Syllabus

Syllabus for Fall 2003  Syllabus for Spring 2004
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:                      Cambridge UP, 1996.


Grading
1.
Midterm Exam
24%
2.
Final Exam
24%
3.
Report (in small groups)
25%
4.
Exercises
18%
5.
Participation & Attendance
9%

Report

Before doing your report, don't forget to read the guidelines!

TOPICS

There are five topics for you to choose from. See which one interests you most!

SAMPLE REPORT

Pauses student sample
Code-switching student sample

student sample 2

Mandarin sounds in the mouths of non native speakers student sample

References

Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. 2nd                 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997.

Fromkin, Victoria & Robert Rodman. An Introduction to                                 Language. NY: Harcourt Barce, 1998.

Johnson, Keith and Helen Johnson, eds. The Encyclopedia                         Dictionary of Applied Linguistics: A Handbook for                          Language Teaching. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.

Wardhaugh, Ronald. Investigating Language: central programs                 in Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.