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1. Course content.
This course will present a comparison of principal syntactic and phonological structures of French, Spanish, Italian, and other Romance languages and also contrast them with English. Some of the phenomena will include stress patterns, vowel and consonant shifts, pro-drop, inflection, inversion. The course presupposes some familiarity with Linguistics.
Prerequisits: 614: 201
2. Readings.
| Homeworks (5) | 35% |
| Take-home tests (2) | 30% |
| Final paper | |
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5% |
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20% |
| Class participation | 10% |
Class participation will be evaluated by written questions on readings. The questions will be posted on the web. In order to get full credit for class participation, you must hand in at least 10 sets of questions during the semester, each on the day the reading is discussed in class. For each reading, you need to answer only three questions.
Homework will be handed out on the date in the syllabus, to be returned one week later.
4. Sound advice
1. No late work without medical excuse.
2. Please read the policy on plagiarism
3. Always quote your sources.
5. E-mail
The course syllable will be posted on the web(www-rci.rutgers.edu/~jcamacho/Sil340f00.htm).
Additionally, there will be an email distribution list to communicate
any relevant course matters. Details will follow.
Weekly Calendar of Topics
SEPTEMBER
| Date and topic | Readings, assingments |
| 6 Introduction. Perspectives on the study of language | Haegeman 3-21 |
| 11 The Romance Languages. Historical perspective
13 The Romance Languages. Western Romance |
RL 1-6 Questions
on readings
RL 6-13 Questions on readings |
| 18 Eastern Romance.
20 Review of phonology |
RL 13-24 Questions
on readings
Homework 1 |
| 25 The Latin system
27 Phonology of WR (I) |
RL 81-90, 131-142 Questions on readings Homework 2 |
OCTOBER
| Date and topic | Readings, assingments |
| 2 Phonology of WR (II)
4 Phonology of ER (I) |
RL 170-176 Questions
on readings
RL 209-215 Questions on readings |
| 9 Phonology of ER (II) Review
11 Topics in Syntax Test 1 |
RL 279-285 Questions on readings |
| 16 Clitics inWR (I)
18 Clitics in WR (II) |
Haegeman 25-47 Questions
on readings
RL 107-110 Questions on readings Spencer 362-7 Questions on readings |
| 23 Clitics in ER | RL 231-232, 291-292 Questions on readings |
| 25 Pro-drop (I)
30 Pro-drop (II) |
Haegeman 412-20 Questions on readings |
NOVEMBER
| Date and topic | Readings, assingments |
| 1 Portuguese Inflected infinitives
6 Inflected infinitives (II) 8 Unaccusativity (I) |
Haegeman 298-305 Questions on readings |
| 13 Unaccusativity (II)
15 Unaccusativity (III) |
Final paper abstract |
| 20 Bare nouns (I)
22 No class |
Contreras 25-49 Questions
on readings Homework
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| 27 Bare nouns (II)
29 Test 2 |
DECEMBER
| Date and topic | Readings, assingments |
| 4 Presentations
6 Presentations |
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| 11 Presentations
13 Review |
Online Linguistic Resources
Finegan, E. What Is 'Correct' Language? Linguistic Society of America.
How to quote electronic sources
Linguist List An electronic list with many Linguistic resources.