May 29th to July 6th, Monday-Thursday 10:00 am to 11:50 am
18 Seminary Place (SEM) room 001 (basement)
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 12 noon to 1 pm, SEM 301 or 305

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is geared toward students with an interest in the study of linguistic theory. In this class, we will be exploring the structural properties of human language as illuminated by modern linguistic theory. Sentence-structure (syntax), sound-patterns (phonology), word-form (morphology), and aspects of meaning (semantics) will be discussed using the theories you are likely to encounter during later classes at Rutgers. Principles of Universal Grammar, crosslinguistic comparison, language acquisition, and social issues of language will also be covered.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS (Available at New Jersey Books.)
Fromkin, V. ed. 1999. Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory. Blackwell Publishers.
Pinker, S. 2000. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

The full syllabus can be found here (PDF).
The current course schedule can be found here. Updated: 06/25/07
HOMEWORK is linked from the schedule page.

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