Some of these assignments are adapted from the basic MA course in Linguistics at Stellenbosch University. See the syllabus for due dates. References are made to a document called Requirements for assignments ; you will be able to access it here if you are enrolled in the class.
MA Requirements: Written Assignments
Written Assignment #1
Prescribed reading
Akmaijian et al. (LLC): pp. 149-153
Botha 1989: pp. 3-6; 91-94 [photocopy will be provided by Dr. Marshall]
Fromkin 2000: pp. 3-21 [photocopy will be provided by Dr. Marshall]
Lyons 1981: pp. 8-11; 218-223; 228-235 [photocopy will be provided by Dr. Marshall]
Tasks
Consider the statement below.
When we say that the linguist is interested in language, we imply that he/she is interested primarily in language behaviour.
(a) Specify in a single sentence whether you consider the target statement to be true or false.
(b) Present a systematic justification of your opinion as expressed in (a), by grounding it in the views of Chomsky and De Saussure.
