Linguistics Outside the Classroom
LOC Course Information
Departmental Course Descriptions
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1100 The Basics of Learning a Language
GE social science individuals and groups; diversity global studies course
The goal of the course is to provide students with important tools to help them become successful language learners. Students will become familiar with basic elements of language such as parts of speech and the pronunciation of new sounds as a means of enabling them to anticipate and effectively deal with problems in pronunciation, vocabulary building and sentence formation that often come up in foreign language study. Students will also learn how languages differ in terms of, for example, swearing, politeness and body language. They will also learn about different language teaching and learning styles, typical mistakes language learners make, and strategies for making language learning more effective. This information will be presented in the context of the wide variety of languages taught at OSU, thus allowing students to become familiar with some of the more than 30 languages taught on campus.
2000/H2000 Introduction to Linguistics (including some online sections)
GE cultures and ideas course
This course examines language as a system of human communication. It also provides students with the tools needed for the recording, investigation, and close analysis of language. The course consists of a general survey of language and linguistics. A number of topics relating to man's knowledge and use of language are systematically investigated. Examples are drawn primarily from the English language, although other 1anguages are used to illustrate certain concepts. Nevertheless, the focus of the course is not on any specific language or languages; rather, it is on properties common to all lan¬guages and on ways in which languages may differ.
2000_syllabus_sp16.pdf / 2000H_syllabus_sp16.pdf
2001 Language and Formal Reasoning (including some online sections)
Prereq: Math 075 or equiv, or Math placement level R.
GE quantitative reasoning math and logical analysis course.
The goal of this course is to lead students to think analytically about syntax, meaning, and reasoning in terms abstract enough to encompass both natural languages (like English) and artificial formal languages (in this case, first-order logic) to see underlying structural similarities and to understand some fundamental differences as well. This goal is accomplished by (1) introducing students to two kinds of formal systems, first-order logic and formal phrase-structure grammars, (2) using these systems to analyze syntax and reasoning, in symbolic form and in English, and (3) examining differences between artificial and natural language in principles of cooperative communication.
2051/H2051 Analyzing the Sounds of Language
Prereq: Math 075 or equiv, or Math placement level R.
GE data analysis course. Cross-listed in Speech&Hearing.
In this course, we will introduce pertinent ideas and results from research in the various disciplines that have contributed to our understanding of the sounds of language. We will introduce some of the quantitative analytical tools that are used in the phonetic sciences, and do several experiments in class, to give a flavor of the diverse research methods that speech scientists have developed to try to determine how speech is produced and perceived by humans.
H2052 Theories of Linguistics: The Scientific Method for Abstractions and Unobservables
GE quantitative reasoning math and logical analysis course.
This course provides a strong grounding in fundamental principles of scientific reasoning illustrated through concrete examples across the Natural and Social sciences with emphasis on Psychology and Linguistics. This course is suitable for students from all backgrounds including non-science majors. Students will gain understanding of what it means to "do science."
2367.01 H2367.01 Language, Sex, and Gender in American Culture
Prereq: English 1110.01 (110.01), 1110.02 (110.02), or 1110.03 (110.03), or equiv.
GE writing and comm: level 2; diversity social diversity in the US course.
This course examines how culturally enshrined ideas about gender affect language and the use of language and how linguistic conventions for the expression of gender differences reinforce these ideas. The course deals with structure and usage patterns in language as exhibited by men and women. This inquiry focuses on the following question: How do the members of each sex use language differently? How does language treat the sexes differently? How do such differences affect our perceptions, attitudes and behavior in everyday life? The learning of sex-typed languages by children and cross-cultural aspects of these questions are considered.
2367.02 Language and Advertising (including some online sections)
Prereq: English 1110.01 (110.01), 1110.02 (110.02), or 1110.03 (110.03), or equiv.
GE writing and comm course: level 2.
The goals of this course are three-fold: first, to examine the ways in which language and linguistic knowledge are used by advertisers in the United States; second, to help the student develop effective presentation skills, both written and oral; and third, to develop the student's ability to critically evaluate and effectively use information. The entire course will revolve around American advertising and related topics, such as political campaign materials. The impact of advertising on American culture, the influence of the U.S. (and, in particular, English) on international advertising, and how various populations are represented in ads will also be addressed.
