Prof. G. Stygall

 

ENGL 370: Tentative Schedule

Winter 2009

Date

In-Class Topic

Assignments and Homework in this column are for the NEXT Class

Jan 5

Introduction

Read Chapter 1 in Finegan; Read Chaps15 and 26 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Jan 7

Language Attitudes/Begin Phonetics

Read Chapter 3; Do Exercises 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7; Read Chap 19 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Jan 12

Phonetics

Web Phonetics Assignment

Jan 14

Phonetics/Begin Phonology

Read Chapter 4; Do Phonology Packet and Exercises 4-8, 4-9 through 4-13

Jan 19

NO CLASS

 

Jan 21

Phonology

Read Chapter 2; Do Exercises 2-1, 2-3, 2-6, 2-10, 2-12, 2-14, 2-15, 2-20; Read Chap 3 and 6 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Jan 26

Morphology and Lexicon

Read Chapter 6; Do Exercises 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-8

Jan 28

Morphology and Lexicon/Semantics

Read Chapter 5; Do Exercises 5-1, 5-3 (b), 5-5, 5-8, 5-10; Read Chap 11 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Feb 2

Syntax

Read Chapter 8; Do Exercises 8-1, 8-3, 8-6

Feb 4

Syntax/Begin Information Structure and Pragmatics

Prepare for the midterm

Feb 9

MIDTERM      

Read Chapter 13; Do Exercises 13-1, 13-2, 13-5; Read Chap 8 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Feb 11

Historical Linguistics  Discussion of Final Paper        

Read Chapter 11; Do Exercises 11-2, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Read Chap 5, 16 and 22 in Lang USA

Feb 16

NO CLASS

Prepare short (3-4 pages) summary and discussion of one of the reading chapters (5, 16 or 22)

Feb 18

Dialects                           

 

 

Feb 23

Dialects               

Read Chap 4 and 14 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Feb 25

More Dialects

Read Chapter 14; Do Exercises 14-1, 14-2, 14-5; Read Chap 1 in Lang USA; no reading questions

Mar 2

Historical English

Read Chapter 10, Do Exercises 10-3, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10; Read Chap 20 in Lang USA; answer reading questions

Mar 4

Registers and Styles    Slang Survey in class

Read Chap 24 in Lang USA 

Mar 9

Registers and Styles

Read Chapter 9, Do Exercises 9-7, 9-9, 9-10

Mar 11

Conversational Analysis, Discourse Analysis; Review for Final

 

Mar 16

6:30-8:20 pm

FINAL  In-Class

I will check to see if we can move this to a more reasonable time

Mar 19

 

FINAL PAPER DUE

By 5:00 pm to my office or to the box outside my office (Padelford B404)

 

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