For Note
• Next Tuesday Lecture:
– Final Quiz (5%)
– Will briefly run thru exam format
– Will tie up loose ends on course
– Summarise
• Next Tuesday Lab
– Listening Test (5%)
– Writing systems exercise
– more exam practice
Classification of Languages
• ODK Ch 9
– Genetic classification:
• Read about English, German, French, Spanish
• Dialect and Language
– Mutual Intelligibility
• Classification
– Genetic
– Linguistic Typology
– Areal
Typological Classification
• Phonology
– Vowel systems
– Consonant Systems
– Suprasegmental Systems
– Syllable structure
Typological Classification
• Morphology
– Isolating
– Polysynthetic
– Agglutinating
– Fusional
– Mixed
• Syntax, Word Order
Genetic Classification
• Indo-European
• Uralic
• Altaic
• Caucasian
• Austroasiatic
• Sino-Tibetan
• Austronesian
• Afro-asiatic
• Niger-Congo
• Niger-Sahara