1. Come to class on August 26th
   Linguistic Topics: The idea of “language”
   Digital Topics: Online Media: GoogleDrive/GoogleDocs; Tumblr; WordPress
2. Take the LING101 Pre-Test (q1: Pre-Test) (take before Aug. 28)
3. Watch (v1) :: What is Language?
4. Read File 1.0 – 1.5 in your textbook, Language Files
5. Check out the Hockett’s Design Features on Wikipedia
6. Take q2: Languages Post-Quiz (take before Sept.2)
7. Submit a linguistically interesting website or meme to the Language Village Tumblr.
8. Read File 17.0-17.4 in your textbook, Language Files
9. Watch (v2) :: What is Linguistics?
10. Take q3: Linguistics Post-Quiz (take before Sept.2)
11. Come to class on August 28th
    Linguistic Topics: How do we study “language” as a object?
    Digital Topics: Audience
12. Figure out Groups (4~5 people per group)
13. Start working on a blog post (Blog-1) about your “language experiences”.

1. Watch: (v3a) :: What is Phonetics? : Vowels
2. Read File 2.0 – 2.3 in your textbook, Language Files
3. Watch: (v3b) :: What is Phonetics? : Consonants
4. Take q4: Phonetics Post-Quiz (before Sept.3)
5. Begin working on HW-1
6. Join online discussion (D1) :: Animals Using Language
7. Come to class on September 2nd
   Bring your in-progress HW-1
   Linguistic Topics: Linguistically relevant sounds
   Digital Topics: Metadata & Tagging
8. Submit Blog-1 to the LING 101 website by 7pm on September 3rd
9. Finish HW-1
10. Watch HW-1 Answers Video
11. Revise and Correct HW-1
12. Come to class on September 4th
    Turn in Completed & Corrected HW-1
    Linguistic Topics: Sounds as part of a system
    Digital Topics: Metadata & Tagging, cont’d
13. Think about “tagging” as it relates to linguistically relevant sounds: What tags might you use for different sounds? How might you group several sounds together under a single tag?
14. Watch (5) :: Phonology
15. Take q5: Phonology Post-Quiz (Sept. 3-10)
16. Start working on the phonology section of HW-2
17. Watch the first half of the HW-2 Preview video if you want
18. Read File 3.0-3.5 in your textbook, Language Files
19. Watch Phonetics vs. Phonology
20. Come to class on September 9th
    Bring in-progress HW-2
    Linguistic Topics: Sounds as part of a system
    Digital Topics: Lumping & Splitting (Chunking & Chinking)
21. Finish the phonology section of HW-2

1. Watch (v6a) :: What is Morphology?
2. Take q6: Morphology Post-Quiz (Sept. 7-13)
3. Watch the second half of the HW-2 Preview video
4. Begin working on the morphology section of HW-2
5. Come to class on September 11th
   Bring in-progress HW-2
   Linguistic Topics: The wordiness of a word
   Digital Topics: Graphics & Infographics
6. Look at some graphics/infographics/pictures (especially if they’re linguistically relevant!). Compare a couple that you think are really good with some you think are really bad. Talk about what the parts of the image are— How is the image composed? How do the parts interact? What’s the difference between the good and bad images?
7. Watch (v6b) :: MOREphology!
8. Read File 4.0-4.5 in your textbook, Language Files
9. Finish HW-2
10. Watch HW-2 Answers video
11. Revise and Correct HW-2
12. Come to class September 16th
    Bring to Class: Final draft of HW-2.
    Linguistic Topics: How words combine; morphological types of languages
    Digital Topics: Infographics & Graphics
13. Turn in Completed & Corrected HW-2 by 4pm, September 16th
14. Come to class on September 18th and finish talking about Morphology.

