General note: for each of the following weeks, students will be required to attend three hours of class. They will also be required to spend an additional four and a half (4.5) hours a week on average on reading assignments, homework, and class preparations. It is expected that students will have read the material in the following weekly assignments before coming to class.

1 Introductory

Required reading: McGregor, ‘Preface’ (pp. xi-xvi)

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Introduction, pp. 1-7

2 Languages of the World

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 13, pp. 300-310

Website: Ethnologue

http://www.ethnologue.com/

3 Linguistics: Language as a System

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 1, pp. 1-14

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 2, pp. 27-48

4 Linguistics: History of a Discipline

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 1, pp. 14-23

5 Sociolinguistics

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 7, pp. 155-167

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 1, pp. 7-14,

Chapter 7, pp. 195-222

6 The Sounds of Language

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 2, pp. 28-41

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 3, pp. 49-77

7 Phonology: Sound Systems

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 2, pp. 41-55

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 3, pp. 77-96

8 Words and Morphemes

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 3, pp. 67-79

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 5, pp. 141-170

9 Word Classes

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 4, pp. 80-92

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 4, pp. 117-126

10 Mid-Term Exam

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 3, pp. 56-67

11 Syntax

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 5, pp. 103-115

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 4, pp. 97-117

12 Clause Structure

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 5, pp. 115-127

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 4, pp. 126-140

13 Historical Linguistics

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 12, pp. 275-299

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 9, pp. 251-286

14 Language Families

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 13, pp. 310-326

15 Bilingualism, Language Shift, and Language Death

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 7, pp. 167-178

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 8, pp. 223-250

16 The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Language Processing

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 8, pp. 179-189

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 1, pp. 14-26

17 New Words and Old

Required reading: McGregor, Chapter 4, pp. 92-102

Recommended reading: Ye and Xu, Chapter 5, pp. 141-170

18 Final Exam

無。

60以下  60-70 70-80 80-90 90以上

課堂討論

佔總分10%

少有參與曾經發言參部分參與討論， 參與討論並提 參與討論並提出

與討論 偶爾提出有道理 有道理的看法 寶貴而很有道理的看法

的看法

作業

佔總分15% 按照準確回答的百分比

期中考試

佔總分25% 按照準確回答的百分比

報告

佔總分20% 無能力交待 交待他人提 基本上交待 用自己的語 用自己的語言

清楚他人有 供有關一種 清楚他人有 言描寫一種 準確、適當地

關一種語言 語言的最基 關一種語言 語言，並表 描寫討論一種

的情況，並 本情況，並 的情況，並 明訊息來源 語言，並表明

無能力表明 對訊息來源 基本上表明 訊息來源

訊息來源 提供最起碼 訊息來源

的訊息



期末考試

佔總分30% 按照準確回答的百分比

William B. McGregor, Linguistics: an Introduction, New York: Continuum International Publishing Co., 2009

Ye Feisheng 葉蜚聲 and Xu Tongjiang 徐通鏘, Yuyanxue gangyao 語言學綱要 An Outline of Linguistics, 臺北：書林出版公司, 民 82 [1993].