| Professor: | Jonathan North Washington | |
| Office: | Pearson 105 | |
| Office phone: | x6134 | |
| Office hours: | M 3:45-5:15pm, T 1:30-3:00pm, by appointment | |
| Email: | jwashin1@swarth... | |
| Lecture Time: | M 6:30pm-9:15pm | |
| Classroom: | Science Center 128 | |
| Course website: | http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/jwashin1/ling115 | |
| Course moodle site: | S17 - LING115.01 | |
| week | date | topic | to read (by class) | presentation group | due (by class) | materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jan | Introductions, syllabus Conlanging IPA review | ||||
| 2 | 30 Jan | sound systems | Okrent Chs. 1-7 Rosenfelder, pp. 7-27 | A-C | ||
| 3 | 06 Feb | phonology | Okrent Chs. 8-12 Rosenfelder, pp. 28-53 | |||
| 4 | 13 Feb | phonology (ctd) | Okrent Chs. 13-17 | A | ||
| 5 | 20 Feb | Esperanto and Klingon sounds | Okrent Chs. 18-22 Okrand Ch. 1 Rye §A-D | B | ||
| 6 | 25 Feb Trotter 203 | words | Okrent Chs. 23-26 Pullum Ch. 19 (Rosenfelder pp. 99-162, 260-269) | C | ||
| 7 | 27 Feb | linguistic typology in popular media | readings listed on HW #6 | |||
| 06 Mar | spring break! | |||||
| 8 | 13 Mar | morphosyntax | Rosenfelder pp. 54-71 | A | ||
| 9 | 20 Mar | morphosyntax (ctd) | Rosenfelder pp. 72-85 | B | ||
| 10 | 27 Mar | morphosyntax (ctd) | Rosenfelder pp. 86-98 | C | ||
| 11 | 03 Apr | morphosyntax (ctd) | ||||
| 12 | 10 Apr | Esperanto and Klingon morphosyntax | Okrand Chs. 2-4 Rye §G-M | A | ||
| 13 | 17 Apr | writing systems | Rosenfelder pp. 163-191 | B | ||
| 14 | 24 Apr | language change, dialects | Rosenfelder pp. 192-207 (Rosenfelder pp. 208-259) | C | ||
| 06 May | final write-up (by end of day) |