Survey of linguistic concepts and methods: communication among animals, physiology of human speech, elementary phonetics, syntax, language and thought, language change, language and the brain.

The course satisfies a Tier One Individuals and Societies requirement.

Course Description

INDV101 courses explore central questions about the nature of human beings, focusing on the individual experience. Course topics may include basic human thought processes (e.g. conceptual systems, symbolic representation of the world, judgment and decision making), personal identity, individual freedom and social control, ethical and moral principles, and others.

Course Information - Sections 021 and 022

Welcome to the course homepage for INDV101 'Language', sections 021A through M, and 022A (Honors)

  • Lecture Instructor: Dr. Amy Fountain.
  • Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays 1-1:50pm, Social Sciences 100
  • Office Hours and Location: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2-2:50pm or by appointment, Douglass 224.
  • Required Text: Understanding Language, by Elizabeth Grace Winkler. 2007, Continuum Press.
  • Required Text: The 5 Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages, edited by E.M.Rickerson and Barry Hilton. 2006, Equinox Press.
  • Required Resource: TT-PRS Classroom Responder ('clicker')
  • The texts and clicker are available at the UA Bookstore in the Student Union, as well as through many online booksellers.

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR TT Clicker!

In order to receive participation points in class, you will need to use the Turning Technologies Response Card XR - available at the bookstore (and elsewhere)

Note that you do NOT need to purchase multiple clickers if you are using this type of clicker in multiple courses. The UA has recently adopted TT Clickers as the University-wide standard, so it is likely that you will able to use your clicker in many courses over the next several years.

We will begin using the clickers on the first day of the semester - so please bring your clicker with you and be ready to click in on January 12!

Once you have purchased your clicker, you must REGISTER it, by following these steps:

  1. Go to the website http://student.turningtechnologies.com
  2. Enter your ResponseCard ID (found on back of unit)
  3. Enter your first name and last name in the appropriate fields
  4. Enter your UA NetID in the field called 'other'. 
    • Your UA NetID is NOT your Student ID number - it is the same as the first part of your official UA email address!  For example, my NedID is avf; my UA email address is avf@u.arizona.edu. 
    • If you enter your student ID, your entire UA email address, or any other identifier that is NOT your UA Net ID, you will NOT receive participation credit when you use your clicker in class!
  5. Press Next
  6. Enter your instructor's email address, which is:  avf@u.arizona.edu
  7. Select the class name, which is 'INDV101: Language'  and add it to the list on the right
  8. Click Next and confirm information. You may click Back if you find information you need to correct.

 

If you are interested in enrolling in INDV101 'Mind, Self and Language - Language', but have not been able to register via the web, please note that students often drop and add courses to their schedules throughout the break, and therefore seats may open up for web registration unpredictably. Keep checking UAccess, and we hope you will be able to find a seat in the class before the start of the semester. If you would like to have your name added to our waiting list, please email Dr. Fountain. We cannot guarantee seats to anyone who has not registered through webreg before the first day of classes.

If the class is still full at the start of semester we will administratively drop students who fail to attend on the first day of classes, in order to make room for students who wish to add.