ASIAN 401 - Introduction to Asian Linguistics

Spring 2009


Week 1

Tuesday (March 31): Languages of North/East/Southeast Asia (pps)
Wednesday (April 1): Languages of South Asia (pps)

Week 2

Friday (April 10): Suprasegmentals (tone and length) (pdf) | Asian language vowel systems (pdf)

Week 3

 

Week 4

 

Week 5

 

Week 6

Tuesday (May 5): Syntactic structures (pps)
Thursday (May 7): Movement and agreement (pdf)
Friday (May 8): Semantics (pps)

Week 7

Tuesday (May 12): Sound change (pdf)
Wednesday (May 13): Historical phonology and morphology (pps)
Thursday (May 14): Historical syntax and lexical change (pps)

Week 8

 

Week 9

Thursday (May 28): Features of Asian-language syntax (pdf)

Week 10

Wednesday (June 3): East Asian writing systems (pps)

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