Announcement: There is a revised schedule for the last two weeks of classes.
Announcement: Do you need a refresher on basic English grammar terms like "noun", "conjunction", "compound word"? A good resource is Grammar: a student's guide by James R. Hurford (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
Syllabus |
• ASIAN 401 syllabus | Revised schedule for Weeks 9-10 | Asian Linguistics Workbook |
Handouts |
• Class handouts | extra morphology exercises (April 30) |
Lectures |
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Answers |
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Fonts |
• Download free Unicode IPA font from SIL (Windows or Macintosh) Both Windows and Macintoshes now come with complete Unicode fonts that include IPA symbols. These are already installed in your system. The Windows fonts are "Arial Unicode MS" and "Lucinda Sans Unicode". The Macintosh font is "Lucida Grande". Both are quite ugly. The links above are for nicer-looking fonts. It is not always easy to get the symbols you want into your documents. On a Macintosh, you can install the "Show Character Palette" keyboard layout, and look for phonetic symbols in the "IPA Extensions" Unicode block; or better, download and install the free IPA Palette. In Microsoft Word on Windows XP, you can use "Insert Symbol" and scroll through the font to find the appropriate symbols. This can be time-consuming, but once you find the symbol you want, you can assign a keystroke to it so that you can enter it easily in the future. You can find a description of how to do this here. You may also download this detailed guide to entering IPA symbols. Most of the information is for Mac. |
Phonetics |
• Web site of the International Phonetic Association These web sites will allow you to view and listen to the production of speech sounds:
New resources become available on the web all the time, so feel free to search for other useful tools, and let me know if you find something that should be included here. |
Textbook |
(Many files on this site are in Adobe pdf format. If you cannot view them, try downloading a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If your computer system does not have Chinese capability, be sure to include the Asian Language Files in your installation )