Jan 20-25            The Scientific Study of Language
                        Empirical approach to language. The nature of linguistic knowledge.
                        The concept of grammar.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 1

Jan 27-               Phonetics: The Sounds of Speech
  Feb 8             How the vocal tract produces speech sounds.  The phonetic alphabet
                        and phonetic transcription.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 6

Feb 10-22          Phonology
                        Natural classes of sounds. Phonological rules.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 7

Feb 24-               Morphology
   Mar 15         Word formation and the structure of words.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 3

Mar 17                                 MIDTERM

Mar 22-31          Syntax
                        How words combine to form sentences. Phrases and phrase structure.
                        Movement rules. Syntactic universals.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 4

Apr 5-7              Language Acquisition
                        Stages in the acquisition of language by children. The Critical Age hypothesis.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 8

Apr 12-19          Historical Linguistics
                        Discovering the relationships between languages and tracing their history.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 11

Apr 21-28           Linguistic Variation
                        Regional dialects. Variation according to ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status.
                        READINGS: F&R Ch. 10

May 3-5              Language and Social Norms
                        Language rights, language prejudices, language and politics.

Thursday, May 13, 2:45 p.m.      FINAL EXAM             place to be announced