LINGUISTICS 102 (B1) INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS II
Summer Term 2011

Instructor:
Office:Phone:
Email:

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu: 1:30-2:55pm

Koji Miwa
Assiniboia Hall 3-27
238-5244
kmiwa@ualberta.ca

Department Office:Department Phone:
Office Hours:

BUS 1 10Assiniboia Hall 4-32
492-3434
Fridays: 11AM-12PM(or by appointment)

Course Description & Goals
This course broadly covers various sub-fields in linguistics and provides students an opportunity to understandlanguage from multiple perspectives. Issues covered in this course include how language has changed acrosstime, how linguists study language in society, how language is processed/represented in the mind/brain, howchildren acquire language, how two languages are stored in bilinguals’ mind/brain, and how apparently nonlinguistic cognition is affected by one’s language. This course ultimately aims to connect sub-fields inlinguistics to understand language as a dynamic and coherent whole.
Course Pre-/co-requisites: LING 101
NOTE: The Department may cancel your registration if you do not have the required courses as prerequisites.
Policy about course outlines can be found in Section 23.4(2) of the University Calendar. (GFC 29 SEP 2003)
Course Activities• Textbook: Contemporary Linguistic Analysis (5th Custom Edition for the University of Alberta).
Toronto: Pearson.
• Exams: The exams will contain multiple-choice, definition, comparison/contrast, and short essay
questions. The midterms and the final are not cumulative, except for the short essay questions, which may
ask you to describe an issue across different subfields, including those covered in the previous exam(s).
Students will be given potential essay questions and sample exam questions a week before the exams.
Evaluation System
Research participation
Mid-term Exam 1
Mid-term Exam 2
Final Exam
Deferred Final Exam (must be applied
for at the student’s Faculty office)Date(s)Self-scheduled online (see info below)
July 14 (in class)
July 28 (in class)
TBA (in class, 3 hours)
Written in the Department office;report to 4-32 Assiniboia Hall

Weight
6%
28%
28%
38%

Calculation of Course Grade:
Final Grades reflect judgments of student achievement made by instructors. These judgments are based on an
absolute achievement. Final grades for this course will be calculated taking into account marks (in percent) for
all components listed above under the “Evaluation System”.

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Grading in Undergraduate Courses
Descriptor
Excellent
Good

Grade
A+
A
AB+
B
B-

Point Value
4.0
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7

Point %
100 - 95
94 - 90
89 - 85
84 - 80
79 - 75
74 - 70

Descriptor

Grade
C+
C
C-

Point Value
2.3
2.0
1.7

Point %
69 - 65
64 - 60
59 - 55

Poor
Minimal
Pass

D+
D

1.3
1.0

54 - 50
50 - 45

FailureF

00Satisfactory

Other Policies and Issues
Office Hours: (see the top of 1st page).
• If you need help with the course, I will be happy to help you during office hours. However, please notethat (1) I will not re-lecture, and (2) I will never hand out any lecture material other than what you canobtain in class.
• If you have missed a class, please get notes/updates from your classmates and then come to see me, if
necessary.
Email Policy: Please keep the following in mind when sending your message to me:• Because of the volume of emails that I may receive, “emergency” emails are not a good idea. However,I will try to get back to you within 24 hours.
• Likewise, I cannot always respond to messages on weekends. If you send a message late on Friday or
during the weekend, there’s no guarantee I will reply before Monday.
• Make sure that the subject line contains a meaningful description of the email (not just “hi”), startingwith “LING102”.
Academic and Personal Conduct:• You are expected to attend all classes and are responsible for all the information that appears in theassigned readings and that occurs during class time.
• Chronic lateness or early leaving are disruptive for both the lecturer and the rest of the students. Pleaseavoid engaging in such behaviour.
• Cell phones must be turned off during class.
Recording of lectures• Recording is permitted only with the prior written consent of the professor.
Course materials• Lecture notes will be uploaded onto eClass (https://vista4.srv.ualberta.ca/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct)• Research participation is administered by Sona System (http://ualbertaling.sona-systems.com/).

