Homework assignments reinforce the material covered in the readings and in class. As these homeworks constitute a significant part of your grade, it is very important that you complete them. Each homework will be due at the beginning of class on the day on which it is to be handed in. You may collaborate on assignments, but you must hand in separate writeups and indicate clearly with whom you worked. Type and print your homeworks if at all possible. If you write them by hand, write neatly and do not use a pencil. Illegible answers will be treated as false ones.

The two exams also constitute an important part of your grade. In the exams, no collaboration is allowed. Any violation of this policy will be reported to the Dean's Office.

No late work will be accepted or makeup exams given without documented evidence of a medical emergency. Any questions or special arrangements related to illness or other unforeseen problems should be taken up as soon as they become known and directly with the instructor. Any disputes regarding a grade on a given assignment or exam should also be taken up directly with the instructor. If a grade is under dispute, the entire assignment or exam will be re-evaluated, not just the particular question or section which the student has a question about. The instructor (not the grader) will be responsible for all re-evaluations.

Etiquette in class: Attendance means more than just physical presence. For your own benefit as well as that of the other students in the class, it is expected to you pay attention to, and participate in, the lectures and discussions. Any use of cellphones, laptops, or other electronic devices in class for purposes not directly related to the course is rude and disruptive, and will affect your grade.

Academic integrity: All students registering for this course are expected to know and adhere to the University's principles regarding academic integrity. Suspected violations of academic integrity in this course will be dealt with in accordance with those rules.

Notice to students with disabilities: In compliance with Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, UConn is committed to providing equal access to all programming. Students with disabilities seeking accommodations are encouraged to contact the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD). CSD is located in Wilbur Cross Building, Room 224. Additionally, I am available to discuss disability-related needs during my office hours or by appointment.

Extra credit for experiments: You can earn up to 3 extra credit points for participating in experiments that are being conducted within the Linguistics department. You will receive 1 point for every 1 hour of participation, with partial hours rounded up. These points will be added directly to your final grade.

You can sign up for experiments by going to this website and creating an account using your UConn email address. Experiments will be posted on this site as they become available. (We cannot tell you exactly when, because it is up to the individual experimenters to post them). The online system keeps track of your credits, so you can check your balance at any time. The instructor of the course for which you are completing the extra credit is notified of your credits automatically at the end of the semester, at which point the credits will be added to your final grade.

You must complete the experiments by Friday, April 28th at 5pm (the last day of classes this semester). Please be sure to allocate your points to this class (LING 3410Q - Prof. Stefan Kaufmann) in the system. This will ensure that I am notified of your credits. I will post the points to your grade at the same time that I post the final exam scores.

Many experiments have restrictions (e.g., "must be a native speaker of English"). Please do not sign up for experiments that you are not qualified for. Experimenters verify the requirements at the beginning of the experimental appointment, so this wastes your time and theirs. Please do not worry if you don't qualify for the experiments that you see. The administrator of the pool will make sure that there are experiments for everybody by the third to last week of the semester.

We cannot predict when experiments will be available, because it is up to individual researchers to post experiments. You should check the website above regularly to see if new experiments have become available. However, it is guaranteed that there will be enough experiment slots for everyone in the class to earn the full 3 points if they want. Do not worry if it seems as though there aren't very many experiments early in the semester. The administrator of the Linguistics department participant pool will make sure that there are enough experiments before the end of the semester, and that the experiments appear before the third to last week of the semester, so that you don't have to rush at the end. That being said, we do suggest that you sign up for experiments when they arise so that you can get your extra credit out of the way early.

Please note that other departments on campus also have experiments (e.g. Psychology). Their experiments do not count in this class. You must complete experiments that are posted by the Linguistics department to earn extra credit for this course. The website above only contains experiments by the Linguistics department, so this is very easy. Just go to that website, create an account, and complete 3 hours worth of experiments listed there.

Participation in experiments is completely voluntary. If you do not wish to participate in experiments, you can instead write a 3 page paper on a topic related to this course for extra credit. You must clear the paper topic with your instructor in advance. The paper must include original research beyond the course material. The paper will be graded, and you will receive 0-3 points based on the grade.