posted Apr 20, 2018, 8:50 PM by Lynn Gordon
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1. No
written assignment this week: Homework 9 is our last written assignment.
2.
Preparation for Monday -- Reading
Required reading:
Make a first pass
on the final case in Labov and Harris. This has lots of technical
linguistics, as illustrated in Figures 11.3 - 11.6b. We'll be
working through the linguistics in class, but for Monday you have the
non-technical side of the case under control.
Optional reading:
These are posted on the class website, with the usual password; note the
suggested page numbers. If you make a preliminary pass through
this, it will help with the class presentations. If the class
presentation is confusing, referring to this may help.
Peter
Ladefoged. 2001/2006. A Course in Phonetics Chapter 1 (2006): Articulation & Acoustics: Vowels pp. 11-13 Chapter 2 (2006): Phonology & Phonetic Transcription: Intro pp. 1-2; Vowels and charts pp. 4-7 Chapter 8 (2001):
Acoustic Phonetics: Vowels and formants pp.170-8, 190-3; Figs 8.7, 8.9, 8.21, 8.22 Individual differences and speaker identification pp. 194-6, Fig 8.22
3. IThe take-home final exam will be distributed in class Wednesday; the exam is due 5 pm on Wednesday, 3 May. I'll answer questions about the exam in class Friday, so make a serious first pass on the exam before Friday's
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posted Mar 10, 2018, 1:23 PM by Lynn Gordon
The calendar has been updated--check it when you get a chance. Homework #6 has been posted on the Handouts and Links page. |
posted Mar 5, 2018, 8:05 PM by Lynn Gordon
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updated Mar 5, 2018, 8:06 PM
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- I am not posting Monday's class recording until Wednesday, because we talked about the midterm (and will continue discussing it on Wednesday).
- If you haven't turned in the midterm exam yet, I will accept up until midnight on Tuesday, 6 March 2018. Also if you did turn in the midterm, but you want to make whatever improvements you want by the same deadline.
- Everybody who turned in the midterm got the paraphrase part of (3a) mostly right--but had important problems with the bracketing. Everyone has the opportunity to redo the bracketing part of (3a) for credit. It needs to be turned in by midnight on Tuesday, 6 March 2018.
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posted Mar 1, 2018, 2:05 AM by Lynn Gordon
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updated Mar 5, 2018, 11:19 AM
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The take-home midterm exam as a docx file is available here and linked to the Handouts and Links page. |
posted Feb 23, 2018, 7:23 PM by Lynn Gordon
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updated Feb 23, 2018, 7:24 PM
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Due to technical difficulties, no recording today. |
posted Jan 31, 2018, 12:08 AM by Lynn Gordon
posted Jan 23, 2018, 8:26 PM by Lynn Gordon
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updated Jan 23, 2018, 8:26 PM
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Sample answers to the first homework assignment are linked here and on the Handouts and Links page. |
posted Jan 2, 2018, 3:07 PM by Lynn Gordon
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updated Jan 23, 2018, 8:26 PM
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This is a website for students at Washington State University who are enrolled in English 112 during spring 2018. Others are also welcome to visit, but this site is a required part of English 112.
The topic of this version of the class is language and the law and we will be discussing
- the development and
peculiarities of legal language (the language of statutes, courts and other
legal documents);
- legal issues that arise from
language acts (for example, threats, promises, contracts, perjury, plagiarism
and forgery, truth in advertising); and
- language as evidence (dialect
and language identification, style identification, voice identification).
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