Slavic Contributions to Linguistics
Welcome to Russian 607. Numerous handouts, including the syllabus, are available here in pdf format.
August 29 | Syllabus |
Helps and Notes to Fundamentals of Language, 1 | |
FL, 2 | |
Questions on FL | |
Feature grids | |
Aug 31 | FL, 3 |
Sep 5 | Kindersprache notes, 1 discussion now to be held on 21 Sept |
Kindersprache notes, 2 | |
French consonant system | |
Sep 9 | Russian consonant system |
Sept 12 | Anthony's Contribution |
Comparative Slavic Phonology (assignments now for 28 Sept} | |
French Consonant Features | |
Russkie bukvy | |
Identification of Phonemic Entities | |
Why Mama and Papa | |
Towards the Logical Description | |
Sept 19 | Assignment for Week Five, for 5 October, beginning Morphology: read only "Russian Conjugation," "Shifters" and "Zero Sign" |
Russian Conjugation | |
Shifters | |
Oct 3 | Sign Zero (belongs with the above two) |
Relation between Visual and Auditory (here begin articles for October 12) | |
Visual and Auditory Signs | |
Quest for the Essence of Language (a very special article, actually a speech he delivered, so it is dumbed-down a touch) | |
Oct 10 | Morphophonemics ~ phonemics (addendum to Russian conjugation - take a look) |
Oct 15 | Chomsky Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Oct 21 | Chomsky 5,6 |
Chomsky 7 | |
Oct 30 | Chomsky 8,9 |
Dear Students,
Do what you can with Cook and Newson 5-7; esp. 7 is difficult, and I must, say, too concisely presented for the general reader. I apologize.
Keep preparing your presentations!
Thanks for all,
George