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BUS 1 10TOPICS & READING OUTLINE (subject to revision)

Week

Dates

Topic

Reading

Week 1

July 04 (Mon)
July 05 (Tue)Course overview, LING101 review
Psycholinguistics

No reading
Chapter 12

July 06 (Wed)July 07 (Thu)

Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistics

Chapter 12
Chapter 12

July 11 (Mon)
July 12 (Tue)Bilingualism, Brain and language
Brain and language

Chapter 13
Chapter 13

July 13 (Wed)July 14 (Thu)

Chapter Review
Midterm Exam 1 (1.5 hours)

July 18 (Mon)
July 19 (Tue)First language acquisition
First language acquisition

Chapter 10
Chapter 10

July 20 (Wed)July 21 (Thu)

Second language acquisition
Second language acquisition

Chapter 11
Chapter 11

July 25 (Mon)
July 26 (Tue)Animal communication
Animal communication

Chapter 16
Chapter 16

July 27 (Wed)July 28 (Thu)

Chapter review
Midterm Exam 2 (1.5 hours)

Aug 01 (Mon)
Aug 02 (Tue)Heritage Day
Historical linguistics

No class
Chapter 7

Aug 03 (Wed)Aug 04 (Thu)

The classification of languages
The classification of languages

Chapter 8 (p.273-294)
Chapter 8 (p.273-294)

Aug 08 (Mon)
Aug 09 (Tue)

Language in social contexts
Language in social contexts

Chapter 14
Chapter 14

Aug 10 (Wed)
TBA

Course review
Final Exam

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

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BUS 1 1023.5.6 Absence from Exams (University Calendar §23.5.6): When a student is absent from a term or final exam without
acceptable excuse, a final grade will be computed using a raw score of zero for the exam missed.
Any student who is incapacitated because of illness, is suffering from severe domestic affliction or has other compelling
reasons (including religious conviction) is advised not to sit for an exam. In such cases a student may apply for an excusedabsence for the missed exam. Excused absence for a missed exam is a privilege, not a right, and is granted at the discretionof the instructor (in the case of term exams) or the Faculty (in the case of final exams). Only those students who, because ofincapacitating illness, severe domestic affliction or other compelling reasons (including religious conviction) have missed
an exam are permitted an excused absence.
(1)
Missed Term Exams Worth 20% or More: To apply for an excused absence where the cause is incapacitating
illness, a student must present a University of Alberta Medical Statement Form to the instructor within two working
days following the missed term exam. The University of Alberta Medical Statement Form must be signed by thetreating physician and indicate that the student was seen while ill or is under continuing care for a chronic illness. In
other cases, including domestic affliction or religious conviction, adequate documentation must be provided within two
working days following the term exam missed. If excusing a student's absence from a term exam, the instructor has thediscretion either to waive the exam or require the student to write a make-up exam. For a waiver, the percentage weightallotted to the term exam missed is added to the percentage weight allotted to the final exam. For a make-up exam, thestudent is required to write an equivalent exam at a time set by the instructor. If the student does not write the assigned
make-up exam at the prescribed time, a raw score of zero will be assigned for the missed term exam.
(2) Missed Final Exams: A student who has missed a final exam because of incapacitating illness, severe domestic
affliction or other compelling reason (including religious conviction) may apply for a deferred exam.
A deferred exam will not be approved if a student
a. has not been in regular attendance where attendance and/or participation are required, and/or,
b. excluding the final exam, has completed less than half of the assigned work.
Students with two or more deferred exams outstanding from a previous term may be required to reduce the number ofcourses in which they are registered. Students needing to apply for a deferred exam must present themselves at their
Faculty's Undergraduate (Graduate) Office. Such an application must be supported by a University of Alberta Medical
Statement form in the case of incapacitating illness. The University of Alberta Medical Statement Form must be signedby the treating physician and indicate that the student was seen while ill or is under continuing care for a chronic
illness. In other cases, including severe domestic affliction or religious conviction, adequate documentation must be
provided to substantiate the reason for an absence. The application and the documentation pertaining to the absence
must be presented to the Faculty within two working days following the scheduled date of the exam missed or as soon
as the student is able, having regard to the circumstances underlying the absence.
Students with special needs (University Calendar §25.2): Students with disabilities or special needs that might interferewith their performance should contact the professor at the beginning of the course with the appropriate documentation.
Every effort will be made to accommodate such students, but in all cases prior arrangements must be made to ensure thatany special needs can be met in a timely fashion and in such a way that the rest of the class is not put at an unfair
disadvantage.
Exam arrangements: SSDS (Specialized Support and Disability Services) and the student, with the approval of thecourse instructor, determine exam accommodations. Assessments and/or documentation of the need foraccommodation are required. At the beginning of each term, the student meets with instructors to review the exam
arrangements which will be used. They provide a “Letter of Introduction” from SSDS verifying the nature of theaccommodations required due to the disability. A few weeks before each exam, the student completes an “ExamSchedule” form, for SSDS, outlining scheduled exam dates, times, etc. The student then takes an “Exam Instructions
and Authorization” form to the instructor. The instructor is asked to complete the form and enclose it with the exam
and arrange to have it delivered or mailed to SSDS. In administering exams, SSDS follows university protocol andonly makes accommodations as required due to the disability. Exams are usually set to overlap with the time theprofessor has set the in-class exams.
The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to
be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect.
Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online atwww.ualberta.ca/secretariat/appeals.htm) and avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating,plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and canresult in suspension or expulsion from the University. (GFC 29 SEP 2003)

