Introduction to Linguistics (I) Summer 2006

Yun-Pi Yuan (Office: LA 301; 2905-2560, or 2561 Judy or 3536 Julie for message)
 
Class: LA 204  email: yuan@mails.fju.edu.tw  Course site: http://www.etweb.fju.edu.tw/elite/linguistics_1/index.htm

Teaching assistant: Grace Liu email: 493286122@webmail.fju.edu.tw

Technical support: Lynn or Kevin at: 2905-2164 (Mon. ~ Thur.) LC 206

A tentative syllabus:

*1. 7/4     Introduction (Nash 1; Yule 3); Introduction to the use of EngSite

 2. 7/6     Psycholinguistics (Nash 2; Yule 16)

*3. 7/11   Phonetics & phonology (Nash 4; Yule 5 & 6); Exercise 1 due

 4. 7/13   Psycholinguistics

*5. 7/18   Midterm exam; Exercise 2 due

 6. 7/20   Sociolinguistics (Nash 3; Yule 20 & 21)

*7. 7/25   Phonetics & phonology; Exercise 3 due

 8. 7/27   Sociolinguistics; online Exercise 4 due (7/29 due)

*9. 8/1    Review; Final exam; Preview to Linguistics II

 每單元結束時皆給與單元作業，確保各單元學習成效

l      為到校上課時間; four hours each time (10: 10 ~12:00, 1:10 ~ 3:00)

l      Grading:

Participation/attendance & discussion      10%   
      Midterm Exam                                        25%  
      Exercises & assignments                         40%
      Final Exam                                             25%

l      Textbook: (available at the Caves on campus)

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

Yule, George. The Study of Language. 2^nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.

Recommended

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