LING 150: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
MWF 9:00-9:50, HECO 126 (CRN 61)

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31 Aug—Intro to class; What do you know about language? 2 Sept—Language trivia 4 Sept—Popular ideas about language; Read 1-5
7 Sept—no class 9 Sept—Read Chapter 2, pp. 6-7 11 Sept—Read Chapter 3, pp. 8-9
14 Sept—Read Chapter 4, pp. 10-3 16 Sept—Read Chapter 5, pp. 14-5 18 Sept—Exam 1
21 Sept—Language and Identity; Read Chapters 6-7, pp. 17-23 23 Sept—Read Chapter 8, pp. 24-33 25 Sept—Read Chapter 9, pp. 34-7
28 Sept—Read Chapter 10, pp. 38-49 30 Sept—Read Chapter 11, pp. 50-67 2 Oct—Exam 2
5 Oct—The structure of language; Read Chapters 13-14, pp. 83-89 7 Oct—Read Chapter 16, pp. 92-103 9 Oct—Continued discussion of Chapter 16
12 Oct—no class 14 Oct—Read Chapter 17, pp. 104-113 16 Oct—Read Chapter 19, pp. 116-9
19 Oct—Read Chapter 20, pp. 120-4 21 Oct—Read Chapter 21, pp. 124-7 23 Oct—Exam 3
26 Oct—The medium of language; Read Chapter 28, pp. 168-72 (this is only part of the chapter) 28 Oct—Read Chapters 29-30, pp. 177-183 30 Oct—Continued discussion of Chapters 29-30
2 Nov—Read Chapter 31, pp. 185-9 4 Nov—Read Chapter 33, pp. 204-17 6 Nov—Read Chapters 35-7, pp. 229-235
9 Nov—Exam 4 11 Nov—Child language acquisition; Read Chapter 38, pp. 237-45 13 Nov—Read Chapters 39-40, pp. 246-51
16 Nov—Read Chapters 41-3, pp. 252-257 18 Nov—Read Chapter 44, pp. 258-65 20 Nov—Language, brain, and disability; Read Chapter 46, pp. 274-91
23 Nov—Exam 5 25 Nov—no class 27 Nov—no class
30 Nov—The languages of the world; Read Chapters 47-8, pp. 293-297 2 Dec—Read Chapters 49-50, pp. 298-305 4 Dec—Read Chapter 51, pp. 306-13
7 Dec—Read Chapters 52-3, pp. 314-37 9 Dec—Read Chapter 54, pp. 338-43 11 Dec—Read Chapter 55, pp. 344-9
14 Dec—Wrap-up discuss Final exam: Friday, 18 Dec, 8:00-10:30

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