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Lecture Notes

LEC # tOPICS Lecture NOTES

1

Introduction

(PDF)

2-4

Morphology

Morphology, First Lecture (PDF)

Morphology, Second Lecture (PDF)

Morphology, Third Lecture (PDF)

5

End of Morphology, Beginning of Phonetics

(PDF)

6

Phonetics

(PDF)

7-8

Phonology

Phonology, First Lecture (PDF)

Phonology, Second Lecture (PDF)

9

Guest Lecturer: Donca Steriade

(PDF) (Courtesy of Donca Steriade. Used with permission.)

10

Quiz: Morphology/Phonology

  

11-14

Syntax

Syntax, First Lecture (PDF)

Syntax, Second and Third Lecture (PDF)

Syntax, Fourth Lecture (PDF)

15

End of Syntax, Beginning of Semantics

(PDF)

16-18

Semantics

Semantics, First Lecture (PDF)

Semantics, Second Lecture (PDF)

Semantics, Third Lecture (PDF)
19 Quiz: Syntax/Semantics  
20 Language Acquisition (PDF)
21-22 Historical Linguistics Historical Linguistics, First Lecture (PDF)

Historical Linguistics, Second Lecture (PDF)
23 Guest Lecturer: Allison Adler and Pranav Anand  
24 Ebonics, Pidgins and Creoles (PDF)
25 Language Endangerment (PDF)
26 Final Exam Review (PDF)
27 Final Exam