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Reading Materials

     Stockwell, R. & D. Minkova,(2003): “English Words: History and Structure”, CUP, Cambridge, UK

 

Week

Date

Lecture topic

Reading

HomeWork

1

March 5

Introduction to the Program

 

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2

March 12

Word Origins

 Ch 1: pp. 3-18

How technology constributes into creating new English Words

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3

March 19

The Background of English

Ch 2: pp. 19-36

 

4

March 26

Early Modern and Modern English Vocabulary

Ch 3: pp. 39-54

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5

April 2

Morphemes and Types of Morphemes

Ch 4: pp. 56-71

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6

April 9

Mid Terms

 

 

7

April 16

Mid Terms

 

 

8

April 23

Allomorphy, Phonetics and Affixation

Ch 5: pp. 73-92

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9

April 30

Replacement Rules

Ch 6: pp. 95-110

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10

May 7

Deletion Rules and other kinds of Allomorphy

Ch 7: pp. 112-126

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11

May 14

Fossilized Allomorphy: false cognates and other etymological pitfals

Ch 8: pp. 128-146

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12

May 21

Semantic Change and Semantic Guesswork

Ch 9: pp. 147-161

 

13

May 28

Pronunciation of Classical Words in English

Ch 10: pp. 163-176

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14

June 4

An Introduction to Dictionaries

Ch 10: pp. 177-193

 

15

June 12-July 13

Final Exams and Make-ups

 

 

 

 

Links

 

http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

http://thinks.com/words/

http://www.word-detective.com/

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/sources.html

http://view.byu.edu/

http://www.wordfocus.com/vocabulary-resources.html

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/english_word_games.cfm

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/wow/

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