24.900 Introduction to Linguistics
Spring 2009
Instructors: Suzanne Flynn, Janis Melvold
TAs: Jessica Coon, Peter Graff, Omer Preminger, Kirill Shklovsky, Yasutada Sudo
Peter's office hour:
T 4:00-5:00
(32 D-8th floor lobby)
Jessica's office hour: M 11:00-12:00
(32-D866)
Omer's office hour: Th 11:00-12:00
(32-D962)
Kirill's office hour: W 3:00-4:00, Th 10:00-11:00
(32-D766)
Yasu's office hour: F 1:00-2:00
(32-D970)
Information:
Announcements
Absolute deadline for Squibs
Dear 24.900,No squibs will be accepted after Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 11:59pm.
Good Luck on all your finals.
Professor Suzanne Flynn
Announced on 18 May 2009 11:34 a.m. by Suzanne Flynn
quiz 2 solutions posted
Dear all,
I've posted solutions to the second quiz on the Stellar site (under the general section of the materials page). We will try to have them graded and back to you soon.
Final squibs are due tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:59pm in .pdf format to the Stellar site. If you have late days left, be sure to let your TA know if you plan to use them.
--Jessica
I've posted solutions to the second quiz on the Stellar site (under the general section of the materials page). We will try to have them graded and back to you soon.
Final squibs are due tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:59pm in .pdf format to the Stellar site. If you have late days left, be sure to let your TA know if you plan to use them.
--Jessica
Announced on 13 May 2009 10:51 a.m. by Jessica Coon
24.900 meets at 9:15am on Wednesday, May 13
Dear 24.900,i will be coming from a meeting across campus on Wed. morning. Class will begin at 9:15am instead of 9:00am. See you then.
Thank you.
SFlynn
Announced on 12 May 2009 8:43 p.m. by Suzanne Flynn
final squib due Thursday May 14th
Dear all,
By early next week you should have all met with your TAs to discuss your revised proposal. Final squibs are due by midnight on Thursday May 14th to the Stellar site. They must be .pdf files, other formats will not be counted. Please see the "Guidelines for Writing a Squib" posted under the general materials section on Stellar. Especially:
Good luck!
Jessica
By early next week you should have all met with your TAs to discuss your revised proposal. Final squibs are due by midnight on Thursday May 14th to the Stellar site. They must be .pdf files, other formats will not be counted. Please see the "Guidelines for Writing a Squib" posted under the general materials section on Stellar. Especially:
- Please make sure all text is double-spaced (though examples with glosses and tables may be single-spaced). Your paper should contain roughly 7-10 pages long. If you have many large trees, tables, or examples, you may want your paper to be a bit longer, but remember that we are more concered with clarity and organization than with exact length. It's better to have a slightly shorter paper than to add unrelated material to fill the page requirement.
- Be sure you state your topic clearly in your introduction.
There are many possible ways to organize a paper, but a clear
introduction and summarizing conclusion are both essential. It may
also be useful to break the body of the paper into labelled
sections (e.g., for a paper on possible syllable types in Mandarin,
you may have sections such as "Phoneme inventory",
"Onsets", "Codas", "Evidence from
loanwords", etc.)
- You must cite all of your sources. For this squib, it is
possible that your only sources are your informants, or you may be
doing additional outside research. Either way is fine, in
consultation with your TA, but it is crucial that you cite every
source you use. (Any format is fine, so long as you are
consistent.) That means if all of your data comes from you
informants, you may want to add a note at the beginning explaining
this. If you looked up the phonemes of your language in a source,
be sure to cite it, etc.
- Be sure to label all examples consecutively, and to explain
what the examples are doing there. E.g., "In example (2), we
see that the suffix -blah follows the verb root. As shown by the
ungrammaticality of example (3), this suffix may not
appear...". It can be very useful to highlight the particular
points you are focussing on, for example by boldfacing certain
words/morphemes/phonemes, etc. Back up all of your claims with
supporting data.
- Remember that we are cocerned here with spoken language. If
your paper is not focussing on phonology, it is fine to use a
Latin-based writing system for your language. If you have chosen a
phonology-based topic, you should be using IPA, or symbols that you
define for different sounds.
- We recognize that this is a short assignment, that many of the
topics you are looking into are complex, and it is unlikely that
you will be able to solve everything in 10 pages! It is perfectly
fine (and even a good idea) to point out any problematic data,
possibilities for further research, or places where your analysis
may need refinement.
- Don't forget that the writing center can be a great resource for help not just with grammar and style, but overall paper organization.
Good luck!
Jessica
Announced on 07 May 2009 9:15 p.m. by Jessica Coon
solutions to part II or problem set 5 posted on Stellar
Hi all,
The solutions to part II or problem set 5 have been posted on the Stellar site. This is so you have a chance to look over them before the quiz Wednesday, since you won't get your graded homework back until your one-on-one meeting with your TA.
Note especially that we want you to know the names of the binding principles (A, B, C), binding domain, c-command, and please be sure you understand the formal definitions of entailment and presupposition.
As always, contact me or your TA with any questions.
--Jessica
The solutions to part II or problem set 5 have been posted on the Stellar site. This is so you have a chance to look over them before the quiz Wednesday, since you won't get your graded homework back until your one-on-one meeting with your TA.
Note especially that we want you to know the names of the binding principles (A, B, C), binding domain, c-command, and please be sure you understand the formal definitions of entailment and presupposition.
As always, contact me or your TA with any questions.
--Jessica
Announced on 02 May 2009 12:42 p.m. by Jessica Coon
