Elemental Lectures

You can find the new 2020 (and shorter) PDFs here under each lecture video. If you want to preview new lecture before I upload it, you can use the 2019 versions. The 2019 versions are similar to the 2020 versions — just a little longer. 

Click on the links to download lectures.

Spring Semester 2019

Lecture # – Lecture Title — Key Word

Reading: Title and Link

Lecture 0 – Introduction to Elemental Lingusitics

• Reading: Introducing the Elements

Lecture  1 – Design Features — Design

• Reading: Element 1 – Design Features

Lecture  2 – Animal Communication — Animals

• Reading: Element 2 – Animal Communication

Lecture 3 – Phonetics — Sound

• Reading: Element 3 – Language and Sound

Lecture 4 – Morphology — Words

• Reading: Element 4 – Grammar for Words

Lecture 5 – Syntax — Structure

• Reading:Element 5 – The Wonder of Syntax

Lecture 6- Semantics — Meaning

• Reading: Element 6 – Meaning and Semantics

Lecture 7 – Pragmatics — Use

• Reading: Element 7 – Speaker Meaning and Pragmatics

Lecture 8 – Sociolinguistics — Society

• Reading: Element 8 – Community and Sociolinguistics

Lecture 9: Language and Mind (Psycholinguistics)

• Reading: Element 9 – Language and Mind

Lecture 10 – Stylistics — Style

• Reading: Element 10 – Language and Art: Stylistics

Lecture 11 – Stylistics and Story

• Reading: Element 11 – Stylistics and Story

Lecture 12 – Language and Reading – Reading

• Reading: Element 12 – The Rewards of Reading

Lecture 13: The Complexity of Language Acquisition

• Reading: The Complexity of Language Acquisition

Lecture 14 – Applied Linguistics

• Reading: Element 14 – Applied Linguistics