Intro to Language

Syllabus

Exams: January 12th, January 26th, starting at 9am, non_sat day: January 21st. Please e-mail me the lists of students for each date. Here is a slightly edited version of your initial questions about language. I plan to discuss these questions with you as a part of the exam.
Topics Lecture Notes, Handouts Readings, HWs
Introduction, What's language and why study it? What do linguists do? Lecture 1 Pinker-Chapter-1, Pinker-Chapter-2
Characteristics of language, Language and though, morphology Lecture 2 Pinker-Chapter-5
Syntax and Phonology Lecture 3 Pinker-Chapter-4, Pinker-Chapter-6
Language change, language acquisition Lecture 4