RU232 Origin and Nature of Human Language
		RU 232 The Origin and Nature of Human Language Schedule The following class schedule information is provided as a general guide and is subject to change over the course of the semester. If the schedule needs to be adjusted, changes will be noted in class. Weekly Schedule Day Time Type Location Tuesday 1:30-4:15 SEMINAR BIH 331  Tentative Course Calendar (Click one of the following links to jump ahead to a specified week.) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 9/14 Our own language(s); theories of language origin; what and how to describe language 9/21 Historical linguistics; the elements of language 9/28 History of our language(s); electronic descriptions of language 10/5 Indo-European and other families; Universals; Esperanto 10/12 Laws of language change; Etymologies 10/26 History and current state of writing systems; other representational systems 11/2 Anthropology and language; Nostratic 11/9 Psychology of language; other disciplines  11/16 Implications for language learning/instruction 11/23 Discussion of project drafts 11/30 Individual language histories 12/7 Individual language descriptions