ASIAN 401 - Introduction to Asian Linguistics

Spring 2009


Week 1

Tuesday (March 31): Asian languages exercise 1
Wednesday (April 1):Asian languages exercise 2 | Map homework assignment
Thursday (April 2): Vocal tract exercise | Vocal tract diagram
Friday (April 3): Consonants handout

Week 2

Tuesday (April 7): Vowels handout
Wednesday (April 8): IPA handout | IPA chart | North American phonetic symbols

Week 3

Tuesday (April 14): Phoneme handout
Wednesday (April 15): Phonological rules handout
Thursday (April 16): Homework #1a (due Friday April 17)

Week 4

Tuesday (April 21): Morpheme handout
Thursday (April 23): Derivation handout
Friday (April 24): Inflection handout

Week 5

Tuesday (April 28): Morphological analysis handout
Thursday (April 30): Compounds handout | Morphology review handout | extra morphology exercises (not handed out in class)
Friday (May 1): Midterm review handout

Week 6

Tuesday (May 5): Syntactic structures handout
Friday (May 8): Metaphor handout | HW #3 make-up

Week 7

Tuesday (May 12): Sound change handout
Thursday (May 14): HW #5 (due Monday May 18)
Friday (May 15): Comparative method handout

Week 8

Monday (May 18): (see last Friday for comparative method handout)
Tuesday (May 19): Comparative method summary | Comparative method additional exercise
Wednesday (May 20): Internal reconstruction handout
Friday (May 22): Language classification/typology handout

Week 9

Monday (May 25): HW #5 make-up (due Friday) | Revised version of ALW 5.2.1-5.2.3 (prepare for Wednesday)
Tuesday (May 26): Revised schedule | Asian language families (not handed out in class)

Week 10

Tuesday (June 2): South Asian scripts handout (no pdf available)
Wednesday (June 3): Politeness and honorifics handout (pdf)
Thursday (June 4): Final exam review sheet (pdf)

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