Dear all,

For our next session:

1. Please watch the following videos: phonology I, phonology II, phonology III;
2. Read Bieswanger & Becker 2010: 58-73 and Plag et al. 2009: 29-65.
3. Watch the following video about the “dark” and “light” [l] in English;
4. Watch the following video about the “flap t” and “flap d” in American English;
5. Solve the new homework;
6. Complete the exercise we started in the class;

Here is this week’s presentation about varieties/phonetics and answers to the homework for session 3.

Have a nice week!

Magdalena

Today’s in-class exercise

Dear all,

I publish some of the resources I find useful.

Here you can find the IPA chart.

Interactive visualisations of vowels and consonants in American English

Visualisations of consonants (from the IPA chart)

Best,

Magdalena

 

 

Dear all,

For our next session:

1. Watch the following video about phonetics;
2. Solve the homework;
3. Read the text Bieswanger & Becker 2017: section 3.1 (pp. 50-58);
4. Read Plag et al. 2009: 16-54;
5. Revise the last text of Plag et al. 2009: 1-16.

See you next week!

Magdalena

Dear all,

I publish the presentation from today’s session.

Best,

Magdalena

Dear all, I send you the answers to our homework from last week.

Best,

Magdalena

Dear all,

For our next session:

1. Please set up the VPN;
2. Download the Bieswanger & Becker (2017) book;
3. Watch the following three videos: IPA, speech organs, consonants;  vowels; and introduction to articulatory phonetics;
4. Solve the homework;
5. Read Bieswanger & Becker (2017: 1-10 and 39-50).
6. Read Plag et al. (2009: 1-16): it is available on Primo: Plag, Ingo. 2009. Introduction to English linguistics, 2nd edn (Mouton textbook). Mouton de Gruyter.

Have a nice week!

Magdalena

Dear all,

Thank you for today’s session. Here you can find the slides.

Kind regards,

Magdalena

Here you can find the course bibliography, course syllabus and general information about the seminar.

Seminar Introduction to Linguistics (17312), Thursday 10.15-11.45

Course Instructor:  Magdalena, Borowik, M.A., Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of English Language and Literature, Freie Universität Berlin

Welcome to the seminar Introduction to Linguistics!

This module (seminar and lecture) offers an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of linguistics on various levels of analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and text linguistics). In the end, you will be able to understand the language of linguistics and pursue further studies in the discipline.

The seminar is a combination of live sessions, weekly readings, weekly videos, and weekly homework:

1. You are expected to read a textbook chapter before each of the weekly seminars;
2. It is crucial that you watch the videos and make sure you make notes of all of the questions that come to your mind.
3. Weekly homework: you are expected to do your homework after having done each week’s reading and watching the video. We will discuss the homework in the following week.

Under this link, you will find a short video explaining how to find the textbook.

Live Sessions:

The seminar will be held entirely online via my Webex personal room.

General information on Webex and how to use it can be found under the following address: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/webappng/sites/fu-berlin/dashboard?siteurl=fu-berlin

I recommend that you install the Webex app on your preferred device, as the quality is much better than the web browser version. Should you experience any technical problems, do not hesitate to contact me via email: borowik@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Best wishes,

Magdalena Borowik