LIN476H5 F 2024
Language Diversity and Language Universals
Homework Assignment 1
Due: Fr 09/20, by 11:59p
Submit **your homework **on Quercus. **Neat ******typing ******is required.
To **type **IPA **symbols, **consider **one **of **the **following **tools:
- Online **IPA keyboard s, e.g. ipa.typeit.org/full/
- Install an IPA keyboard on **yo ur computer: (supports Windows, Mac OS, Ubuntu **Linux)
To **draw **nice **trees, **try **out **one **of **these **to ols.
Skills
1. A systematic summary of ****common inflec tional morphological categories. You have seen that to be a good linguistic typologist, or just to be able to read, understand & present linguistic data effectively, you need to become good at glossing. One key skill in glossing is to be able to recognize inflectional morphology that a language has, and gloss them with the correct Leipzig-style. abbreviation.
This exercise helps you systematically review inflectional morphological categories and values that are commonly found in the world’s languages.
Read through section §6.2 of the Introducing Morphology textbook (by **Rochelle Lieber, posted on Quercus, under “Modules > Course Materials”), which **gives quite a comprehensive overview **of common **inflectional categories, **as **well **as the **values **that **each **inflectional **category **commonly **take s.
(Notice the difference between **the **NAME ******of **an inflectional **category **[e.g “number”], and **the VALUES that **the inflectional category can **take [e.g. “number” **may be able **to **take **the **values {singular, **plural, dual}, etc.]!)
**Make a list **of all **the **inflection al **categories **that **Lieber **reviews.
**For each **inflectional **category, **name **it, **and **then list **the **values it **can **take (spell **them **ou t **in **full: **e.g. **singular ).
**For each **value, **find and list **its **Leipzig-style **abbreviation **in **t he Velupillai textbook (you **know **where to **find **the list!)
2. Personal reflection. Which of the above inflectional categories did **you…
**… **find helpful to review (i.e.you **had **already **started **to **not **remember them)? What had you forgotten and 代 写LIN476H5 F 2024refreshed **this **time **arou nd?
**… read about **for **the **first **time (i.e.you had **not **enco untered **them before, **either **in **your **morphology **course, **or **elsewhere)?
It goes without saying, but this question is more for you to check your own understanding & memory. So just be honest. You get the points for including a detailed reflection.
3. Presenting & formatting glossed linguistic examples. For future assignments, you will
frequently need to present glossed linguistic examples typed (i.e. no screenshots/pictures/hand- written scribbles). You may have wondered how to type these glossed examples in an efficient way.
I made avery short videoon how I like to do it in Microsoft Word.
Watch **the **video, **and **then:
**Present **the **Burmese and **the Tagalog example **sentencesfrom **Lecture **3 in **the **well-formatted **way **shown **in **the **video.
**Looking **at **the **glosses **to **t hese **two **example **sentences: **explain briefly **what it **means **to **use **a **period **“.”, an **equal-sign **“=”, **and **angle brackets **“<>”, in **the **glosses **to **th ese **examples.
To **answer **this **question, consul t **the **following **parts **of **the **Leipzig Glossing **Rules (link **on Quercus):
- Rule #4 (the main **part, not the **optional **parts)
- Rule **#2
- Rule **#9
Research
1. Your research language. Present the basic information on **your **research language. **Write an introduction (not a list **of bullet **points—an **i ntroduction!). **In **it, **tell **your **reader:
- The name(s) of **your **research language.
Pay **special attention to **see if **there **are **multiple **names **use d **for **your **language; **if **applicable, **this **information **would usually be included in the **introductory **chapter **of **a **reference **grammar.
- Its **genetic affil iation: include the larger language **family and the immediate **subgroup , if **available. **For **instance: **English is a language **under **the Germa nic **subgroup **of **the **Indo-European **family.
- Its areal **distribution
- Its **vitality
- Your **main **sources **for **all of this information: (a) the **primary reference **grammar, and (b) Glottolog &
Ethnologue
For **all of this, **consult **your **reference **grammar, but **also consult **Glottolog **and **Ethnologue (both **posted **on **Quercus). Clearly indicate, **with in-line citations, **which information comes **from **which **source.
| How to do in-line citations**To do in-line **citation **of **a book-length **source, **use **the **following **format:AUTHOR-LAST-NAMES YEAR:PAGESIf the **authors’ names are **part **of the **sentence **you **ar e **writing, **then **put **only **the YEAR : PAGES **information in ***parentheses.*For ***instance:*Zhuang (2024:24-25) provides the following examples for …If the **sentence **you are **writing is complete **in **itself **and **the **in-line **citation **is **only **there **to **indicate **the **source, then **put **the **entire **citation in ***parentheses.*For ***instance:*Examples for this feature are shown below (Kahnemuyipour and Troberg 2019:34). |
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| **To do **in-line **citation **of **a **public-domain **da tabase like Glottolog, **Ethnologue **and WALS in-line, use **the **following **format:NAME-OF-DATABASE YEAR-OF-CURRENT-VERSIONFor ***instance:*WALS (2013) indicates that this language contains …This language is predominantly suffixing (WALS 2013). |
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