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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:36:20 -0400

On this page are posted the homework assignments for the class. These assignments are meant to test your understanding of the material covered in class and to help you work on aspects of cross-linguistic variation on your own, applying the same reasoning and analytical tools that we’ll be discussing in class. Each homework counts for 5% of your overall grade. So, take them seriously! While I do not mind you discussing assignment questions with your colleagues, bear in mind that the work you turn in has to be yours, and yours alone. Copying someone else’s work will be treated as cheating, will receive no credit, and will be subject the consequences of violating academic integrity, as described in the College’s Academic Honesty Statement.

Policy on delay in turning in assignments:
        5% off if turned in after the deadline on the day it’s due (that means prior to midnight).
        10% off if turned in on the next day after the deadline.
        20% off if turned in later than that.
        Not accepted after I post the solutions (I know that's self-evident, but just in case)

Projected dates for assigned homework are listed in the table for the syllabus. Notice that you'll typically have one week to work on each assignment. I'm very reluctant to give extensions, except for academically legitimate reasons.

Assignment 1: .pdf and .doc
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Assignment 2: .pdf and .doc
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Assignment 3 .pdf and .doc
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Assignment 4: .pdf and .doc
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Assignment 5: .pdf. and .doc
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Assignment 6: .pdf and .doc
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Assignment 7: .pdf and .doc
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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:37:01 -0400

Midterm Exam: .pdf
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Final Exam .pdf and .doc
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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:58:42 -0400

Below is a list of the paper topics and the students working on each. Please make sure to let me know should you decide to change the topic and/or title of the paper.

	Paper topic	Students
1	The patterning and significance of intonation across languages	Nat Carter and Blake Johnson
2	Computational linguistics	Kathryn DiPasquale and David Hamberlin
3	Gender differences in language use	Laura Batterink and Devyn Young
4	Pidgins and Creoles	James Giampietro and Maeve Whelan-Wuest
5	Social dialects	Kenzie Chin and Aly DeGraff
6	Dialectal differences/Slang	Hyang Mi Lee and Arlene Peguero
7	Language differences according to Gender	Molly Holmes and Caleigh Waldman
8	Sexuality in language	Syliva Mendez and Ryan Tauriainen
9	Language development/Slang	Allison Bernard and Mike Norris
10	The acquisition of English by Arabic speakers	Afifa Faisal and June Trinos
11	The Monitor Theory in Second Language Acquisition	Ryan Bohling, Beno Shell-Schnitzer, and Ben Ehrlich
12	Factors in language change	Nestor Martinez, David Parker, and Marina Pravdic
13	Aphasia	Colin Foss and Molly Kilbreth
14	Language Change	Jean Falconer and Geoff Wietelmann
15	Gender differences in communication	Rachel Siviski and Anna McDonald
16	American English accents and dialects	Devin Currens and Christian Hellberg
17	Wild Children	Sara Helmers and Bryan Pacheco