Introduction to Linguistics

MAP-Ergebnisse (als .pdf-Datei)

1. Phonetics/Phonology
   • 2008-10-21 Articulatory phonetics (English consonants)
     Homework assignment: p. 52, #3,5,6,7
   • 2008-10-28 Articulatory phonetics (English vowels/assimilation)/Phonology (phonemes/allophones)
     Homework assignment: p. 53, #8,9,10
   • 2008-11-04 Phonology (rules/features/syllable structure)
     Homework assignment:
     a) p. 104, #10
     b) Syllabify the following words. Give the complete syllable structure. Remember to transcribe the words before you start. You should be able to explain your syllabification by making reference to the relevant principles and techniques (eg. sonority sequencing generalisation, principle of onset maximalisation).
     danger, unstable, anxious, discipline, narrow, bottle, bottling
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   Links:
   • X-ray movie on the pages of Peter Ladefoged.
   • Interactive IPA on the pages of Peter Ladefoged.
   
   
2. Morphology
• 2008-11-11 Morphemes, allomorphs, free/bound/cranberry morphemes
  Homework assignment: p. 142, #1 and p. 147, #19
  
• 2008-11-18 Derivation: tree structures, subcategorization and category features
  Homework assignment: p. 143, #4,6
  For exercise #4, you should also state the subcategorization and category features for the individual derivational affixes.
• 2008-11-25 Inflection; derivation vs inflection
  Homework assignment:
  Is the bound morpheme -ly occuring in quickly, brightly, clearly etc the result of a derivation or the result of inflection?
  
3. Syntax
• 2008-12-02 Lexical categories, distribution tests, constituents and constituent tests
  Homework assignment: p. 196, #6,7
  
• 2008-12-09 The internal structure of phrases
  Homework assignment: p. 15, F and p. 17 G [In McIntyre (2007)]
  
• 2008-12-16 IP (and CP)
  Homework assignment: p. 25, M [In McIntyre (2007)]
  
Additional reading:
McIntyre, Andrew (2007). Fundamentals of English Syntax (Version 3).
4. Semantics
• 2009-01-06 Meaning relations, extension, intension
  Homework assignment: p. 236-37, #1-4
  
• 2009-01-13 Componential analysis and prototype theory
  Homework assignment: p. 238, #6
  
• 2009-01-20 Presuppositions; conversational implicature
  Homework assignment: p. 240, #14, p. 241, #17
  
5. 2009-01-27: Psycholinguistics
6. 2009-02-03: Review (you can use this list as a rough guide)
7. 2009-02-10: MAP