2797.01 Global May Study Abroad New Zealand
GE Education Abroad.
This course introduces students to the unique history and culture of New Zealand. Through an intensive immersion program students combine classroom instruction from UC academics with cultural visits and community engagement projects. The focus of the course is on Language and Identity which enables students to become immersed in the culture and history of New Zealand. Utilising the expertise of the College of Arts, with a focus on linguistics and culture, and from the Maori and Pacific Development teams, students will be able to develop an understanding of other cultures and be able to reflect critically on their own culture. Cultural visits and community engagement projects will enrich the learning experience by providing students with practical and community engagement projects.
3501 Introduction to American Indigenous Languages
GE social science individuals and groups; diversity global studies course.
This course is an introduction to indigenous languages of the Americas and their speakers: e.g. history of settlement, language families, linguistic properties, bilingual education, language policies and attitudes.
3502 ConLangs: The Linguistics of Constructed languages
Constructed languages like Klingon, Elvish, and Dothraki may seem like the province of ComiCon goers, but they have a long and varied intellectual history. Constructed languages required a deep understanding of both the mechanics of languageand how languages relate to the cultures that they come from. This course examines the linguistic complexity of constructed languages.
3601 Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Prereq: English 1110.01 (110.01), 1110.02 (110.02), or 1110.03 (110.03), or equiv.
GE cultures and ideas; diversity social diversity in the US course.
This course examines the relationship between language and social constructs such as race and ethnicity, with particular emphasis on race relations in the United States. It is concerned with the ways in which language serves as a basis for inter-ethnic conflict, discrimination and lack of social opportunity. The main focus of the course will be the varieties of English used by members of minority ethnic and racial groups in the United States, and the general relationship between their languages and their place in American society.
3602/H3602 Language and Social Identity in the US
GE social science individuals and groups & GE Social diversity in the US course.
This course examines the relationships between language and social diversity in the general American speech community. Its aim is to shed light on how individuals and social groups distinguish themselves on the basis of their choice of language, and their sharing (or not) of common norms of social evaluation and interpretation. In particular, it will investigate the relationship between language and such social parameters as social status, ethnicity, race, gender, etc. Finally, it will consider the role of language differences in the creation of social stereotypes, and their implications for social advantage or disadvantage.
3603 Language across Cultures
GE social science individuals and groups & GE Global studies.
This course examines the relationships between language and culture in different societies with a view to shedding light on cross-cultural similarities and differences. Topics include: (1) how language differences among members of a society reflect social differences among them, (2) the role language plays in social behavior, (3) the ways in which language reflects social organization and individual social relationships, (4) the relationship between language and such aspects of culture as kinship relations, folk classifications of nature, and interpretation of the world, and (5) the relationship between language structure and perceptual and cognitive categories.
3604 Conducting Sociolinguistic Research: Language and Identity @ OSU
This course trains students in hands-on methods of sociolinguistic and dialectology research, including study design, data collection, ethics issues and data analysis. During the course, students will participate as fieldworkers in an ongoing research project examining the relationships between language and identity among OSU students. As a class, we will collect sociolinguistic data from other OSU students and analyze it for insights into how being at OSU changes one's speech patterns, through exposure to other language varieties and/or through changes to one's identity. The data collected will be added to a corpus of OSU student speech.
3701/H3701 Language and the Mind
Prereq: Ling 2000 (Linguist 201), 2000H (200H), 4000 (601), or Psych 1100 (100), or permission of instructor.
GE social science individuals and groups course. Cross-listed in Psych 3371.
