CRN 13040 Fall 2008, MWF 12:00-12:50, 255 Lillis Hall, University of Oregon

SCHEDULE: see below

COURSE MATERIALS:

• Payne, Thomas. 2006.  Exploring Language Structure: A Student's Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Required)
• Ohio State Lg. Files reading on hierarchical structure (on Blackboard) (Required)
• Ling 535: Additional items on reserve, including:

• Haspelmath, Martin. 2002. Understanding Morphology. Chapters 3 "Lexicon and rules", 6 "Productivity", 9 "Word Based Rules". Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Radford, Andrew. 1981. Transformational Syntax: A student's guide to Chomsky's Extended Standard Theory. Chapters 2, 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

EXPECTATIONS:

• Homework due Fridays at class time unless otherwise indicated. It will be graded for clarity of writing, clear argumentation in support of your conclusions, and correctness of your conclusions. Ling 535 may have some additional questions or problems included in any of the Homework sets.
• Reading should be done before lecture for which assigned.
• Discussion section is obligatory. Ling 535 students may have some sessions at distinct times with the professor.

GRADING:

Academic dishonesty, such as cheating or plagiarism, will be (potentially) rewarded with a failing grade for the entire course. Academic dishonesty is never a good way to learn anything, thwarts the purpose of true education, and is unjust to your fellow students. For homework, you are encouraged to discuss and problem-solve together, but you must write up your own work to turn in.

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