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Linguistics 101: Review

Linguistics 101: Review. Gareth Price. New Site for Powerpoints. www.duke.edu/~gop/teaching.html. Final Paper. Friday, April 30 2010 E-mailed submissions by midnight … AND bring me a hard copy on Monday to the exam. Exam. Monday May 3rd 10.30am – 12pm Carr 136. Exam Content.

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Linguistics 101: Review

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  1. Linguistics 101: Review Gareth Price

  2. New Site for Powerpoints • www.duke.edu/~gop/teaching.html

  3. Final Paper • Friday, April 30 2010 • E-mailed submissions by midnight … • AND bring me a hard copy on Monday to the exam.

  4. Exam • Monday May 3rd • 10.30am – 12pm • Carr 136

  5. Exam Content • Linguistically analyse three data sets • Aphasia / language impairment • Child language acquisition • Conversation • Use frameworks • Phonological • Morphological • Syntax / grammar • Semantics • Pragmatics

  6. Phonology • Use the IPA chart to adequately describe phonological features • So … the ‘b’ sound • … voiced bilabial stop /b/ • Look for REGULARITIES as well as IRREGULARITIES • E.g. where voiced interdental fricative /ð/ becomes voiced alveolar stop /d/ • unvoiced interdental fricative /θ/ • becomes unvoiced alveolar stop /t/ • Try not to see these as ‘errors’ – linguistic description, not value judgement

  7. Morphology • Be clear on what morphemes are • Be able to identify features of inflectional vs. derivational morphology • And be able to identify what the morphemes do • Plural marking –s • Third person verb marking –s • = both –s, but different functions/morphemes • Again … REGULARITIES and IRREGULARITIES

  8. Syntax and Grammar • Be careful to distinguish what is syntactically incorrect • The the cat on sat mat • From what is ‘grammatically’ non-standard • He ain’t got none • You won’t have to draw trees in the exam • But do look for NPs and VPs in the data • E.g. in the aphasiac patient we looked at, the possessive determiner ‘my’ was 3 out 4 times attached to a adjective, but was missing a noun. • Again, REGULARITIES and IRREGULARITIES

  9. Semantics • Semantics • … red sock in the washing machine! • It goes all the way through! • So … always pay attention to meaning and meaning-making • Whether things ‘make sense’ or are somehow ambiguous

  10. Pragmatics • Grice’s Maxims • Pauses • Latching on / Overlapping • Adjacency pairs • ‘Known answer’ questions • Make sure you study the data carefully – there is ALWAYS something to be said that is linguistically interesting about ANY conversation (no matter how banal)

  11. General Points • Be bold! • Make an attempt to use technical terms correctly, rather than avoiding them in case they are incorrect • Say what you see … • … even if it sounds ‘obvious’ • … and especially if you think it sounds ‘outlandish’ • Your interpretation counts!

  12. Exam Revision • Overview: • 1.0 – 1.5 • Phonetics / Phonology: • 2.1 – 2.3, 3.1 – 3.3 • Morphology • 4.0 – 4.2, 4.4 – 4.5 • Syntax • 5.0 – 5.3 • * Language Files doesn’t do X-Bar Syntax • Semantics • 6.0 – 6.5 • Pragmatics • 7.0 – 7.2 • AND … Chapter 8 (Language Acquisition) and Chapter 9 (Language Storage and Processing)

  13. FIN

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