The course is an introduction to the psychological processes by which humans produce and understand sentences in conversation, the means by which these processes arise in the child, and their bases in the brain. It deals with the following topics (among others): (1) Speech Perception, the process of detecting distinct 'sounds' in speech sig¬nals; (2) Lexical Access, the process of 'looking up' words in a mental dictionary; (3) Syntactic Parsing, the process of discovering the structure of sentences; (4) Semantic Inter¬pretation, the process of using syntactic structures, word meaning and general world knowledge to interpret what we hear; (5) Language Acquisition, the process by which a child becomes able to produce and understand sentences of his or her native language(s), (f) Neurolinguistics, the study of the way language functions are implemented in the brain.
3701_syllabus_sp16.pdf / 3701H_syllabus_au15.pdf
3801 Code Making and Code Breaking
This course has two main aims. It introduces old and new technologies for code making and code breaking, and it shows how good and bad choices in how codes are used can affect whether they succeed or fail. Students will learn what codes are, how they work and how they are used. The topics discussed will include code breaking, digital signatures, quantum cryptography and the decipherment of ancient languages.
3802/H3802 Language and Computers
Not open to students with Fresh standing
GE quantitative reasoning math and logical analysis course.
What makes Siri tick? How does Google Translate make sense of 100+ languages? In this course, you will be given insight into the fundamentals of how computers are used to represent, process and organize textual and spoken information, discussing both how language technology works and why it often doesn’t. We will also consider social and ethical considerations such as privacy, job creation and loss due to language technologies, and the nature of consciousness and machine intelligence.
3901 Language Evolution and Language Change
GE cultures and ideas course.
In this course we survey different kinds of language evolution and change, their causes and the methods linguists use to analyze language change and to model the relationships between and among dialects and languages. Special emphasis is put on the role of linguistic variation and of external influences (e.g. social context, writing systems, contact with other speakers, contact with other cultures, self- and group-imposed ideologies and attitudes, etc.) in the historical development of languages and in bringing about linguistic differentiation and diversity. Counteracting forces of convergence through contact and of standardization are examined as well.
4100 Phonetics
Prereq: Ling (H)2000 or 5000.
Cross-linguistic survey of the sounds of the world's languages.
4200 Syntax
Prereq: Ling (H)2000 or 5000.
Basic elements of syntactic description and an overview of syntactic structure across languages.
4300 Phonology
Prereq: Ling (H)2000 or 5000.
Introduction to phonological analysis and description, and an overview of phonological structure across languages.
4400 Linguistic Meaning
Prereq: Ling (H)2000 or 5000.
Introduction to linguistic meaning across languages, including word meaning, the contribution of syntactic structure, and the role of context in interpretation.
4601 Language and the Black Experience
Cross-listed in English.Examination of the structure, history and use of English varieties by African-Americans. Relationships between language and social life in the African-American community. Implications of language differences for social and educational opportunity.
4601-S Language and the Black Experience-A service learning course
Cross-listed in English.Combines the study of language and culture in the African American community with tutoring service at a local elementary school. Tutoring provides direct experience with language use and literacy development in African American children.
4350 Morphology
Prereq: Ling (H)2000 or 5000.The grammatical and phonological analysis of words, and their significance in linguistic structure.
4550 Introduction to Linguistics Field Methods
Prereq or concur: Ling 4100, 4200, or 4300.Introduction to techniques for studying the grammar of an unknown language, working with a native speaker. Permission is needed to repeat the course.
4597.01 Language Endangerment and Language Death
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing.GE cross-disciplinary seminar course.
Examines language endangerment and language death to reach an understanding of the forces threatening the survival of over half of today's 6,000 languages.
4597.02 Language and the Law
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing.GE cross-disciplinary seminar course.
Examination of the role of interpretation of language in the law and in legal proceedings, with special consideration of issues in comparative law and multi-lingual jurisdictions.
4780 Undergraduate Research Seminar
Prereq: Ling 4100, 4200, or 4300, and enrollment in Ling major; or permission of instructor.
Linguistics students learn about cutting-edge research by OSU linguists and get hands-on experience conducting their own linguistic research.
5000 Introduction to Linguistics
Prereq: Grad standing, or major/minor in Ling with permission of instructor.
A broad introduction to general linguistics: survey of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic analysis.
5001 - Formal Foundations of Linguistics
Prereq: Ling 5000 (Linguist 201), 2000H (201H), or 4000 (601), and permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 680.
