The topics here show you
what we are doing each week.
Go to the relevant chapter
of the set book for more information about each. There will
be occasional extra information and materials placed here and
on Stud.IP, so be alert!
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19.10.2009 |
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Orientation
+ First moves:
What is linguistics?
Signs, combinations of signs, relationship
of linguistic signs to the social world, their users and
their mental representations |
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| 2 |
26.10.2009 |
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Phonetics: The vocal
tract; articulation of consonants and vowels, the acoustic
properties of the speech signal.
Reading: Plag et al.
Chapter 1. The sounds: phonetics
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2.11.2009 |
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The Sound System: Phonology I
Phonemes and allophones; phonological features; phonological
rules
Reading: Plag
et al. Chapter 2: The sound system: phonology,
Sections 2.1–2.4.
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| 4 |
9.11.2009 |
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The Sound System: Phonology II
Phonotactics and the syllable
Reading: Plag et al.
Chapter 2: The sound system: phonology, Sections 2.5–2.6.
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| 5 |
16.11.2009 |
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The structure of words: Morphology I
Morphemes and allomorphs, morphophonology
Reading: Plag et al. Chapter 3: The structure
of words: morphology, Sections 3.1–3.5.
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| 6 |
23.11.2009 |
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The structure of words: Morphology II
Inflection and derivation, word-formation
Reading: Plag et al. Chapter 3: The
structure of words: morphology, Sections 3.6–3.8.
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| 7 |
30.11.2009 |
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The structure of sentences: Syntax I
Words, phrases and rules
Reading: Plag et al. Chapter 4: The structure
of sentences: syntax, Sections 4.1–4.2. |
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| 8 |
7.12.2009 |
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The structure of sentences: Syntax II
Grammatical functions and semantic roles
Reading: Plag et al. Chapter 4: The structure
of sentences: syntax, Sections 4.3–4.5.
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now
covered in next slot ! |
| 9 |
14.12.2009 |
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Summary I: Linguistic
Form
What is it? How does it work?
What's it do for us? |
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| 10 |
4.1.2010 |
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Semantics I
The nature of meaning; compositionality; lexical relations; polysemy.
Reading: Plag et al. Chapter 5: The meaning
of words and sentences: semantics, Sections
5.1–5.5. |
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| 11 |
11.1.2010 |
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Semantics II
Using Logic for Linguistic Semantics
Reading: Saeed, John I. (2000) Semantics.
Oxford: Blackwell. Chapter 4: Sentence Relations
and Truth. Sections 4.1-4.4. [password protected pdf available
here]
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| 12 |
18.1.2010 |
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Finishing off Logic
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| 13 |
25.1.2010 |
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Studying Language in Use: Pragmatics I
Utterance meaning and speaker meaning; direct and indirect
speech acts; the cooperative principle; politeness;
presupposition
Reading: Plag et al.
Chapter 6: Studying language in use: pragmatics, Sections
6.1–6.3.
Plag et al. Chapter
6: Studying language in use: pragmatics, Sections 6.4–6.5.
Saeed, John I. (2000) Semantics. Oxford:
Blackwell. Chapter 4: Sentence Relations and Truth.
Sections 4.5-4.6. [password protected pdf available
here]
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| 14 |
1.2.2010 |
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Summary
II: Review of what has been covered, Q&A, loose ends |
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| EXAM |
9.2.2010 |
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Exam:
there will be two slots; you can choose within these according
to your other time constraints on the day. Some of you
will have praktikum-sessions in the morning and early
afternoon.
The slots are: 14-15:30
and 15:45-17:15. |
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Presuppositions
