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 Objectives:

To learn:

(1)

what linguistics is;

(2)

some basic knowledge in this field;

(3) 

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;

(4) 

to examine our beliefs about language, languages, and speakers;

(5)

to observe and to analyze, and to write and talk about our observations and analyses.

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 Textbooks:

Nash, Thomas. Discovering Language (revised edition, pre-publication version, copyright Thomas Nash 2008).

Recommended:

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

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 Grading Policy:

(All assignments due at the beginning of class)

Fall 2008

Spring 2009

Midterm exam

20%

Midterm exam 22%

Final exam

22%

Final exam 23%

Report
(pairs or trios)

25%

Report*
(pairs)
25%30%

Exercises (4)

17%

Exercises (4) 20%

Other assignments

6%

Other assignments 5%

Participation*

10%

Participation* 5%

*asking questions & commenting in class; participation in in-class activities; evidence of course preparation; completion of online course evaluation 12/19

*for Prof. Yun-Pi's class: report (25%), participation (5%);
for Prof. Nash's class: report (30%)

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About your Report...

                                                                                                    Read the guidelines first:

Guidelines

 

Report Topics

Fall 2008

Spring 2009

Code-switching Questions in Chinese morphology
Mandarin in the mouths of learners The syntax of spoken language
Gestures Interpersonal meaning
Computer-mediated communication Borrowed words
Cell phone talk  

Topic Descriptions

Fall 2008

Spring 2009

Student Sample Report

Sample Report 1 (Pauses)
Sample Report 2
(Code-switching)
Sample Report 3 (Code-switching)
Sample Report 4 (Mandarin sounds in the mouths of non native speakers)

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