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BUS 1 10EXCERPTS FROM THE CODE OF STUDENT BEHAVIOUR (University Calendar Appendix A) (UPDATEDEFFECTIVE MAY 27,2004)
30.3.2(1) Plagiarism
No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data 30.3.2(2)e No Student shall submit in any course orof another person as the Student's own in any academic
program of study any academic writing, essay, thesis,
writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation orreport, project, assignment, presentation or poster
poster in a course or program of study.
containing a statement of fact known by the Student to be
30.3.2(2) Cheating
false or a reference to a source the Student knows to
30.3.2(2)a No Student shall in the course of an
contain fabricated claims (unless acknowledged by theexamination or other similar activity, obtain or attemptStudent), or a fabricated reference to a source.
to obtain information from another Student or otherunauthorized source, give or attempt to give information 30.3.6(4) Misrepresentation of Facts
to another Student, or use, attempt to use or possess for No Student shall misrepresent pertinent facts to any member
the purposes of use any unauthorized material.
of the University community for the purpose of obtaining
30.3.2(2)b No Student shall represent or attempt to academic or other advantage. See also 30.3.2(2) b, c, d andrepresent him or herself as another or have or attempt to e.
have himself or herself represented by another in thetaking of an examination, preparation of a paper or other 30.3.6(5) Participation in an Offence
similar activity. See also misrepresentation in 30.3.6(4).
No Student shall counsel or encourage or knowingly aid or
30.3.2(2)c No Student shall represent another’s substantial assist, directly or indirectly, another person in theeditorial or compositional assistance on an assignment commission of any offence under this Code.
as the Student’s own work.
30.3.2(2)d No Student shall submit in any course or The Truth In Education (T*I*E) project is a campus wide
program of study, without the written approval of the educational campaign on Academic Honesty. This program
course Instructor, all or a substantial portion of any was created to let people know the limits and consequences
academic writing, essay, thesis, research report, project, of inappropriate academic behavior. There are helpful tips
assignment, presentation or poster for which credit has for Instructors and Students. Please take the time to visit thepreviously been obtained by the Student or which has website at: http://www.ualberta.ca/tie
been or is being submitted by the Student in anothercourse or program of study in the University or elsewhere.
Please note that students are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of their registration.

