English 306A; Harris Final exam 7:30 - 10:00 PM! Thursday 16 December RCH 305.

English 306A; Harris

Final exam

7:30 - 10:00 PM!

Thursday

16 December

RCH 305

English 306A University of Waterloo Final Examination

FALL TERM 2010

Student Name ____ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____ _______ __ ____ ____ __ Student ID Number ____ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____ _______ __ ____ ____ __

Course Number English 306A Course Title Introduction to Linguistics Section 01 Held With Course(s) Section(s) of Held With Courses(s)

n/a n/a

I nstructor Randy Harris

Date of Exam Thursday, 16 December 10 Time Period 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Duration of Exam Two and a half hours Number of Exam Pages (including this cover sheet)

1

Exam Type Final

Format

multiple-choice true-false extra-credit short answer

Worth 50 % of course grade

Additional Materials Allowed None

Marking scheme

Section I Extra-credit Section II 60 % 10 40 %

30 questions 1 Event Schemata Analysis 40 questions

1% each right answer 2% each right answer

10 for fully correct analysis; partial marks for correct role- assignments. - 0.5 % each wrong answer


Your course grade

Your final exam mark

OR

Mid1 (20%) + Mid2 (30%) + Final (50%)

Whichever is higher

English 306AUniversity of Waterloo Final Examination

FALL TERM 2002

Student Name ______________________________________________

Student ID Number ______________________________________________

Course Number English 306A

Course Title Introduction to Linguistics

Section 01

Held With Course(s)Section(s) of Held With Courses(s)

n/an/a

Instructor Randy Harris

Date of Exam Tuesday, 17 December 02Time Period 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMDuration of Exam Three Hours

Number of Exam Pages(including this cover sheet)

1

Exam Type Final

Formatmultiple-choicetrue-falseextra-credit short answer

Worth 50 % of course grade

Additional Materials Allowed None

Marking scheme

Section I Extra-credit Section II60 % 10 40 %

30 questions 1 structure 40 questions

1% each right answer2% each right answer

10 for fully correct structure;partial marks for correctnode-assignments. -0.5 % each wrong answer


http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/306a_web/306AS06.html

History.pps, History.pdfCognitiveBasis.pps, CognitiveBasis.pdf

Words.pps, Words.pdfMorphology.pps, Morphology.pdf

Syntax.pps, Syntax.pdfPhonetics.pps, Phonetics.pdf

Phonology.pps, Phonology.pdfEntailment-Denotation.pps, Entailment-

Denotation.pdfLanguage-Culture.pps, Language-Culture.pdf

Pragmatics.pps, Pragmatics.pdf

Lecture materials


http://artsonline.uwaterloo.ca/ENG306F10/

usr=eng306f10pw=harrisf10

Podcasts



Interactive Exercises

Kevin Russell's phonetic transcription practice page

CompoundingMorphologySyntax



Miscellaneous

Consonant and Vowel ChartsA FAQ for 306AWord Categories.pdfEnglish Inflectional Morphemes.pdfForms of English be and

pronouns.pdf


Me


Dirven and Verspoor

You are responsible for• Chapters 1 - 7, 9• Topics taken up in class• Especially material taken

up in class

You are not responsible for

• Topics not taken up in class (e.g., mood, modality, aspect, free variation, stress, …)


Dirven and Verspoor

You are responsible for• Chapters 1 - 7, 9• Topics taken up in class• Especially material

taken up in class

You are not responsible for

• Topics not taken up in class (e.g., mood, modality, aspect, free variation, stress, …)

Where the book says one thing and I say something else, my account/description/claim

takes precedence.


Cognitive Basis of Language

IndexicalityNecessary linkage; metonymical; linguistic pointing.

IconicityRepresentational linkage; metaphorical; signifier and

signified linkages.

Symbolicity“Arbitrary”, conventional linkages; signifier

and signified detatched; motivations atrophied.


History

Languages change over time• external (war, imperialism, trade, …)• internal (fashion, prestige, isolation, …)

Genealogical relationships• language families

Language origins• speculative theories• lexical and non-lexical variants


Words

Semasiology/Onomasiology• antonymy, synonymy• homonymy, polysemy

Word formation• metaphor, metonymy • blends, conversions, clips

compounds

Word classes• content, open• function, closed


Morphology

Semasiological• free (word)• bound (affix)

Onomasiological• derivational• inflectional

MorphophonologyRulesStructures


Morphophonology

Swahili English Swahili English

bugo hit bugoli hitting

dila repair dilali repairing

don come in donni comming in

dumun eat dumunni eating

gwen chase gwenni chasing


Syntax

The sentence: the verb and its argumentsSentence patterns, verb typesPhrase structure rules

• Immediate Dominance• Linear Precedence• Phrase structure trees

Event Schemata• semantic roles• simplex• complex (simplex + relocation)


[f´‚nŒRIks]

Phonetic transcriptionArticulatory

• manner• place

ConsonantsVowels


/f√nAl√dZi/

Phones, allophones, phonemes• complementary distribution• minimal pairs

Phonological processes• distributional regularities• rules


Semantics

The proposition and truth conditionsEntailmentDenotation

• intension• extension

Semantic primesAmbiguity

Linguistic relativity


Pragmatics

Interpersonal function• phatic and communicative

Speech acts• Context/felicity conditions• Informative• Constitutive• Obligative

Grice’s Maxims• the coöperative principle

• relation• quality• quantity• manner

Good luck!

English 306A; Harris Final exam 7:30 - 10:00 PM! Thursday 16 December RCH 305.

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