Wednesdays, 4:30-7:15  Fall 2006

LINGUISTICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Professor Bluemel

EN463/EN563

 

Syllabus
 

 

 

 

Part I: The Nature of Human Language

 

 

 

 

Sep

6

W

Introduction

 

 

 

The Language Series I: “Colorless Green Ideas”

 

 

 

 

Sep

13

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 1: What is Language?

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 2: Brain and Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part II: Language Acquisition and Teaching English Grammar

 

 

 

 

Sep

20

W

Parrott, Part A: Words (4-53)

 

 

 

Parrott, Part A: Words (68-104)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep

27

W

Parrott, Part B: More About Verbs and Related Forms (106-152)

 

 

 

Parrott, Part B: More About Verbs and Related Forms (153-215)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct

4

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 8: Language Acquisition

 

 

 

The Language Series II: “Acquiring the Human Language”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct

11

W

Workshop and Review for Fromkin, Chapters 1, 2 & 8 and Parrott, Parts A & B

 

 

 

Exam #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part III: Grammatical Aspects of Language

 

 

 

 

Oct

18

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 3: Morphology: The Words of Language

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 3: Morphology: The Words of Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct

25

W

Parrott, Part C: Sentence Constituents and Word Order (248-300) and Part D: (350-360)

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 4: Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

1

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 5: Semantics: The Meaning of Language

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 5: Semantics: The Meaning of Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

8

W

Workshop and Review for Fromkin, Chapters 3-5 and Parrott, Parts C & D

 

 

 

Exam #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

15

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 6: Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 6: Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

22

W

No Class: Friday Classes Meet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

29

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 6: Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 7: Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language (to page 263 near top)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part IV: Language in Society

 

 

 

 

Dec

6

W

Fromkin et al., Chapter 10: Language in Society

 

 

 

Fromkin et al., Chapter 10: Language in Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec

13

W

Presentations of Final Projects/Papers Due!

 

 

 

Workshop and Review for Fromkin Chapters 6, 7 & 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam (Date T.B.A.)