Important 1
If you wish to follow this course, please email your details (name, number and email address) to:
introling.courselist@gmail.com
I will use this list to contact you about updates, exams and class cancellations etc. Please take the time to send me this information.
Important 2
There will be no class the 16 February.
Homework for 02 March
Read Yule chapters on Syntax and Semantics
Open a student account with BYU Davies for accessing corpora
Open a trial account with Sketch Engine for accessing corpora
Information
Monday, 15h00-16h30, B308
Monday, 16H30-18h00, B308
APOGEE code: DL22EM06
Contact
I am in the lab on Mondays and Tuesdays, zoom Thursdays and Fridays
Evaluation
Midterm Test - 23 May (to confirm)
Final test - 13 April
Homework task will be due 16 May 2026
Outline and Slides
01 - Introduction
Revision and Evolution of Language
02 - Syntax and Grammar - slides for these two topics are currently combined
Formal Syntax, Generative Linguistics and Universal Grammar
Functional Syntax, Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics
03 Semantics and Pragmatics
Semantics 1 - Lexical Relations
04 Discourse and Society
Sociolinguistics 1 - Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics 2 - Diachronic Linguistics
Reading
Yule 2014 - Sociolinguistics 1
Yule 2014 - Sociolinguistics 2
Yule 2014 - Sociolinguistics 3
Yule 2014 - Diachronic Linguistics
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Homework - from last year 2024-2025
File for you data - Problem and Issue (Group 12h00)
Annotation Scheme -Problem and Issue (Group 12h00)
File for you data - timid vs shy (Group 18h00)
Annotation Scheme - Timid vs shy (Group 18h00)
Deadline - 19 May 2025
Send the spreadsheet with you results and your name to - studentwork.glynnp8@gmail.com
Corpora - https://www.english-corpora.org/
Video on how to make cross-tabulation
Corpus - https://www.dsglynn.univ-paris8.fr/LJ_UK_2012.zip
AntConc - https://www.laurenceanthony.net/software/antconc/
From previous year
End of semester Test - 30 avril 2024, 16h30
Evolution of Language
Formal Syntax
Functional Syntax
Lexical Semantics
Categorisation
Metaphor
Sociolinguistics
Videos
Vids 1 and 3 have sound problems, I still have not had time to re-do them, I will try to do so over the next week
1. Extracting data and analysing data
2. Cleaning data and looking at results
3. Creating Cross-Tabluation and Histogram
4. Vid from last class with homework summary
Corpora - Semantics
https://www.english-corpora.org/
Strikes Videos
02 Intro Ling - Summary of missed classes - forthcoming
03 Intro Ling - Summary of test content - forthcoming