Sookmyung Women`s University
Graduate School of TESOL
Introduction to Linguistics
Syllabus - Fall 2004
**I will be gone for the first week of September. This causes us to delay the start of the course by one week. We will, however, also finish one week later as a result.
Week 1; September 14
Introductions to the course, to the materials, instructor, assignments, and everything else.
Handbook, 1 - Origins of Language, pp. 1-18.
Homework: Finish summer reading poject
Read Intro to Ling, pp. 1-23.
Read Handbook, 24 - Neurolinguistics, pp. 582-607.
Read Lee (2001) 1, pp. 1-17.
Week 2; September 21
Summer reading project due
Intro to Ling, Introduction
Handbook, 24 - Neurolinguistics
Lee (2001) 1 - Basic Concepts
Homework: Get all materials.
Read Intro to Ling textbook, pp. 27-65.
Read Handbook, 7 - Linguistic Phonetics, pp. 150-179.
Read Lee (2001) 2, pp. 18-29.
Week 3; September 28
Intro to Ling, Part 1, Sounds
1. ̋Sounds and suprasegmentals̋
2. ̋Sound variation̋
Handbook, 7 - Linguistic Phonetics
Lee (2001) 2 - Space
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 66-104.
Read Handbook, 8 - Phonology, pp. 180-212.
Read Lee (2001) 3, pp. 30-52.
Week 4; October 5 (Chuseok Holiday - class to be rescheduled)
Intro to Ling, Part 1, Sounds
• ̋Sound change̋
• ̋Phonemes, syllables and phonological processes̋
Handbook, 8 - Phonology
Lee (2001) 3 - Extensions from Spacial Meanings
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 120-141.
Read Handbook, 31 - Translation, pp. 692-713.
Read Lee (2001) 4, pp. 53-69.
Week 5; October 12
Intro to Ling, Part 1, Sounds
• ̋Processing Sounds̋
Handbook, 31 - Translation
Lee (2001) 4 - Radial Categories
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 143-179.
Read Handbook, 9 - Morphology, pp. 213-237.
Read Lee (2001) 5, pp. 70-96.
Week 6; October 19
Intro to Ling, Part 2, Words.
• ̋Word classes̋
• ̋Building words̋
Handbook, 9 - Morphology
Lee (2001) 5 - Constructions
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 180-192.
Read Handbook, 14 - Typology
Read Lee (2001) 6, pp. 97-115.
Week 7; October 26
Intro to Ling, Part 2, Words
• ̋Morphology across languages̋
Handbook, 14 - Typology
Lee (2001) 6 - Mental Spaces
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 193-225.
Read Handbook, 10 - The lexicon, pp. 238-264.
Read Lee (2001) 7, pp. 116-136.
Week 8; November 2
Intro to Ling, Part 2, Words
• ̋Word meaning̋
• ̋Children and words̋
Handbook, 10 - The Lexicon
Lee (2001) 7 - Language Change
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 226-276.
Read Handbook, 16 - Pragmatics: Language and Communication, pp. 394-427.
Read Lee (2001) 8, pp. 137-146.
Week 9; November 9
Intro to Ling, Part 2, Words
• ̋Lexical processing and the mental lexicon̋
• ̋Lexical variation and change̋
Handbook, 16 - Pragmatics: Language and Communication
Lee (2001) 8 - Count and Mass Nouns
Homework: Be happy and don`t panic. Study for the exam.
Read Handbook, 13 - Functional Linguistics, pp. 319-336.
Read Lee (2001) 9, pp. 147-156.
Week 10; November 16
Midterm Exam
Handbook, 13 - Functional Linguistics
Lee (2001) 9 - Perfective and Imperfective Uses of Verbs
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 277-303.
Read Handbook, 11, Syntax, pp. 265-294.
Read Lee (2001) 10, pp.157-169.
Week 11; November 23
Intro to Ling, Part 3, Sentences
• ̋Basic terminology̋
• ̋Sentence structure̋
Handbook, 11 - Syntax
Lee (2001) 10 - Causation and Agency
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 304-337.
Read Handbook, 12 - Generative Grammar, pp. 295-318.
Read Lee (2001) 11, pp. 170-182.
Week 12; November 30
Intro to Ling, Part 3, Sentences
• ̋Empty categories̋
• ̋Movement̋
Handbook, 12, Generative Grammar
Lee (2001) 11 - Cognitive Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 338-377.
Read Handbook, 15 - An Introduction to Formal Semantics, 369-393.
Read Lee (2001) 12, pp. 183-197.
Week 13; December 7
Intro to Ling, Part 3, Sentences
• ̋Syntactic variation̋
• ̋Logical form̋
Handbook, 15 - An Introduction to Formal Semantics
Lee (2001) 12 - Constructivist Precesses in Discourse
Homework: Read Intro to Ling, pp. 378-405.
Read Handbook, 19 - First Language Acquisition, pp. 466-487.
Read Lee (2001) 13, pp. 198-210.
Week 14; December 14
Intro to Ling, Part 3, Sentences
• ̋Children`s Sentences̋
• ̋Sentence processing̋
Handbook,19 - First Language Acquisition
Lee (2001) 13 - Creativity and the Nature of Meaning
Homework: Read Handbook, 26 - Applied Linguistics, pp. 637-646.
Read Handbook, 27 - Educational Linguistics, pp. 647-663.
Week 15; December 21
FINAL EXAM - Short and sweet!!
Handbook
• 26 - Applied Linguistics
• 27 - Educational Linguistics
Homework: You must be kidding!!
Final Project: The final project will be a practical application to what we have done in this class. Please do not forget to do it and hand it in no later than Dec. 24th.