LING/ENGL 605:
Intermediate Linguistic Analysis

The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:10-3:30, in Hamilton Smith 142.

Professor: Naomi Nagy

Office: Hamilton Smith 209

Office hours: Thurs. 11-1
and by appointment

  Phone: 862-2783 E-mail: ngn@ unh.edu

Course Description | Course Requirements

Week

Day

Topic

Reading

Homework
(due on the day on which it appears)

1

8/30

Introduction

Review IPA symbols and your LING 505 notes

9/1

Phonetics

consonants

Ch. 1, Ch. 2:15-37  

2

9/6

vowels  

Ch. 2: Q 2-7

Choose language for your research project

9/8

NA phonemes Ch. 9: 325-331 Ch. 2: Q 9-10, transcription ex.

3

9/13

suprasegmentals Ch. 2: 37-43  

9/15

processes Ch. 2: 43-51 Ch. 2: Q 11-12, {13 or 15}

4

9/20

Phonology

contrasts

Ch. 3: 57-72 Phonetics & bibliography sections due

9/22

features, syllables

Ch. 3: 72-91 Ch. 3: Q 2-4

5

9/27

     

9/29

derivations, rules Ch. 3: 91-99 Ch. 3: Q 6-8

6

10/4

    Ch. 3: Q. 13-15

10/6

     

7

10/11

NO CLASS
(Columbus Day)
   

10/13

Constraint-based representations
TBA Phonology section due
8

10/18

Review & catch-up
  More phonology problems

10/20

   

9

10/25

Morphology

 

Ch. 4: 111-127
Ch. 9: 331-334 (NA morphemes)
 

10/27

Ch. 4: 127-140
Ch. 4: Q 1-4
10

11/1

Ch. 9: 334-340 (NA Case, Noun classes, Aspect, tense) Ch. 4: Q 6, 7, 10, 11

11/3

Syntax

Ch. 5: 151-167 Morphology section due
11

11/8

Ch. 5:190-194 Ch. 5: Q 1-4
11/10   Ch. 5: Q 5-7
12

11/15

Ch. 5: 167-182 Ch. 5: Q 8-9

11/17

Ch. 5: 182-188 Ch. 5: Q 10-12
13

11/22

Semantics

Ch. 6: 201-216 Ch. 5: Q 13-14

11/24

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)    
14

11/29

  Ch. 6: 217-227 Syntax section due

12/1

Ch. 6: 228-236
Ch. 6: Q 2-5
15

12/6

  Ch. 6: Q 9-11

12/8

Review & catch-up    
Tuesday
12/13 EXAM 2

3:30-5:30, HS 126

Full paper due Thurs. 12/15 by noon

NA = Native American languages