Applying tools from set theory, symbolic logic, model theory, algebra and formal grammar in the foundations of formal linguistic theories and in linguistic analysis.
5002 - Algebraic Linguistics
Prereq: Ling 5001 (Linguist 680). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 681.
Formal properties of grammar and automata; relations between linear, context-free and context-sensitive grammars and finite, pushdown-storage and linear-bounded automata; properties of transformational grammars.
5051 - Quantitative Methods
Quantitative methods in the sub-disciplines of Linguistics, including data analysis, interpretation and display of data, inferential statistics, and statistical modeling.
Prereq: Ling 2000 (Linguist 201), 2000H (201H), or 4000 (601).
5101 - Phonetics: Phonetic Theory
Principles of articulatory phonetics, with some discussion of acoustic phonetics; practice in the production, recognition, and transcription of sounds in various languages of the world.
Prereq: Ling 4100 (500) or 4300 (503) or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5102 - Laboratory Phonology
Introduction to laboratory methods and quantitative models of speech for linguistics.
Prereq: Ling 5101 (Linguist 600.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 600.02.
5201 - Syntactic Theory
Theories of syntax; principles of syntactic description.
Prereq: Ling 4200 (502) or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5202 - Syntactic Theory II
Theories of syntax; principles of syntactic description.
Prereq: Ling 5201 (Linguist 602.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 602.02.
5203 - Syntactic Theory III
Theories of syntax; principles of syntactic description.
Prereq: Ling 5001 (Linguist 608), 5202 (602.02), and 5401 (683.01).
5301 - Phonological Theory I
Introduction to phonological analysis and the principles governing the structure, acquisition, and change of phonological systems; survey of major phonological theories.
Prereq: Ling 4100 (500) or 4300 (503) or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5302 - Topics in Advanced Phonology
Introduction to phonological analysis and the principles governing the structure, acquisition, and change of phonological systems; survey of major phonological theories.
Prereq: 5301 or Linguist 603.01. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 603.02. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
5351 - Morphological Theory
Introduction to and comparison of current theories of morphology with application to linguistic data and problems.
Prereq: Ling 2000 (201) or 2000H (201H) or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5401 - Semantic Theory I
Problems and methods in linguistic semantics, using logic and semantic model theory as analytic tools; reference, compositionality, presupposition, conversational implicature, speech acts, deixis.
Prereq: Ling 4400 or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5402 - Semantic Theory II
Montague semantics and more recent semantic theories; analysis of important problems, such as generalized quantifiers, lattice-based accounts of plurals and events, discourse representation theory.
Prereq: Ling 5401 (Linguist 683.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 683.02.
5451 - Formal Pragmatics
Introduction to contemporary theories of pragmatic phenomena which build on theories of dynamic interpretation in formal semantics.
Prereq: Ling 5402 (Linguist 683.02). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 780.
5500 - Language Description
Informant techniques and (if available) textbooks and published linguistic analyses are employed in analyzing and describing a language.
Prereq: Ling 2000 (Linguist 201), 2000H (201H), or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 672. Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
5501 - An Introduction to African-American English
Introduction to the structure and history of the varieties of English used by African-Americans and the relationship between language use and socio-cultural context.
Prereq: One Linguistics course taken at the 4000 level (300 level) or above. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 5501 or 605.
5551 - Field Methods I
Methodology for determining the phonological system of a previously unknown language through the use of a native informant.
Prereq: one each of any two of the following three groups: Ling 4100 (500) or 5101 (600); 4200 (502) or 5201 (602.01); 4300 (503) or 5301 (603.01); or permission of instructor .
5552 - Field Methods II
Methodology for determining the morphological and syntactic system of a previously unknown language through the use of a native informant.
Prereq: 5551 (Linguist 650.01). Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs.
5601 - Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Survey of approaches to the study of language in its social context: sociology of language, ethnography of speaking, discourse analysis, quantitative sociolinguistics.
