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Welcome to Linguistics 1A. Linguistics 1A. Course organiser: Peter Ackema packema@ling.ed.ac.uk Course secretary: Stephanie Fong s.fong@ed.ac.uk. Information at. http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/ (with further links to Linguistics 1 course booklet) WebCT page .
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Linguistics 1A Course organiser: Peter Ackema packema@ling.ed.ac.uk Course secretary: Stephanie Fong s.fong@ed.ac.uk
Informationat • http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/ (with further links to Linguistics 1 course booklet) • WebCT page
Who is teaching What • Introduction: Bob Ladd • Phonetics and Phonology: Warren Maguire • Morphology and Syntax: Peter Ackema • Semantics: Dan Wedgwood • Language & Communication: Simon Kirby et al. • Structure of a Language: Dan Wedgwood
Lectures and Tutorials • Lectures on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 10 to 10.50 in this room • Tutorials on Wednesdays Sign up for a tutorial group THIS WEEK Sign up sheet on WebCT First tutorial on Wednesday next week (30 Sep) Be prepared!
Reading • Lecture notes (on WebCT) • Textbook (parts) William O’Grady, Michael Dobrovolsky and Francis Katamba (1997), Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. London: Longman.
Assessment • Data analysis problem (50%) • Exam (50%)