Linguistics 306

Introduction to the Study of Language
Dr. Robert D. King

Fall 1997

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Syllabus - Fifth Edition of Fromkin-Rodman [Red Cover]

Week	Starting	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	8/27	Introduction	Ch. 1 Readings 1-4, 12-15
2	9/1	General Overview, Morphology	Ch. 3	p. 29:1,2a-k,7,8,9 (Hand in 9/5)
3	9/8	Morphology (cont.)		p. 66:1a-h,2,3,4,7
4	9/15	Syntax	Ch. 3	p. 115:3a-e,4,7a-e,13
5	9/22	Phonetics	Ch. 5	p. 212:1,2,3,4,7,10
6	9/29	Phonetics (cont.)

1st exam, Friday, 10/3 [over weeks 1-6 inclusive]

Week	Starting	Topic	Reading	Homework
7	10/6	Language Acquisition	Ch. 10	p. 433:2,5,6
8	10/13	Writing Systems	Ch. 9	p. 387:5,6,9,10
9	10/20	Sociolinguistics	Ch. 7 Readings 5-11	p. 315:1,5,7
10	10/27	Sociolinguistics (cont.)	Readings 16-26, 43-46
11	11/3	Language, Ethnicity, Religion, Nation	Readings 47-82

2nd exam, Friday, 11/7 [over weeks 7-11 inclusive]

Week	Starting	Topic	Reading	Homework
12	11/10	Historical Linguistics	Ch. 8	p. 357:2,3,5
13	11/17	Historical Linguistics (cont.)	Readings 27-42	p. 360:6,12
14	11/24	Review
15	12/1	Wrap-Up

3rd exam, Wednesday, 12/3 [over weeks 12-14 inclusive]