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Protected: Week Two of Fall 2014

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Posted by: | on September 1, 2014

Labor Day Weekend Reminders

Hello, Linguistic Enthusiasts!
A couple of reminders for your Labor Day weekend:
First, don’t forget to join in Discussion 1: Can Animals Use Language? The discussion will be available on the course website until Wednesday evening, so hop on whenever you get a chance.
There’s also a SECOND chatroom/discussion board available. If you’re still looking for people to team up with for group work, or if you have a question you think your fellow classmates could help you on, make sure to post it there, in the General Discussion chat board thing.
That said, don’t forget that Blog-1, a basic essay blog about your language experiences, is due 7pm on Sept. 3rd. While I’d prefer that you already have your groups figure out, if you haven’t had a chance to work out groups yet, you can do Blog-1 as a solo blog, all by yourself, if you want to. Either way, make sure you get started early so you have a chance to edit and revise before posting it!
Finally, if you’re following the workflow, you’ve probably already started reading about Phonetics & Phonology. That’s great! I’ve uploaded a handout to Blackboard to help you with that and I’ve added some links to the Website as well– some cool interactive stuff that you should definitely check out (like UCLA’s interactive IPA chart). Go ahead and start on HW-1 over the weekend and bring it with you (as a work in progress) to class on Tuesday.
Happy Labor Day!
-dsb

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Posted by: | on August 27, 2014

Quizzes: q3: Linguistics Post-Quiz

If you can’t access the Blackboard site, please take Q3 here.


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The phrase "I ain't no linguist." is ungrammatical from a linguist's perspective.

Linguistics is the __________ study of language. (choose the best answer)

A degree in linguistics is useful for which of the following careers...



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Posted by: | on August 27, 2014

Quizzes: q2: Languages Post-Quiz

If you cannot log in to the Blackboard site for this course, please take the Q2 here.


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According to Ethnologue, how many languages are currently spoken on Earth?

The "Design Features of Language" were devised by what linguist in the 1960s?

A fully complex language has both a spoken and written form.



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Posted by: | on August 26, 2014

Office Hours Correction

Hello linguists!

I realized I made a mistake on the syllabus and when I was talking in class today. My office hours are:

Mondays, 3:30-4:45, SHW 236
Thursdays, 4:00-5:45ish, somewhere near the Student Union Starbucks

Sorry for any confusion.

-dsb

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Posted by: | on August 26, 2014

Some useful “first day” links & reminders…

Hello linguists!

If you need a gmail address, go to SDSU’s ROHAN/Email services page for information:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/newstudacct.shtml

If you saw me after class for an add code, I’ve already registered you for this site. Log in, fix your email address, change your password, and play around.

Everyone: Edit your email address and password as you like, but please keep the same user name (your last name). It’s how I’ll credit you for your work. (So… I suppose that answers the question about already having a WordPress account– yeah, keep your other one separate from this one.)

Feel free to blog a short post introducing yourself to the class!

Whee!!!

 

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Posted by: | on August 24, 2014

Welcome!

This is going to be a great semester. In LING 101, we’ll be approaching topics in Linguistics via the tools of online resources and “new media”. This will act as a website for the course. From here you’ll find links to other online resources like: a suggested videos playlist on YouTube, a Tumblr for all things language and linguistic, the PopLx YouTube playlist, a full outline of our workflow, and a link to the Blackboard page for taking tests and quizzes. Have a look around and make sure to check out the syllabus. See you Tuesday!

-dsb

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Posted by: | on August 15, 2014

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