LEXinar Scheduling & Information
Basic Information
LEXinars are online seminars for language professionals and others interested in the facts about written English. Delivered live in real time, these courses may include short films, lecture, chat interactivity, handouts, and hands-on activities. LEXinars are not downloadable or archived for viewing at a later time.
All Classes & Google Calendar are in Central Time
No refunds or make-ups will be offered because of time zone confusion. You are responsible for coordinating your schedule and ensuring that you’ve entered in the correct time zone into your calendar app, etc.
Scheduling
LEXinars are scheduled on a quarterly basis, but not every class is offered every quarter. Click here to view the entire list of classes and what seasons they are available. I do not discuss or confirm scheduling with people who are not registered. You can register for a class that has already been scheduled, or you can register for a class that has not yet been scheduled, and have a say in the final schedule. Currently scheduled LEXinars can always be found on my public Google calendar.
Frequently Asked Questions
What classes are currently scheduled?
Please see my Google Calendar for that information.
What content is covered in the class?
Please read the description of the class on this website before inquiring.
Can I make scheduling requests before registering for a class?
No.
What if I register for a class but can’t make it?
You can either request a refund, or we can hold your registration for the next time the class is offered.
Do you offer make-ups if I miss a class?
No, but you’re welcome to take the whole sequence the next time it’s offered, at no additional charge.
How do I request a course completion certificate?
A link will be sent to you when the course has been completed, but you can always request a course completion certificate here.
All Seasonal LEXinars
(Winter = Dec-Feb, Spring = Mar-May, Summer = Jun-Aug, Fall = Sept-Nov)
LEXinar Name | Summary | Season | Price | Register | hf:tags |
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LEXinar™: Default Graphemes | How do we know what default graphemes are, and what are the reasons for diverging from them? This 6-hour seminar is comprised of three 2-hour installments. | fall, spring | $125.00 | fall spring | |
LEXinar™: The Science of Silence | How can we tell the difference between one “silent” letter and another? Study the Science of Silence in this 4.5-hour seminar comprised of three 90-minute installments. | summer, winter | $90.00 | summer winter | |
LEXinar™: The Zero Allophone | Understanding the zero allophone is critical to understanding the role of stress, syllables, and phonemes in English orthography. Three 90-minute installments: Consonants, Vowels, and Implications. | fall, summer | $90.00 | fall summer | |
LEXinar™: The Spell of Spelling & The Glamour of Grammar | A 5-episode, 7.5-hour online conference for studying the intersections of spelling and grammar. | fall | $150.00 | fall | |
LEXinar™: The Nature of the Grapheme | Graphemes are morphologically constrained and etymologically governed — but how? This 4.5-hour seminar is comprised of three 90-minute installments. | fall, summer | $90.00 | fall summer | |
LEXinar™: The Nature of the Phoneme | Three 90-minute installments target Consonants, Vowels, and Orthographic Phonology. | summer, winter | $90.00 | summer winter | |
LEXinar™: The International Phonetic Alphabet | Study is primarily concerned with present-day English and its transcription. Two 90-minute installments: Consonants and Vowels. | spring, summer | $75.00 | spring summer | |
LEXinar™: The Function & Content Continuum™ | This single, two-hour LEXinar demonstrates the study not only of function and content words, but also of how they are marked as such by their spellings. | fall, spring, summer | $45.00 | fall spring summer | |
LEXinar™: Syllables: Fact & Fiction™ | This 6-hour seminar is comprised of four 1.5-hour installments. Our study will examine syllable types and syllable division patterns commonly taught in the light of an accurate linguistic understanding of syllable structure in spoken and written English. | fall, winter | $135.00 | fall winter | |
LEXinar™: Strong Verbs: from Old English to Today | This 4.5-hour advanced seminar is comprised of three 1.5-hour installments. Our study will target the seven classes of strong verbs in Old English and their legacies in present- day English. | summer, winter | $90.00 | summer winter | |
LEXinar™: Stress and the Schwa | A 5-episode, 7.5-hour online conference for studying stress and its effects on English orthography, including the schwa. | fall, spring | $160.00 | fall spring | |
LEXinar™: Old English for Orthographers™ | This 7.5-hour advanced seminar is comprised of five 1.5-hour weekly installments. Our study will target specific patterns and structures in Old English and their legacy in present-day English. | spring, winter | $160.00 | spring winter | |
LEXinar™: Latin Palatals | This LEXinar is comprised of four 90-minute installments investigating the historical and present-day patterns of palatized consonants in words of Latin origin. | fall, summer | $150.00 | fall summer | |
LEXinar™: An Introduction to Structured Word Inquiry | This LEXinar is comprised of five 90-minute installments targeting structured word inquiry, the lexical word matrix, and the word sum. | fall, summer, winter | $140.00 | fall summer winter | |
LEXinar™: Drawing Conclusions | This LEXinar is comprised of two 90-minute installments targeting expository writing and specifically focusing on compelling conclusions. | spring, winter | $75.00 | spring winter | |
LEXinar™: Greco-English Anatomy | This LEXinar is comprised of four 90-minute installments investigating the morphological structures in English words of Greek origin | fall, spring | $150.00 | fall spring | |
LEXinar™: Greek Ingredients | This LEXinar is comprised of five 90-minute installments targeting a familiarity with the Greek Alphabet. | summer, winter | $165.00 | summer winter | |
LEXinar™: Latin Anatomy | This LEXinar is comprised of five 90-minute installments investigating the morphological structures in words of Latin origin. | fall, spring | $165.00 | fall spring | |
LEXinar™: Abjads for Orthographers | This LEXinar is comprised of four 90-minute installments investigating the orthographic structures in English words of Semitic origin | summer, winter | $150.00 | summer winter | |
LEXinar™: Etymonline Online! | This 7.5-hour advanced seminar is comprised of five 1.5-hour weekly installments. Our study will target specific questions regarding etymology, and will investigate the structure, content, and use of The Online Etymology Dictionary with Douglas Harper. | winter | $250.00 | winter | |
LEXinar™: InSights into Verbs | Understanding the English verb is key to understanding not only sentence structure, but also content and function words, participles, and – of interest to orthographers — how verbal suffixes do and do not work. This 6-hour seminar is comprised of four 1.5-hour installments. | fall, summer | $125.00 | fall summer |
Name | Summary | Price | Buy |
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RECORDING for LEXinar™ Installment | Your purchase includes and assumes your explicit agreement that the recordings are for personal study only; they may not be shared, posted, distributed, screened, or broadcast under any circumstances without my express written permission. This means that each person requesting, accessing, or using a recording has to pay for it; I do not give anyone permission to share a recording with someone else in the class. | $20.00 – $35.00 |
Year-Long LEXinars
LEXinar Name | Summary | Register |
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Not Angles but Angels: A History of English | This longitudinal course is designed to investigate and interrogate the history of English with a focus on the written language, the orthography, and the literacy of its speakers, using the university-level textbook, This Language, A River, as our guide. Class total cost is $900 – paid in monthly installments. Course must be paid in full before the 7th class meeting. | |
Grammar for Grown-Ups LEXinar | This longitudinal course is designed to investigate and interrogate the English sentence: its nature, its structures, its connections to and distinctions from other structures, and how it surfaces in texts. Class total cost is $900 – paid in monthly installments. | |
Linguistics for Non-Linguists | This longitudinal course is designed to investigate and interrogate the aims and methods of linugistic science, the nature and functions of language, and the history of language. Class total cost is $900 – paid in monthly installments. |