1. Play around with some linguistic websites
2. Watch (v7ish) :: Syntax Quickie
3. Take q7: Syntax Post-Quiz (Sept. 16-23)
4. Start working on the syntax part of HW-3
5. Come to class September 23rd
   Bring in-progress HW-3
   Linguistic Topics: Syntax
   Digital Topics: Syntax & Coding
6. Read File 5.0 – 5.5 in your textbook, Language Files
7. Continue working on HW-3
8. Start a group GoogleDoc to collaborate on your Group Profile blog post (Blog-2)
9. Come to class September 25th
   Bring in-progress HW-3
   Linguistic Topics: Syntax, Parts of Speech
   Digital Topics: Coding & PoS Tagging
10. Have a look at the Penn Tree Bank’s PoS Tag list. Do you agree with their classifications? What do you think they might be missing? What seems unnecessary to you? Which of these “Parts of Speech” are unfamiliar to you?
11. Watch some of the Language Philosophy videos and check out some of the links (available on the Links page)
12. Take q8: Philosophy Post-Quiz (Sept. 18-25)
13. Watch (v8) :: What is Meaning?
14. Take q9: Semantics Post-Quiz (Sept. 21-28)
15. Read File 6.0 – 6.4 in your textbook, Language Files
16. Try to complete HW-3
17. Begin collaborating on the Class Review Sheet (R1) online (you’ll need to be logged in to a Google account to collaborate)
18. Come to class September 30th
    Bring in-progress HW-3
    Linguistic Topics: Syntax & Semantics
    Digital Topics: Online profile writing (profiles as hierarchy trees)
19. Come to class October 2nd
    Turn in Completed & Corrected HW-3 at the end of class
    Linguistic Topics: Semantics
    Digital Topics: Review of “the Semantic Web / Web 2.0”
20. Submit (Blog-2) Group profile with images and tags by 7pm, October 2nd

Finalize (R3) :: Review Sheet One online, October 2rd, by 11pm
Some time during Oct. 3 – 6, take (T1) :: Test One (online)
:: About Test One — you can take Test One at any time during the October 3rd weekend. HOWEVER, once you log into Blackboard and begin the test, you must complete it within 90 minutes. Do NOT log in until you’re certain you have time to finish the test. If something goes wrong with your computer while taking the test, you need to fill out a full bug report (see syllabus), with images proving the error that you encountered and the date/time. Without a bug report, you will NOT be given a second chance at Test One. ::

1. Start thinking about Final Project
2. Come to class on October 7th
3. Read Grammar Girl’s How to Write a Blog Comment
4. Join the online discussion (D2) :: Linguistic Differences You Have Noticed: Tuesday night, Wednesday, early Thursday morning.
5. Take this NYT/Harvard online dialect quiz.
6. Take some more online Dialect Quizzes – What were your results? Are they accurate? Blog about it for extra credit!
7. Watch Doug’s “Regional Accent Challenge Meme” video. What’d you think? Did I say anything or have any pronunciations that seemed strange to you?
8.  Watch (v11) :: Language Variation
   
9. Come to class on October 9th
10. There is no q10 anymore. We’re skipping that number for now.
11. Take q11: Language Variation Post-Quiz (Oct. 7-15)
12. Start working on HW-4. Do the section called “Language Variation”.
13. Read File 10.0 – 10.5 in your textbook, Language Files
14. Over the weekend, think about these three aspects of your Social Identity…
    • In addition to the R.A.C.E.S. way of thinking about social identity, there’s also what we can think of as a “community” approach. What “communities of practice” do you belong to? Are these communities set apart by their ways of talking?
15. Take a closer look at the kinds of ads that Facebook and Google show you (or the kinds of sponsored posts you see on Twitter or Tumblr). What do they have in common? What aspects of your social& digital identity are these ads drawing upon?
16. What does your online presence say about who you are socially? Is this related to how you talk?
17. Think about what socioeconomic and cultural labels you’d give yourself; think about what labels and categories the data-miners have given you.
18. Read File 11.0 – 11.5 in your textbook, Language Files
19. Watch (v) :: Queer Linguistics
20. Take q12: Language & Culture Post-Quiz (Oct. 9-18)
21. Complete the HW-4 section called “Language & Culture”.
22. Come to class on October 14th
    Linguistic Topics: Language & Culture
    Digital Topics: Vlogging & DataMining
23. Start working on Blog-3: Accent Vlog (due Oct. 25, 10am)

1. Watch (v13) :: Language Change  Watch Language Typology – Reasons for Language Change
2. Read File 13.0 – 13.6 in your textbook, Language Files
3. Take q13: Language Change Post-Quiz (Oct. 13-20)
4. Come to class on October 16th
   Bring in-progress HW-4
   Linguistic Topics: Language Change
5. Watch The Story of English pt 2: Our Mother Tongue
6. Watch Before Babel on YouTube
7. Complete the HW-4 section called “Language Change”.
8. Watch “Grammar of Happiness”
9. Read File 12.0 – 12.6 in your textbook, Language Files
10. Watch Ha Kam Wi Tak Pidgin Yet? on YouTube (in three parts)
11. Watch Story of English, pt. 5: Black On White on YouTube
12. Watch African American English in Springville, Texas on YouTube
13. Take q14b: Pidgin & Creole Post-Quiz (Oct. 15-22)
14. Come to class on October 21st
    Bring final draft of HW-4
    Linguistic Topics: Language Contact
15. Complete the HW-4 section called “Language Contact”.
16. Publish Completed HW-4 by 9pm, October 21st
17. October 23rd – DON’T COME TO CLASS. Use this time to work on your Vlog!
18. Take Digital Literacy Quiz (Oct. 23 – Nov. 1)
19. Submit Blog-3: Accent Vlog by 10am, October 25th

