Language Diversity in Toronto Assignment, Step 1: Language Family Overview and Annotated Bibliography:

Course Code, Name, Level and Enrollment: LIN306H1, Language Diversity and Language Universals, third-year undergraduate, less than 45 studentsLearning Outcomes: find and assess scholarly source materials; describe the properties that characterize different language families/stocks (similarities and differences); work collaboratively.Other notes: entry includes full course syllabus.This assignment requires students to work in small groups (pairs or trios) on one of two topics across different language families: the distinction between count and mass nouns, or gradable predicates and comparatives. This assignment is the first of four scaffolded steps and is divided into two parts. For Part A, students describe the language family/stock, including classification of the language, number of languages in the family, some of the features of the language, and where the language is spoken, with an approximate number of speakers. Part B requires students to construct an annotated bibliography, focusing on describing the relevance of each reference