, 7, 17
March 9	Quiz 1	--	--
March 14	Sentences	Ch4 p117-145	--
March 21	Sentences	Ch4 p146-164 We will differ from the book on how to use CP in questions	Ch4 ex. 4, 7(a-c), 11 for 11 you must use TWO tests
March 28	Spring Break	--	--
April 4	Animal Communication	Ch1 p23-26, Ch8 384-390	Ch4 ex. 7(l), 16, 18 make sure you do the 7(l) from the 7th edition draw a syntactic tree for ONE of your sentences in 16
April 11	Quiz 2	--	--
April 18	Sounds	Ch6	--
April 25	Sound Systems	Ch7 p273-300	Ch6 ex. 1, 2, 5, 9
May 2	Sound Systems	Ch7 p301-329	Ch7 ex. 1, 8, 13
May 9	Learning Language	Ch8	Ch7 ex. 11, 14 Hint for 14: first, focus on the B column; then, the first 3 in the A column; then, the next 2 in the A column; then, the rest of the A column
May 16	Quiz 3	--	--