Note: the following schedule is subject to change.
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tu 1/17 | Course Overview; Requirements | ||
| Th 1/19 | Consonantal Phones, Phonemes, & Allophones | Giegerich, Chap. 2 | ||
| 2 | Tu 1/24 | Giegerich, §8.1-8.2 | ||
| Th 1/26 | English Vowel Systems | Giegerich, Chap. 3 | ||
| 3 | Tu 1/31 | |||
| Th 2/2 | Syllabification & Syllable Structure | Hammond, §2.1-2.2 | ||
| 4 | Tu 2/7 | Carr, Chap. 7; Hammond, §3.1-3.2 |
HW1 due | |
| Th 2/9 | ||||
| 5 | Tu 2/14 | Stress, Rhythm & Metrical Structure | Carr, Chaps. 8 & 9 | |
| Th 2/16 | HW2 due | |||
| 6 | Tu 2/21 | NO CLASS | ||
| Th 2/23 | The Structure of the English Lexicon | Katamba, Chap. 5 | Lang. Desc. 1 due | |
| 7 | Tu 2/28 | Harley, §6.3-6.5, §9.12 | ||
| Th 3/1 | Morphological Contraction | Zwicky & Pullum 1983 | ||
| 8 | Tu 3/6 | Verbs, Verb Phrases & Sentences | Greenbaum & Quirk, Chaps. 3 & 4 | HW3 due |
| Th 3/8 | ||||
| Spring Break (Sa 3/10 – Su 3/18) | ||||
| 9 | Tu 3/20 | Historical Development of the English Verbal System | Optional: Kroch & Santorini, Chap. 6 | |
| Th 3/22 | V2 Word Order in the Modern Germanic Languages | Kroch & Santorini, Chap. 14; Fischer & van der Wurff, §3.5 |
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| 10 | Tu 3/27 | V2 Word Order in the History of English | ||
| Th 3/29 | Subjects & Subject Positions | Lang. Desc. 2 due | ||
| 11 | Tu 4/3 | Nouns & Determiners | Greenbaum & Quirk, Chaps. 5 & 6 | |
| Th 4/5 | HW4 due | |||
| 12 | Tu 4/10 | |||
| Th 4/12 | NO CLASS | |||
| 13 | Tu 4/17 | Ellipsis & Related Phenomena | Greenbaum & Quirk, Chap. 12 | |
| Th 4/19 | ||||
| 14 | Tu 4/24 | Student Presentations | ||
| Th 4/26 | Student Presentations | |||
| 15 | Tu 5/1 | Student Presentations | ||
| 16 | W 5/9 | Final Paper Due @ 5pm | ||