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LING 3060 |
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Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-10:50 |
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Dr. Eubank
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 3:00-4:00 or by appointment
Click for e-mail (Use my e-mail address only for very personal stuff; otherwise, please use the bulletin board. See below for details.)
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| The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the principal areas of linguistics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textbook: |
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| Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University.
Language Files,
7th Edn.
Reynoldsburg: OH: Advocate. Until the textbook arrives, we can use the pages I've scanned and placed here. |
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| All three examinations are in the multiple-choice format and cover material from Language Files, from class work (lectures, exercises), and from films. The final examination is comprehensive. Note that these examinations are quite demanding and require that you know the material very well. (At least one quiz will also be administered; the quiz grade counts loosely to allow me some non-mathematical leeway in bumping people's overall grades upwards.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| According to university policy, excused or authorized absences are only those resulting from university-sponsored activities or the observance of certain religious holidays if the instructor receives notification in writing of the date(s) within the first fifteen days of the semester. Absences due to, for example, illness or accident are not excused. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We will have discussions of various topics from the course over the Department of English Bulletin Board. In order to take part in these dicussions, you will first need to register yourself as a BB user. (It's free.) Once registered, you can then enter the LING 3060 discussion area and begin! (You are also welcome to take part in dicussions in other areas of the bulletin board, but, of course, you don't get "grade" credit for participation in the other areas.)
Your grade for the discussions will be determined by the number of times that you submit posts that are relevant to the topics of discussion. (Posts that are not relevant to linguistics topics do not count toward your grade.) You will receive three grades for your participation in these discussions. Grading will take place at the same time that we do major examinations. For each of the three grades, you will receive credit based on the following formula: |
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| It is important for you to realize that the grading scheme above applies to each of the three grades you will receive. For example, in order to get an 'A' for this whole portion of the course, you would need to post as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I will be directing the discussions on the bulletin board, though you are welcome to initiate topics of linguistic relevance on your own! You should make an attempt to keep up with the discussions, contributing to them as often as you can. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In accordance with the terms and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504, Rehabilitation Act, I will cooperate with the Office of Disability Accommodation (ODA) to make reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. If you have a disability for which you will require accommodation under the terms of these acts, please discuss your needs with me during office hours or present a written request to me after class before the fourth class day. If you have not registered with ODA, I encourage you to do so. Essential abilities for this course include reading, writing, and unimpaired aural ability. |
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| Specific assignments from the Language Files will be given in class. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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