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Instructor:

James Myers (³Á³Ç)
Office: ¤å¾Ç°|247
Tel: 6471
Email: Lngmyers at ccu dot edu dot tw
WWW: http://www.ccunix.ccu.edu.tw/~lngmyers
Office hours: Tuesday 2pm-3pm, or by appointment.

Teaching Assistants (TA's):

¯Î»AÁø (Tracy)
Office: ¤å¾Ç°|124
Tel: 6127 (dorm)
Email: g8615003@ccunix.ccu.edu.tw
Office hours: Tuesday 2pm-3pm, or by appointment.

½²¨Ø¶² (Regina)
Office: ¤å¾Ç°|237
Tel: 6465 (office)
Email: astpwt@ccunix.ccu.edu.tw
Office hours: Monday 2pm-3pm, or by appointment.

Goals:

I hope that you will learn:

• to be amazed by human language, not just by weird foreign languages (like English) but also by "ordinary" languages (like Chinese)
• to see how language can be studied scientifically
• to become skilled at doing linguistic analyses
• to use these skills in your real life

Textbook:

Fromkin, V. and Rodman, R. (1998) An Introduction to Language
(Sixth Edition). Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

Grading:

• 10% Class attendance
• 10% Participation in class discussion (Chinese or English)
• 60% Weekly exercises
• 20% Term paper (Chinese or English)

You should do the readings BEFORE the lecture on Wednesdays. On Fridays, you should be prepared to discuss with the TA. Of course, you can also ask questions and make comments during the Wednesday lectures, if you want to. Almost every week there will be some short exercises. They will usually be assigned on Friday and due the following Wednesday at the beginning of class. The term paper should be no more than 8 pages, typed, double- spaced. You can write the paper in Chinese if you want. If you write in English, don't worry, because the English won't affect the grade. The paper is due on 1/13. We'll talk about paper topics before that. You can write about almost any linguistic topic that interests you.

Schedule
("*" marks when something is due)
(Note: The notes for topics we have not yet discussed are from the 1997 class.)