CLASS SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)

DATE

CHAP1

TOPIC /
CLASS NOTES

DAILY
PROJECT 2

GENERAL METHODOLOGY

JAN 8  

Introduction, survey

 
  Th  10 1 Scientific method / empiricism / recent history in linguistics (CH 1) Project
  15 18 Corpora 1: Structured Project
  Th  17   Corpora 2: Unstructured (Web) Project
  T 22 14/15  Questionnaires / Interviews (readings) Project
  Th 24  12/13/16  Recordings / Case studies / Observations / Experiments (readings) Project
  T 29 21/24  Professional resources / bibliographies Project
  Th 31 23  Statistics (readings) Project

LANGUAGE STRUCTURES

 FEB 5 Phonetics / phonology Project
  Th 7 (9)  Morphology: Corpora Project
  12 (9)  Syntax: Prescriptive
Project: Bibliography
Project
  Th 14 (9)  Syntax: Descriptive Project
  19 ----- [ MONDAY INSTRUCTION ]  
  Th 20 (9)  Lexicon: Corpora Project
  T 26 (9)  Lexicon: Web Resources Project
  Th  28 (9)_ Lexicon: Surveys Project
MAR T 4 Lexicon/Morphology: Experiments Project

LANGUAGE USE AND VARIATION

Th  6 Style in texts I Project
  11 Style in texts II Project
  Th 13   CORPUS CONFERENCE Project
  18 Conversational analysis (M/F) Project
  Th  20 Sociolinguistics  
  T 25   World English
Project: Outline due
Project

LANGUAGE CHANGE AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

  Th 27 (10)  Historical: Intro, lexicon Project
APR 1 (10)  Historical: Lexicon Project
  Th  3 (10)  [ Consultations re. project ]  
  8   Historical: pronunciation/ morphology / syntax Project
  Th 10 2/3/5 Language acquisition  
  15   Review for final
Project: Final version
 
    Fm 18 7-10 AM FINAL EXAM (TAKE HOME)  

1 CHAPTER REFERS TO THE COURSE TEXTBOOK: PROJECTS IN LINGUISTICS

2 The date refers to the date that the assignment is given, not the day that it will be turned in