LING 150: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
MWF 10:00-10:50, FITZ 202 (CRN 495)

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27 Aug—Intro to class; what do you know about language and linguistics? 29 Aug—Language trivia 31 Aug—Popular ideas about language—Read pp. 1-5
3 Sept—no class 5 Sept—Popular ideas about language; read chapter 2 7 Sept—Popular ideas about language; read chapter 3
10 Sept—Popular ideas about language; read chapters 4 & 5 12 Sept—Popular ideas about language; review 14 Sept—Exam 1
17 Sept—Language and identity; read pp. 17-23 19 Sept—Language and identity; read chapter 8 21 Sept—Language and identity; read chapter 9
24 Sept—Language and identity; read chapters 10 & 11 26 Sept—Language and identity; review 28 Sept—Exam 2
1 Oct—The structure of language; read pp. 83-89 3 Oct—The structure of language; read chapter 16 5 Oct—The structure of language; continued discussion of chapter 16
8 Oct—no class 10 Oct—The structure of language; read chapter 17 12 Oct—The structure of language; read chapter 19
15 Oct—The structure of language; read chapters 20-21 17 Oct—The structure of language; review 19 Oct—Exam 3
22 Oct—The medium of language; read pp. 168-72 24 Oct—The medium of language; read chapters 29-30 26 Oct—The medium of language; continued discussion of chapters 29-30
29 Oct—The medium of language; read chapters 31 & 33 31 Oct—The medium of language; read chapters 35-37 2 Nov—The medium of language; review
5 Nov—Exam 4 7 Nov—Child language acquisition; read pp. 237-45 9 Nov—Child language acquisition; read chapters 39-40
12 Nov—Child language acquisition; chapters 41-44 14 Nov—Child language acquisition; read chapter 46 16 Nov—Child language acquisition; review
19 Nov—Exam 5 21 Nov—no class 23 Nov—no class
26 Nov—Languages of the world; read pp. 293-97 28 Nov—Languages of the world; read chapters 49-50 30 Nov—Languages of the world; read chapter 51
3 Dec—Languages of the world; read chapters 52-53 5 Dec—Languages of the world; read chapter 54 7 Dec—Languages of the world; read chapter 55
10 Dec—review and wrap-up discussion Final exam: Mon, 17 Dec 8-10:30

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