| Syllabus | Full Bibliographic References | Handouts |
Please do the readings before the lecture for which they are assigned.
* Clicking on a link in the following table will take you to the PDF version of the article. Most are in the Fondren Electronic Course Reserves, and others are on another password-protected site. You will need the course password and Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print them.
Readings with an asterisk (*) need a student discussant. Each student is required to present two of these articles. If you wish to volunteer for a particular reading, please contact me by the beginning of the third week of class. Otherwise I will assign the articles "arbitrarily." (The dashed-lines in the 'presenter' column will be replaced by the names of the presenters, once the articles are taken.)
| Date | Topic | Reading | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | |||
| 1/6 | Course Intro & Overview | None | |
| 1/8 | Popular Criticism | Halpern | |
| Week 2 | |||
| 1/13 | History of Linguistics | Joseph | |
| 1/15 | History of Linguistics (cont.) Philosophy of Science | None | |
| Week 3 | |||
| 1/20 | Philosophy of Science (cont.) | Popper | |
| 1/22 | Philosophy of Science (cont.) Research Design | Kuhn | |
| Week 4 | |||
| 1/27 | Generative Linguistics (Overview) | Chomsky (1965) | |
| 1/29 | Generative Linguistics (Overview cont.) | Radford (skim) Derwing | |
| Week 5 | |||
| 2/3 | Generative Linguistics (Source Discussion) | * Chomsky (1970) | Dr. E |
| 2/5 | Sociolinguistics (Overview) | Tagliamonte | |
| Week 6 | |||
| 2/10 | Sociolinguistics (Source Discussion) | * Anderson * Schiffrin | Chelsea David S |
| 2/12 | Sociolinguistics (Source Discussion cont.) | * Rickford et al. | Dr. E |
| Week 7 | |||
| 2/17 | Cognitive Linguistics (Overview) | Radden Langacker (1995) | |
| 2/19 | Cognitive Linguistics (Source Discussion) | * Matlock et al. | Alex |
| Week 8 | |||
| 2/24 | Cognitive Linguistics (Source Discussion cont.) | * Langacker (1985) * Grady | Carlos Dave R |
| 2/26 | Functional-Typological Linguistics (Overview) | Croft | |
| Week 9 | |||
| 3/3 | No Class (Spring Break) | ||
| 3/5 | No Class (Spring Break) | ||
| Week 10 | |||
| 3/10 | Functional-Typological Linguistics (Source Discussion) | * Dryer * O’Connor | Alex Chelsea |
| 3/12 | Field Linguistics (Overview) | Newman & Ratliff Vaux & Cooper | |
| Week 11 | |||
| 3/17 | Field Linguistics (Source discussion) | * Matthewson * Duranti | Haowen Dr. E |
| 3/19 | Discourse-Functional Linguistics (Overview) | Hopper Weber | |
| Week 12 | |||
| 3/24 | Discourse-Functional Linguistics (Source Discussion) | * Thompson & Mulac * Tao | David S Dr. E |
| 3/26 | Interactional Linguistics (Overview) | Ford et al. | |
| Week 13 | |||
| 3/31 | Interactional Linguistics (Source discussion) | * Fox et al. * Curl | Carlos Dave R |
| 4/2 | No Class (Midterm Recess) | ||
| Week 14 | |||
| 4/7 | Corpus Linguistics (Overview & Discussion) | * Biber | Haowen |
| 4/9 | "Formalism" versus "Functionalism" | * Newmeyer | Dr. E |
| Week 15 | |||
| 4/14 | "Formalism" versus "Functionalism" (cont.) | * Bybee | Dr. E |
| 4/16 | Genie Video Course Wrap-up | None | |
| Finals Week | |||
| 4/29 | Paper due by 5pm |