For Tuesday 4/6, please read the following paper, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website (PDF format): Jespersen, Otto. 1917. Negation in English and Other Languages. Copenhagen: A.F. Host. (excerpt)
For Thursday 4/1, please read the following paper, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website (PDF format:) Postal, Paul. 2004. The structure of one type of American English Vulgar Minimizer. In Skeptical Linguistic Essays (Chap. 5). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
I’m posting a PDF version of the handout from class today regarding your second language description write-up. Â Remember that the second write-up is due on Thursday, April 1 (not on Thursday March 25, as was originally listed on the syllabus). Language Description Write-up #2: Ideas, Tips, and Suggestions
For Tuesday 3/23, please read the following paper, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website (PDF format): Martin, Stefan and Walt Wolfram. 1998. The sentence in African-American Vernacular English. In African-American English: Structure, history, and use, S. Mufwene et al. (eds), 11-36. London: Routledge. Pay particular attention to the discussion of …
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For Tuesday 3/16 and Thursday 3/18, please read the following paper, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website (PDF format): Zeijlstra, Hedde. 2007. Negation in natural language: On the form and meaning of negative elements. Language and Linguistics Compass 1: 498-518.