Schedule of Classes
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Fall '99Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30LING Linguistics( Arts and Humanities) LING200 Introductory Linguistics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course.Not open to students who have completed ANTH 371 or HESP 120. Ways of studying human language; basic concepts of modern linguistic analysis (sound systems, word formation, syntax, meaning). The nature of human language; the social aspects of language; language change; dialects; writing systems; language universals, etc. Basis for future work in linguistics. Lab Fee of $15.00. LING240 Language and Mind; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. USP Distributive Studies Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course. The study of language as a cognitive phenomenon. Ways of representing people's knowledge of their native language, ways in which that knowledge is attained naturally by children, and how it is used in speaking and listening. Relevant philosophical literature. Relationship to study of other cognitive abilities: reasoning, perception, sensory-motor development. LING311 Syntax I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 240. Basic concepts, analytical techniques of generative syntax, relation to empirical limits imposed by viewing grammars as representations of a component of human mind. Aspects of current theories. LING321 Phonology I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 240. Properties of sound systems of human languages, basic concepts and analytical techniques of generative phonology. Empirical limits imposed by viewing grammars as cognitive representations. Physiological properties and phonological systems; articulatory phonetics and distinctive feature theory. LING410 Grammar and Meaning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 311 or permission of instructor. The basic notions of semantic theory: reference, quantification, scope relations, compositionality, thematic relations, tense and time, etc. The role these notions play in grammars of natural languages. Properties of logical form and relationship with syntax. LING419 (PermReq) Topics in Syntax; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. LING421 (PermReq) Advanced Phonology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 322. Topics in current phonological theory, as they relate to data from the sound systems of various languages. Segmental and prosodic analysis. Discussion of autosegmental theory, metrical theory, etc. LING429 (PermReq) Topics in Phonology; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. LING444 Child Language; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 200 or LING 240. Examines children's language development from the perspective of Chomsky's 'Universal Grammar'. Parts of children's knowledge which are innate, and parts which are learned from the environment. This issue will motivate discussion of a variety of topics including children's knowledge of the lexicon and word meaning, grammatical structure, and semantics. LING444H Child Language; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 200 or LING 240. For general honors students only. LING499 (PermReq) Directed Studies in Linguistics; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
LING499H
Directed Studies in Linguistics;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
LING610
Syntactic Theory;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
LING620 Phonological Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: LING 322. Topics in current phonological theory, as they relate to data from various languages. Segmental and prosodic analysis. Autosegmental theory, metrical theory, etc. LING630 Diachronic Linguistics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. The ways in which grammars may change from generation to generation and the relevance of such changes for theories of the human linguistic capacity. Consideration of traditional work on historical change. LING640 (PermReq) Sentence Processing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Experimental evaluation of models of sentence processing. A survey course to review relevant literature and current trends in the psychology of sentence processing. LING646 (PermReq) Neural Basis of Speech and Language; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Overview of classical and recent work on the neural basis of speech and language. An emphasis will be placed on what current techniques have to offer. The ggoal of the class is to introduce the contemporary methods and major results at a level that will allow you to read papers about neurlinguistics and cognitive neroscience. LING689 (PermReq) Independent Study; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LING689A Independent Study: Seminar in Language Aquisition; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LING698 Directed Study; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LING798 (PermReq) Research Papers in Linguistics; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. LING799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
LING819
Seminar in Syntactic Theory;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
LING889 (PermReq) Directed Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. LING895 Doctoral Research Paper; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
LING899
Doctoral Dissertation Research;
(1-8 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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