Professional Documents
Culture Documents
001
Curzan, Anne and Michael Adams. How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction.
Pearson Education/Longman 2006, Second Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-205-60550-7
Crystal, David. The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language. Penguin Books
2002, ISBN 0-14-100396-0.
Additional readings and exercises will be distributed via eLearning and/or in class. Each student
is required to participate 5 times in online discussions about these readings or about topics of
their own choice.
Assignments & Academic Calendar - All readings should be completed before class for
which they are scheduled Note: Schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the
instructor. Readings assigned should be done before class day specified.
Additional readings will be posted to the
January 11
Course overview, syllabus presentation, term paper assignment, intro exercises
January 13
Language and Linguistics
Readings: Curzan Ch 1, Crystal, pp1-12
January 18
Language and Linguistics
January 20
Language and Linguistics continued
January 25
Language and Authority
Readings: Curzan Ch 2, Crystal pp 34-51
January 27
Phonology and Phonetics
Readings: Curzan Ch 3, Crystal pp 52-68
February 1
Phonology and Phonetics
February 3
Phonology and Phonetics
February 8
Morphology
Readings: Curzan Ch 4,
February 10
Morphology, Review for Exam
February 15
*************Exam I ****************************************************
February 17
Syntax
Readings: Curzan Ch 5, Crystal pp19-33
February 22
Syntax
Reading: Curzan, Ch 6
February 24
Syntax
March 1
Syntax
March 3
Syntax
Reading: Curzan, Ch 7
March 8
Semantics
March 10
Semantics
Reading: Curzan Ch 8
March 15 & 17
Spring Break – No Class
March 22
Discourse Analysis
March 24
Discourse Analysis
Reading: Curzan Ch 9
March 29
******Exam 2**************************************************************************
March 31
Stylistics
Reading: Curzan Ch 10
April 5
Stylistics
April 7
******Term Papers Due (at 11:59 pm via WebCT)*************
Language Acquisition
April 12
Language Acquisition
Readings: Curzan, Ch 11, Crystal pp 87-106
April 14
Language Acquisition
April 19
Language Variation
Reading: Curzan, Ch 12
April 21
Language Variation
April 26
Language Variation/Review
Last day to contribute to eLearning discussions. Must have 5 before midnight.
April 28
**************Exam 3************************* (Not cumulative)
Grading Policy
Exam 1 20%
Exam 2 20%
Exam 3 20%
Term Paper 20%
Attendance/Participation/HW 20%
100%
Scale:
Grade Average
A+ 100-96
A 95-93
A- 92-90
B+ 89-86
B 85-83
B- 82-80
C+ 79-76
C 75-73
C- 72-70
D+ 69-66
D 65-63
D- 62-60
F 59-0
X Incomplete
CR Credit
NC No Credit
No more than one or two students will receive a final grade of A+.
Receive 3 points on paper grade for a documented visit to the writing center. Many
students lose 10-15 points on paper grades for their failure to express ideas in a clear,
concise manner in Standard English. It may take 5-10 visits to the Writing Center to
address these issues.
Note: Extra credit will not be used to “fine-tune” your grade once you realize you have a
79.4 average. Don’t wait until the last minute.