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About Research Participation
This aspect of the course is designed to expose introductory linguistics students to experimental work inlinguistics and the methodologies used in linguistic research. The attached Letter from the Chair spells out why
the Linguistics Department has adopted this component of intro-level linguistics courses, and why we think it isbeneficial to students and researchers alike.
Research participation is not part of your evaluation on midterm or final exams: you will never be tested on anyof your research participation experiences. Furthermore, all I will know about your research participation is yourtotal grade out of 6%; I will not know who participated in which studies, anything about your response data, orwhether you chose the alternative assignments.
The last day to complete your research participation credits, either by participating in experiments or handing inalternate assignments, is the last day of classes. For Summer Term 2011, this is August 10, 2011.
**PLEASE NOTE: You will have to complete more than one experiment to fulfill your twelve credits. Most
experiments are worth 3, 6, or 9 credits. On average, students participate in 2-3 experiments to complete 12
credits. Check your account on the Sign-Up System to keep track of how many credits you have earned.
Getting Started
Participation makes up six percent of your course grade. Three percent are given for every hour block of
research participation, and you are not graded on your responses, only rewarded for participating. You can sign
up to participate in research at the Experimental Database system: http://ualbertaling.sona-systems.com, by
clicking on the left-hand link ‘New Participant? Request an account here.” Once you have signed up, arandomly generated password will be sent to your UAlberta e-mail account. From then on, you can use your
CCID and your SONA password to log on to the system (after you log on the first time, you can change yourpassword to whatever you like). There is also an optional prescreen to participate in once you have logged in for
the first time. You do not earn any credits for completing the pre-screening, but it may increase the number ofexperiments that are available to you.
Notifications will be sent to your UAlberta e-mail address, or an alternate e-mail address, if you provide one. If
you do not receive e-mail reminders about your upcoming studies, you may also be missing important updates
from the system administrator. Make sure your Sign-Up System e-mails are not being sent to your Junk folder,
and that it is not filtered as spam. If you are not receiving e-mails, notify the Research Participation Coordinator
immediately at ccpling@ualberta.ca.
Signing Up, Choosing Experiments, and Informed Consent
Once you are registered in the participant database, you can log on and view the studies currently available, andwhen and where they will happen, and you can sign-up for convenient time-slots. There is a wide range of kindsof studies, and you do not need to be a native speaker of English to participate. Many participation slots will beavailable over the course of the semester, but you should start signing up for experiments early to make sure you
earn the full six percent. If you have any special needs that affect your ability to sign up or participate inexperiments, please contact the Research Participation Coordinator at ccpling@ualberta.ca to ensure that you areaccommodated.
Before participating in any study, you will receive a consent form explaining its nature and procedures, and you
will have the opportunity to opt out if you are not comfortable with the study. You are also not obliged to release
your data for research purposes, in which case you will still receive your participation mark but your responses
will be destroyed immediately after the experiment. If you wish to receive a profile of your personal information
stored in our database at any time, you may contact the Research Participation Coordinator at
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Please do not sign up for more than 12 credits worth of experiments per course, as this takes away participation
opportunities from your classmates. The administrator may delete any timeslots that exceed the number ofcredits required for the course(s) you are registered in (unless deleting a timeslot would put your credit total
under 12).
Timeslot Availability
The availability of timeslots over the course of the semester will fluctuate. There is a 2 week timeslot windowthat prevents researchers from posting timeslots too far into the future – but more timeslots and moreexperiments will be added as the term progresses. The researchers in the department of Linguistics will ensurethat there will be more than enough opportunity for every student to earn all twelve participation credits.
However, it is in your best interest to sign up as early as possible to make sure you can choose the experimentsthat interest you the most, and at a time convenient to you.
Cancellation and No-Show Policies
To discourage abuse of the system, you will be penalized for failing to show up for your scheduled research
participation as follows. If you find you will not be able to participate in a timeslot, and it is more than 24 hours
before your appointment, please cancel the timeslot on SONA. If you fail to show up to a scheduled experiment
without having cancelled it more than 24 hours previously, a no-show is recorded. After three no-shows, youraccess to the system will be disabled for the semester; this is to prevent excessive no-shows from limiting otherstudents’ access to those experimental time-slots. If your access to the system is blocked, you can appeal yourcase to the Research Participation Coordinator at ccpling@ualberta.ca.
It is also important that you arrive on time, since for many experiments, starting more than five minutes past theappointed time will cause the experiment to run over-time and waste the time of subsequent participants. For
this reason: if you are more than five minutes late, the researcher is free to refuse to let you participate at thattime, and give you a no-show. One sure way to be late for your experiment is to not know where it is taking
place. To prevent getting lost, read your reminder email: it contains a link to directions to all experiment
locations as well as the room number for your particular study. If you have to, you can also call or email the
researcher or the research administrator before your experiment to get directions. Note: Many experiments are
conducted in the Arts building (listed as ‘Arts and Convocation Hall’ on the Campus Map) – this is NOT thesame as the Fine Arts building! Look carefully at the directions.
If a situation arises in which you are suddenly unable to participate in a study, less than 24 hours before thestudy time, please call or e-mail your researcher. The contact information for each study’s researcher is listed in
the Study Information.
Note that if you receive a no-show for a timeslot, and it is not your third no-show, you are free to sign up for a
new experiment slot again, even for the same experiment.
Preparation for Studies
If you sign up for an experiment that has preparation requirements (e.g. arriving for an ERP experiment withclean, dry hair, containing no hair products), you are responsible for meeting those requirements. If you arrive
unprepared for your study, you will not be able to participate in the experiment – you will not be given a noshow, but you will not receive credit for the study. If you cannot comply with the preparation requirements,
please choose other experiments!
Alternatives
If you do not wish to participate in research, you can request alternative, research-focused written assignments
each equivalent to an hour of research participation. Each short assignment is worth 3% of your final grade. You
can also complete one larger research-focused written assignment worth 6%. If you wish to opt for thesealternative assignments, you must contact the Research Participation Coordinator at ccpling@ualberta.ca.

