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
Lecture 8 – Sociolinguistics — Society
Lecture 9: Language and Mind (Psycholinguistics)
- Reading: Element 9 – Language and Mind
Lecture 10 – Stylistics — Style
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
Lecture 14 – Applied Linguistics
- Reading: Element 14 – Applied Linguistics