Linguistics B02
Fall 1997 Syllabus


1. Sept. 4--Introduction
What fields are involved in the study of words?
Key Words from Week 1
2. Sept. 18--Derivational and Inflectional Morphology
Aitchison, pp.122-132
Word Formation Processes
Aitchison, pp.147-168
Key Words from Week 2
3. Sept. 11--A Short History of English
Bloomfield, pp. xiv-xviii
Watkins, pp. xix-xx
Key Words from Week 3
4. Sept. 25--Review of Morphology vs. Etymology
5. Oct. 2--Library Presentation (Meet inside the library at the foot of the stairs)
Word Categories
Aitchison, pp. 99-121
6. Oct. 9--Spelling Reform
Stubbs, pp. 43-82
Summary and Response paper #1 DUE
7. Oct. 16--Input from the Eye and from the Brain
Smith, pp.49-86
Cho, pp. 253-67
Final paper proposals DUE
8. Oct. 23--Models of the Mental Lexicon
Aitchison, pp. 3-36
Summary and Response paper #2 DUE
9. Oct. 30--Meaning and Categories in the Real World
Aitchison, pp. 39-99, 169-180
Allport, pp. 178-187
Willwerth, p. 53
10. Nov. 6--Sound Structure
Aitchison, pp.133-143, 181-193
Callary, pp. 203-234
11. Nov. 13--Mistakes in Retrieval
Aitchison, pp. 197-237
12. Nov. 20--Student Presentations
13. Nov. 27--No Class--Thanksgiving Holiday
14. Dec. 4--Student presentations
CTECs
15. Dec. 11--Student Presentations
Final paper DUE


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