Prereq: Two linguistics courses 2000 (201) or above, or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5602 - Introduction to Quantitative Sociolinguistics
Exploration of language in its social context through the methods of quantitative analysis of linguistic variation, including the Labovian and implicational models.
Prereq: 5601 (Linguist 661.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 661.02.
5603 - Sociolinguistic Field Methods
Research methods for sociolinguistic fieldwork including interviewing, observation, survey design and experimental work. Focus on methodology, planning and implementation.
Prereq: 5601 (Linguist 661.01).
5612 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary study of the nature of human thought; psychological, philosophical, linguistic, and artificial intelligence approaches to knowledge representation.
Prereq: 3 cr hrs from two of the following areas: CSE, Ling, Philos, and Psych, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 612. Cross-listed in CSE, Philos and Psych.
5651 - Languages in Contact
Study of the effects of language contact on the structure of the involved languages, and of the characteristics of the individuals and communities involved in language contact.
Prereq: Two linguistics courses 2000 (201) or above, or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5701 - Psycholinguistics I
An introduction to high-level language processing, word recognition, sentence understanding, and discourse processing.
Prereq: Ling 3701 (371) or 3701H (371H) or 5000 (601) or permission of instructor.
5702 - Psycholinguistics II
Models of human language processing and language parsing and interpretation; probabilistic models, issues in experimentation, and model implementation.
Prereq: 5701 (Linguist 615) and 5801 (Linguist 684.01).
5801 - Computational Linguistics I
Symbolic computation applied to the structure of words and sentences, models of morphology and syntax, parsing algorithms.
Prereq: Ling 3802 (384) or 5000 (601), or CSE3321 or 3522 or 5052, or permission of instructor.
5802 - Computational Linguistics II
Computational models of semantic interpretation, and the role of pragmatic knowledge in sentence processing; implementation of current grammatical theories.
Prereq: Ling 5401 (Linguist 683.01) and 5801 (684.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 684.02.
5803 - Computational Semantics
Methods for construction semantic representations for fragments of natural language and performing inference with such representations.
Prereq: 5801 (Linguist 684.01). Not open to students with credit for Linguist 684.03.
5891 - Proseminar in Cognitive Science
An in-depth examination of the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science; emphasizes fundamental issues of each discipline, provides illustrations of representative research being conducted at OSU.
Prereq: 5612, CSE 5612, Psych 5612, or Philos 5612. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 737. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 cr hrs. Cross-listed in CSE, ISE, Philos, and Psych.
5901 - Introduction to Historical Linguistics
Introduction to the methods and principles of historical linguistics.
Prereq: Ling 4100 (500) or 5101 (600.01) or 4300 (503) or 5301 (603.01) or 5000 (601), or permission of instructor.
5906 - Topics in Indo-Iranian Linguistics
Possible topics include advanced classical Sanskrit, the history of Sanskrit, Indo-Iranian or Indo-Aryan linguistics, or studies in the ancient Indian grammarians.
Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs or 3 completions.
6000 - Teaching Introductory Linguistics
Designed to train instructors in the techniques and materials used to teach introductory linguistics courses.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Linguist 830. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
6001 - Proseminar in Lingiuistics
Introduction to the problems, methods, and tools of linguistic research. Recommended for all candidates for grad degrees.
Repeatable to a maximum of 50 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
6193 - Individual Studies
1 - 12 credits
Individual Studies.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs or 8 completions. This course is graded S/U.
6194 - Group Studies
1 - 3 credits
Study of topics not regularly scheduled for seminars in linguistics, under the direction of a faculty member.
Prereq: Ling 4000 (Linguist 601). Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs or 8 completions.
7890.01 - Seminar Discussion Groups: TA Workshop
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 level or above course in Ling, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.02 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Syntax (Synners)
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 level or above course in Ling; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.03 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Phonetics/Phonology (Phonies)
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 level or above course in Ling; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.04 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Pragmatics
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 level or above course in Ling; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.05 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Language Acquisition Research Group (Lacqueys)
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level or above course in Ling, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.06 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Sociolinguistics/Historical Linguistics (Changelings)
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level or above course in Ling, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.07 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Psycholinguistics
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level or above course in Ling; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.08 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Computational Linguistics (Clippers)
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level or above course in Ling, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.09 - Seminar-Discussion Group on LLIC (Language, Logic, Information, and Computation)
1 - 3 credits
This discussion group introduces, discusses and reviews the technical details of formal methods in linguistics.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level course or above in Ling; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.10 - Seminar Discussion Groups: Topics in Linguistics
1 - 3 credits
A selected group study, with emphasis on individual writing and presentation.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level course or above Ling; or permission of instructor.
Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7890.11 - Sociolingustic Meaning Discussion Group (So Mean)
1 - 3 credits
Cross-disciplinary discussion group on sociolinguistic meaning. Readings and research drawn from sociolinguistics, anthropology, psycholinguistics, phonetics and social cognition, among others.
Prereq: 5000 (600) level course or above in Ling, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 60 cr hrs or 60 completions.
7901 - Historical Linguistics: Phonology
An introduction to the methods, conventions, and literature of comparative-historical linguistics with primary attention to the comparison and reconstruction of Indo-European phonological systems.
Prereq: Ling 5000 (Linguist 601) and 5901 (611), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Linguist 801.
7902 - Historical Linguistics: Morphology
Advanced work in the comparison and reconstruction of morphological and syntactic systems, primarily Indo-European; detailed examination of some of the results of past and current scholarship.
Prereq: 7901 (Linguist 801). Not open to students with credit for 802.
7903 - Topics in Indo-European
Study of various Indo-European languages and language families and exploration in depth of specific problems in Indo-European grammar.
Prereq: Ling 7902 (Linguist 802). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8100 - Seminar in Phonetics
Study of specific problems in articulatory and acoustic phonetics at an advanced level.
Prereq: Ling 5101 (Linguist 600.01). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8193 - Individual Studies
1 - 9 creidts
Assigned reading and individual research.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions. This course is graded S/U.
8200 - Seminar in Syntax
Advanced topics in syntactic analysis.
Prereq: Ling 5202 (Linguist 602.02). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8300 - Seminar in Phonology
Advanced topics in phonological analysis.
Prereq: 5302 (Linguist 603.02). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 6 completions.
8350 - Seminar in Morphology
1 - 3 credits
Advanced topics in morphological analysis.
Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8400 - Seminar in Semantics
Accounts of semantic judgments in languages, especially within the theory of generative grammar; relationships between syntax, semantics, and language use.
Prereq: 5202 (Linguist 602.02). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8450 - Seminar in Pragmatics
An intensive examination of one or more major problems in pragmatics, such as speech acts, implicature, or presupposition.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8600 - Seminar in Sociolinguistics
1 - 3 credits
Advanced topics in sociolinguistics.
Prereq: 5601 (Linguist 661.01). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8650 - Seminar in Contact Linguistics
1 - 3 credits
The goal of this seminar is to explore in some detail the methodological frameworks and theoretical issues that relate to the origins and development of various outcomes of language contact.
Prereq: Ling 5651 (Linguist 685). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8700 - Seminar in Psycholinguistics
1 - 3 credits
Advanced topics in psycholinguistics.
Prereq: Ling 5701 (Linguist 615). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8800 - Seminar in Computational Linguistics
1 - 3 credits
Advanced topics in computational linguistics.
Prereq: 5802 (Linguist 684.02). Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8880 - Interdepartmental Seminar
1 - 3 credits
Two or more departments present seminars on subjects of mutual interest; topics to be announced.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs or 18 completions.
8900 - Seminar in Historical Linguistics
1 - 3 credits
Advanced topics in methods and principles of diachronic analysis.
Prereq: Ling 5901 (Linguist 611), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 18 cr hrs.
8998 - Non-thesis graduate research
1 - 15 credits
Non-thesis graduate research.
Repeatable to a maximum of 99 cr hrs or 25 completions. This course is graded S/U.
8999 - Thesis/Dissertation Research in Linguistics
1 - 10 credits
Research for thesis and dissertation purposes only.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 cr hrs or 20 completions. This course is graded S/U.
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