Instructor: Takahito Shinya
Office: South College 321
Phone: (413) 545-6836
Email: tshinya@linguist.umass.edu
Class times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:10-11:00
Place: Dickinson Hall 112
Office hours: Wednesdays and Fridays 1-2PM or by appointment
Textbook:
Lecture notes Introduction to Linguistic Theory, available at Collective Copies ($8.50)
Ch1 Introduction,
Ch2 Morphology,
Ch3 Syntax,
Ch4 Phonetics,
Ch5 Phonology,
Ch6 Pragmatics
| Week | Day | Date | |||
| 1 | W | 9/7 | Syllabus & Introduction | ||
| F | 9/9 | What is language? | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | M | 9/12 | What is linguistics & Morphology introduction | 1.2, 2.1-2.2 | |
| W | 9/14 | Hierarchical structure of words | 2.2 | ||
| F | 9/16 | Hierarchical structure of words | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | M | 9/19 | Allomorphy & Morphological processes | 2.3-2.5 | |
| W | 9/21 | Morphological analysis in various languages | 2.6 | HW#1 out | |
| F | 9/23 | Morphological analysis in various languages | 2.6, How to sovle morphology exercises | ||
| 4 | M | 9/26 | Syntax introduction | 3.1 | |
| W | 9/28 | Constituent structure | 3.1 | HW#1 due | |
| F | 9/30 | Constituent structure | 3.1 | ||
| 5 | M | 10/3 | Lexical & phrasal categories | 3.2 | |
| W | 10/5 | Lexical & phrasal categories & Subcategories | 3.2-3.3 | ||
| F | 10/7 | HW#2 out | |||
| 6 | M | 10/10 | |||
| W | 10/12 | Subcategories & Syntactic trees | 3.3-3.4 | ||
| F | 10/14 | Phrase structure rules | 3.4, Phrase structure rules | ||
| 7 | M | 10/17 | Phrase structure rules | 3.4 | HW#3 out |
| W | 10/19 | Phrase structure rules | 3.4 | HW#2 due New HW#2 out | |
| F | 10/21 | ||||
| 8 | M | 10/24 | Phonetics: speech chain | 4.1-4.2 | New HW#2 due |
| W | 10/26 | Anatomy of speech organs & Airstream mechanisms | 4.3-4.4 | ||
| F | 10/28 | Phonation | 4.5-4.6 | HW#3 due | |
| 9 | M | 10/31 | Articulation | 4.6 | |
| W | 11/2 | Articulation | 4.6 | ||
| F | 11/4 | Phonetic symbols of English | 4.6 | ||
| 10 | M | 11/7 | Review | ||
| W | 11/9 | ||||
| F | 11/11 | ||||
| 11 | M | 11/14 | VOT & Secondary articulation | 4.7-4.8 | HW#4 out |
| W | 11/16 | Suprasegmental features | 4.9 | ||
| F | 11/18 | Phonology introduction | 5.1 | ||
| 12 | M | 11/21 | Phonemes & Allophones | 5.2-5.4 | HW#4 due |
| W | 11/23 | ||||
| F | 11/25 | ||||
| 13 | M | 11/28 | Phonemes & Allophones | 5.2-5.4 | HW#5 out |
| W | 11/30 | Phonological rules | 5.5 | ||
| F | 12/2 | Phonological rules | 5.5 | ||
| 14 | M | 12/5 | Distinctive features | 5.6, Appendix (phonology) | HW#5 due HW#6 out |
| W | 12/7 | Distinctive features | 5.6 | ||
| F | 12/9 | No class (UMass closed due to snow) | 5.6 | ||
| 15 | M | 12/12 | Phonological rules with distinctive features | 5.7-5.9 | HW#6 due |
| W | 12/14 | Student presentation | Final Exam out | ||
| 16 | Th | 12/22 | |||
Important dates:
Tuesday, 9/20 Last day to Add or Drop with no record
Monday, 10/31 Last day to drop with 'W'
Additional materials:
Readings:
"How to solve morphology exercises." from Stewart, T. W. and Vaillette, N. (2001)Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 8th editon. Columbus, The Ohio State University Press, File 5.5 (pp.134-137)Supplemental meterials:
Answer key for In-class exercises 4 and 5 in morphology.| HW#1 pased out on 9/21, due 9/28 | HW#01 Key |
| HW#2 pased out on 10/7, due 10/17 | HW#02 Key |
| New HW#2 pased out on 10/19, due 10/24 | New HW#02 Key |
| HW#3 pased out on 10/17, due 10/28 | HW#03 Key |
| HW#4 pased out on 11/14, due 11/21 | HW#04 Key |
| HW#5 pased out on 11/28, due 12/5 | HW#05 Key |
| HW#6 pased out on 12/5, due 12/12 | HW#06 Key |