050.205. The Structure of English
Fall 2000

Krieger 234
Wednesday 1:30-3:30
 

Prof. Luigi Burzio

  Cognitive Science Department
Krieger 247
410-516-7214
burzio@jhu.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 2-4
   

Benjamin Slade
Teaching Assistant

  Krieger 153
410-516-5029
slade@cogsci.jhu.edu
Office hour: Thu & Fri 12:00-1:00
   
  Course Syllabus in pdf format Download course syllabus Homework #4a (requires MsWord or WordPerfect)
  Homework #4b (requires MsWord or WordPerfect)
  Web-resources maintained by Benjamin Slade. Homework #4c (requires MsWord or WordPerfect)
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Main Textbook
 
  • Crystal, David (1995) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. Paperback
Other reading materials
 
  • Mitchell, Steve (1976) How to Speak Southern. Bantam books.
  • Burzio, Luigi (1996) ‘Where English Prosody Meets Phonological Theory,' in Pérez Guerra, Javier, M.Teresa Caneda Cabrera, Marta Dahlgreen, Teresa Fernández-Colmeiro and Eduardo J. Varela Bravo (eds.) Proceedings of the XIX International Conference of AEDEAN. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo. (51-65).
 
S Y L L A B U S
Week Date Topic Read before class Homework
due
pages: of chapter:
1 Sept. 7, 8 History: Old English, Middle English      
2 Sept. 14,
15		 8-29 3 HW 1
3 Sept. 21,
22		 30-54 4  
4 Sept. 28,
29		 Sound Structure and Word-formation 236-255 17 HW 2
5 Oct. 5, 6 55 4  
6 Oct. 12, 13 Burzio (1996)   HW 3
7 Oct. 19, 20 124-131;
198-205		 9; 14  
  Oct. 26 24hr take-home Midterm
8 Oct. 26, 27 Dialectal Variation: (Northern and Southern US dialects) 92-97 7 HW 4
9 Nov. 2, 3 Mitchell (1976)    
10 Nov. 9, 10 298-318 20 HW 5
11 Nov. 16, 17 Sentence Structure and pronominal system 206-213 15  
12 Nov. 30,
Dec. 1		 214-233 16 HW 6
13 Dec. 7, 8   TBA  
          HW 7
  Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2-5 pm. Final: 3hr, open-book, comprehensive


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Notes:  
  • It is important that homework be turned in on time.
  • Exams will cover both class lectures and readings.
Updated: Sep-19-2000