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Questions about Research Participation?
Unlike the rest of the course, your research participation is coordinated by the researchers affiliated with theCentre for Comparative Psycholinguistics. If you have any questions or concerns about research participation,please contact the Research Participation Coordinator at ccpling@ualberta.ca or (780) 492-7560. Only the
Research Participation Coordinator can answer questions about research participation; I will not be able
to help you or answer questions about this part of the course.

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Interdepartmental Correspondence
to:Linguistics Students

date:

23 June, 2011

from:Dr. Sally Rice, Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Linguistics

subject:

An opportunity to participate in linguistic research

In the Department of Linguistics we take our teaching very seriously. Professors and graduate
students are active throughout the year developing workbooks, tutorials, and learning aids inorder to maximize the quality of teaching and learning. One important contributor to the quality of
instruction is the fact that your instructors are not only teachers, but also researchers engaged in
making contributions to knowledge.
Many professors and students in our department investigate how language is represented,
learned, and processed. As you may already know, this research often requires empirical work.
That is, it involves measuring how real humans actually produce, process, listen to and use
language.
One good way to introduce you to such research is to invite you to participate in our studies andsee how they are done first-hand. To make this possible, selected Linguistics courses (including
the course you are now registered in) include a research participation component. This
component allows you to earn up to 6% of your course grade by participating in up to three hoursof linguistic research.
Your course syllabus explains the details of this participation opportunity. I hope that you will findthat great care has been taken to ensure that you are treated as a valued partner in the researchenterprise. Before participating in any study, you will be fully informed of the procedures andtasks involved. In all studies you are free to withdraw your participation at any time and we havetaken steps to ensure that your data are held securely and that personal identifying information
will not be used in any research publications.
Moreover, you are not obliged to release your data for research purposes at all. It is our view,that simply by participating in research, you will significantly enhance the depth and breadth ofyour experience with linguistics as a discipline and with the conduct of linguistic research. Thus,
you will be able to earn research participation credit in this course even if you choose not torelease your data for research purposes. Your instructor will not know whether you have doneso, nor will he or she know which studies you have elected to participate in. This is anindependent component of your course that will not affect your performance on other course
assignments or examinations. It is our hope, though, that it will very positively affect your overall
educational experience in this course.
Yours sincerely,

Sally Rice