Submit (R2) :: Review Sheet Two, as an email to me, by 9am, October 28th
October 28th – DON’T COME TO CLASS; meet me online instead at my UStream channel instead.

October 30th – (T2) :: Test Two (online), available from 9:30am – 10:45am; 75 minutes.

1. Solidify thoughts, roles, and workflow regarding about Final Project; meet with Professor Bigham to discuss sometime between November 4th – November 20th.
2. Read File 8.0 – 8.5 in your textbook, Language Files
3. Watch Language Acquisition videos (6 parts: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six)
4. Take q15: Lg. Acquisition Post-Quiz (Nov. 1-8)
5. Come to Class on November 4th
   Linguistic Topics: Language Acquisition
6. Start working on HW-5 (due in class, Nov. 18)

1. Watch George Lakoff discuss Framing & Metaphors
2. Come to class on November 6th
   Linguistic Topics: Processing; Priming; Cognitive Frames
   Digital Topics: Framing; Linking
3. November 11th – DON’T COME TO CAMPUS, everything cancelled for Veteran’s Day
4. Take a series of 3 images of 3 different places (9 images total) – think about how you might frame them differently for different purposes – think about audience, intention, and search engines — submit a post with your analysis by November 24th.

1. Sead File 9.0 – 9.3 in your textbook, Language Files
2. Watch video on Psycholinguistics
3. Take q16: Psycholing Post-Quiz (Nov. 10-17)
4. Watch HW-5 Review Video
5. Come to class on November 13th
   Linguistic Topics: Psycholinguistics
   Digital Topics: Effective linking; Link blogging
6. Take q17: Lg Processing Post-Quiz (Nov. 11-18)
7. Submit Blog-4: Link Blog post by 7pm, November 17th. Work in half-groups.
8. Watch Steven Pinker on Language Processing
9. Watch this video once with your eyes open, then once more with your eyes closed…
10. Come to class on November 18th
    Bring final draft of HW-5; bring red pen for correcting & revising
    Turn in Completed HW-5 at the end of class
    Linguistic Topics: Language Processing
    Digital Topics: Accessibility
11. Begin collaborating on the Class Review Sheet (R3) online
12. Watch Evolution of Language video
13. Come to class on November 20th
    Linguistic Topics: Origins of Language
14. Take q18: Origins Post-Quiz (Nov. 17-24)

Finalize (R3) :: Review Sheet Three online, November 21, by 9pm
November 24th/25th – (T3) :: Test Three (online; 24th at 3pm –OR– 25th at 9:30am)
November 25th – DON’T COME TO CLASS; take T3 or work on Project

1. Join the online discussion, (D3) :: Zombie Apocalypse Linguistics
2. Meet with Professor Bigham if you’re considering the Final Exam Option
3. Read File 16.0 – 16.5; 17.5 in your textbook, Language Files
4. Take q19: Language & Computers Post-Quiz (Nov. 28 – Dec. 5)
5. Watch some Computers & Language videos
6. Come to class December 2nd
   Linguistic Topics: Computers & Language
   Digital Topics: Masterposts
7. Play around with ELIZA
8. Watch Chatbot Video
9. Come to class on December 4th
   Linguistic Topics: Computers & Language
   Digital Topics: Copyright & Creative Commons
10. Play around on Omniglot
11. Read File 15.0 – 15.3 in your textbook, Language Files
12. Watch Young Explorers: A Brief History of Writing
13. Watch (v24) :: Constructed Languages
14. Take Booba/Kiki test
15. Watch V. S. Ramachandran: Language of Synesthesia video
16. Come to class on December 9th
    Linguistic Topics: Sound Symbolism; Linguistic Artifacts
17. Blog a post about phonaesthemes you’ve noticed.
18. Submit Blog-5: Masterpost by 7pm, December 9th.

Take end of semester q20: Outro PostQuiz (Dec. 1-15)
Turn in Final Project by December 11th, 9:30am
December 11th – Final Exam Option, 10am