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LING 111.3
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
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 240.3
(Formerly ANTH 240)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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.
LING 342.3
(Formerly ANTH 342)
American Indian Languages
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): LING 111 and 112, or NS 105 and 106.
Linguistic structures of native America, with special reference to the families of North America. Genetic relationship and areal typology will be included.
LING 478.3
Honours Project
1/2(IS)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department and instructor.
A reading course on a specialized topic combining at least two of the components of the student's program: linguistics, languages and/or literature. This course will also provide an initiation into research methods leading to a term paper.