Syllabus | |
Syllabus for Fall 2003 | Syllabus for Spring 2004 |
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. |
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1. |
Midterm Exam |
24%
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2. |
Final
Exam |
24% |
3. |
Report
(in small groups) |
25% |
4. |
Exercises |
18% |
5. |
Participation &
Attendance |
9% |
Before doing your report, don't forget to read the guidelines! | |
There are five topics for you to choose from. See which one interests you most! | |
SAMPLE REPORT | |
Pauses | student sample |
Code-switching | student sample |
Mandarin sounds in the mouths of non native speakers | student sample |
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