Introduction to Linguistics ~ ~ ~

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Prof. Yun-Pi Yuan & Prof. Thomas Nash

　 <Last update on April 24, 2000> *Please contact Dee Dee Wang if there is any suggestion.

　 Syllabus 　　

1.	10/01	Introduction (Nash 1, Yule 3)
2.	10/08	Introduction
3.	10/15	Psycholinguistics (Nash 2, Yule 16) [Ex1, preliminary reports due]
4.	10/22	Psycholinguistics
5.	10/29	Psycholinguistics [Ex2]
6.	11/05	Psycholinguistics/Review
	11/19	MIDTERM EXAM
7.	11/26	Sociolinguistics (Nash 3, Yule 20 & 21)
8.	12/03	Sociolinguistics
9.	12/10	Sociolinguistics [Reports]
10.	12/17	Sociolinguistics/Phonetics & Phonology [Ex3]
11.	12/24	Phonetics and Phonology (Nash 4, Yule 5 & 6)
12.	12/31	Phonetics and Phonology
13.	01/07	Phonetics and Phonology [Ex4]
14.	01/14	Phonetics and Phonology/Review/Evaluation
	01/21	FINAL EXAM

Grades
　

Objectives
　　　 To learn:

what linguistics is
some basic knowledge in this field
to think about language as a thing, apart from its everyday uses and meanings, so that we can understand what those uses and meanings are, and how they are achieved
to examine our own beliefs about language, languages, and speakers
to observe, and to analyze, and to write and talk about our observations and analyses.

Textbooks　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Nash, Thomas. Discovering Language: An Introduction to Linguistics for Chinese Students.　 Taipei: The Crane, 1986.

Yule, George. The Study of Language (2nd ed.). Cambridge: CUP, 1996.

Recommended reading
　　Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge: CUP, 1987.