Professor. Paul Hagstrom, 718 Commonwealth Ave. (Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures), Office 401D. Email: hagstrom@bu.edu (likely to get a quick response). Phone: 617-353-6220 (x3-6220). Office hours: M 2—3 , TR 4—5.

Prerequisites. CAS LX 250 (a.k.a. CAS LX 253) ("Foundations of Language"–Intro to linguistics), EN 511, or equivalent.

Course Requirements. Readings. Reading the assigned literature. Homework. Small problem sets and/or discussion questions related to the required readings. Midterm exam. On Halloween, October 31. Final exam. Saturday, December 16, 9:00—11:00am.

Readings. This course has no textbook; we will instead be reading articles and selections from books. Also, there is no course packet for this course. Readings will be available in the hallway outside my office suite, in a folder labeled LX500. You may take the readings out for no more than an hour to make a personal photocopy, and then they should be returned to the folder so that others may photocopy them.

Homework. Whenever feasible, homework can be emailed to me at hagstrom@bu.edu. Text-only is preferred, but you may also send PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word files. Postscript and Word Perfect files are less welcome, and don’t even bother sending TeX or LaTeX files. Wherever email won’t work for any reason (e.g., for tree diagrams), homework can be turned in at the beginning of class. Be aware that if you use any special fonts, I may not be able to read your homework–be sure you know how to "include" nonstandard fonts (or send it to me early, so I can let you know if I was unable to read it).

Late assignments. Late assignments will receive half-credit if turned in by the next class meeting after their due date; homework later than that will not be accepted for credit.

CAS Student Academic Conduct Code. As a member of a CAS course, it is essential that you read and adhere to the CAS Student Academic Conduct Code. In particular, several types of plagiarism (any attempt to represent the work of another as your own) are defined by this academic conduct code. A copy is available in CAS 105.