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LING 111.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
The Structure of Language
1/2(3L)
An introduction to the findings, theories and methods of modern structural linguistics. Includes phonetics, phonology, word-formation, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Basic analytical skills are emphasized. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of natural languages.
LING 112.3
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The Dynamics of Language
1/2(3L)
An introduction to language acquisition, dialectology and historical linguistics. Includes how language varies geographically and socially, how it changes, borrowing, common descent and typological similarities among languages. The human biological propensity to acquire language and language universals are considered.
LING 232.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Romance Linguistics I: Cultural History
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): One of: ENG 389, 390; LATIN 112 and 113; LING 111, 112, 240; or any language course at the 120 level or higher.
The cultural history of the spread of Latin over Europe; the transformation of Latin creoles into the standard languages of modern states; and the social and literary influences which affected the evolution of Latin. Basic concepts of linguistic change and the comparative method will be illustrated.
LING 233.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Romance Linguistics II: Historical Phonology and Morphology
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): One of: ENG 289, 290; LATIN 112 and 113; LING 111, 112, 240, or any language course at the 120 level or higher.
The evolution of Latin into the Romance languages of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian, and the study of phonological and morphological development of these languages.
LING 240.3
(Formerly ANTH 240)
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Principles of Phonology
1/2(3L-1P)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111 or 6 credit units in a language other than English.
Basic concepts of phonology and the procedures of phonological analysis are introduced, with an emphasis on generative phonology. Data from a variety of natural languages is analyzed.
LING 241.3
(Formerly ANTH 241)
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Introduction to Grammar
1/2(3L-1P)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111 or 6 credit units in a language other than English.
Advanced introduction to traditional, structural, and transformational models of grammar. Emphasizes recent trends in linguistic analysis and theory. Natural language data will be analyzed extensively.
LING 242.3
(Formerly ANTH 242)
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Phonetics
1/2(3L-1P)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111.
Introduces articulatory phonetics, the structure and functioning of the vocal tract, the major classes of speech sounds and systems of phonetic notation. A brief discussion of acoustic and perceptual phonetics will be given. Recognition, production and notation of speech sounds and the preliminaries of phonological analysis will be emphasized.
LING 243.3
(Formerly ANTH 243)
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Morphological Patterns in Language
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111.
Investigates the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. Material from a wide variety of languages is drawn upon to explore morphological processes, their relationship to syntactic structures, and to language typology. Practical work in morphological analysis is emphasized.
LING 244.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Sociolinguistics
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111 or 112 or SOC 110 or WGST 210.
Presents language in its social context, covering aspects of linguistic variation within and across speech communities. Topics include language and class, gender, age, speech context and ethnicity. Language standardization, code-switching, bilingualism and diglossia, rules of conversation and appropriate address, and societal features of language change will be discussed.
LING 246.3
(Formerly ANTH 246)
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»
Language in Time and Space
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111.
An introduction to the historical linguistics of unwritten and written languages. Topics will include genetic and topological relationship, comparative reconstruction, dialect formation, phonological, morphological and semantic change, and writing systems. The integration of linguistics with prehistory and historical ethnology will be emphasized.