COURSE GOALS
   * Understand language diversity around the world.
   * Understand how languages change.
   * Understand the ethnic, socio-political, and
         educational ramifications of language choice.

PROFESSOR:  Doris Payne
  * 346-3894, 253 Straub, Department of Linguistics
  * e-mail (any time!): dlpayne@oregon.uoregon.edu
  * office hours:  Th 12-1:00, F 12-1:00, pref by appointment
 
 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:                                  Linguistic Olympics
              3 writing assignments (30%)
                   2 midterms (30%)     MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
                                 MIDTERM GRADE
              Final Paper (40%)

COURSE SCHEDULE

COURSE MATERIALS:
                * Readings, as announced on the course schedule and as required by your
                        own research (some on reserve at Knight Library)
                     * LING 211 Web resources
                     * Your own research initiative (for final paper and short writing assignments)

              ADDITIONAL ITEMS:
              Study Guide for "In Search of The First Language"
           "The Mother Tongue (Part II)"
              Nigerian Pidgin & Tok Pisin examples
           Athapaskan features (Sekani)
              Writing Tips
              Native American Languages of Oregon
              Classifiers
              Turkish (Altaic) vowel harmony
              Maasai (Nilotic) vowel harmony
              Serial Verbs
              Bantu Noun Classes