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