Syllabus
Linguistics 80V    Structure of English Vocabulary

MWF 9:30-11
Crown 104

Instructor:	Jorge Hankamer
		264 Stevenson College
		hank@ucsc.edu

Course Web Site: http://babel.ucsc.edu/~hank/80V.html

General Education Code: UNKNOWN

A systematic study of the elements of English words: besides the practical goal
of vocabulary consolidation and expansion, the course explores the historical
origin and development of word elements, and analyzes their sound, meaning, and
function in the contemporary language.

Text:  Denning, Kessler, and Leben, English Vocabulary Elements, 2nd Edition,
Oxford University Press, 2007.

You should have a copy of a good dictionary.  Recommended: The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language (3rd Edition, 1992).  For etymologies, nothing
is better than the Oxford English Dictionary.  UCSC students have online access
through the library.

Coursework:

There will typically be a reading (from the textbook), a written assignment, and
a quiz each week.  The quizzes will test your understanding of the vocabulary
elements in focus that week.

There will be in-class midterm exams in the fifth and ninth weeks, and a final
during the regularly scheduled time in finals week.  The course grade will be
determined as follows:

Assignments	30%
Quizzes		10%
Midterm 1	20%
Midterm 2	20%
Final		20%

I will provide a more specific schedule of the quizzes and exams pretty soon.
Quizzes and exams will ordinarily be on Wednesdays, assignments due on Fridays.