What languages are like - second term

All the materials from the first term and details of assignments are still available

here
6.10.09
The first text for the new term is still on the theme "Language and thought", so please bring along the July download with that title with you as well!
Language shaping thought
The next text is the start of one about English spelling rules:
Spelling
The whole of that text so far is lifted from the following interesting website, which you might want to look at:
http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/spelling.htm

14.10.09
I haven't yet worked out just how to proceed from the "Spelling" download linked to above. Do bring it though, because we may make a start on it this evening. Beforehand, though, let's have an interesting break by considering the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Download the following puzzle, and we'll try and work it out as the first task for this evening:
Astraglossa

21.10.09
Our next topic is to be English "irregular verbs", and how they are interrelated. I'm afraid this Wikipedia list of them is rather long, but it's very comprehensive, so please download it so that we can go through it in class:
List of English irregular verbs

Assignments

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Critical summary of "Astraglossa" 28.10.09