Linguistic
Program Undergraduate Courses
The following courses are offered by the Linguistics Program. Because
this is an interdisciplinary program, many courses are cross-listed
in other departments. Some courses that are not cross-listed with
Linguistics may be used for credit.
Titles of upcoming courses are displayed in blue
(Fall 2007) together with their days and times. If you would like
a detailed description of the course, go to: Fall
2007 course descriptions. If you would like to go ahead and
register for classes, click here
LING 140 Linguistic Diversity
Awareness (2)
A course designed to cultivate awareness of phonological and grammatical
differences among dialects of English and ability to switch comfortably
between one's dialect and standard usage. Two hour lecture and laboratory.
LING 300 Introduction to Language Sciences [= ANTH 373,
PSYC 470] (3)
Section 001 TTh 11:00-12:15 (Instructor: Schulz)
Section 002 MWF 10:10-11 (Instructor:
Widman)
Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties
of speech, the organization of language in the mind/brain, crosslinguistic
universals, child language acquisition, and aspects of adult language
processing.
LING 301 The English
Language [= ENGL 389] (3)
Section 1 MWF 11:15-12:05 (Instructor: Yum)
Section 2 TTh 3:30-4:45 (Instructor:
Mann)
Introduction to the field of linguistics with an emphasis on English.
Covers the English sound system, word structure, and grammar. Explores
the history of English, American dialects, social registers, and
style.
LING 340
Language, Culture, and Society [=
ANTH 355] (3)
Section 1 TTh 2:00-3:15 (Instructor: Fenigsen)
Language in its social setting. The relationship between
linguistic categories and culture categories. Language and cognition.
LING 399 Independent Study
(3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Contract approval by instructor, advisor, and program director is
required for undergraduate students.
LING 405 Topics in Linguistics
(3)
Intensive study of selected topics: may emphasize interdisciplinary
themes.
LING 405S / SPAN 375S / LASP 398L:
Spanish and Spanglish
Section 1 TTh 2:00-3:15
(Instructor: Holt)
LING 421 English Grammar
[= ENGL 450] (3)
Section 1 TTh 12:30-1:45 (Instructor:
Disterheft)
Study of traditional, structural, and generative systems of English
grammar.
LING 431
Development of the English Language [= ENGL 453]
(3)
English from Indo-European through Germanic and into Old English,
Middle English, and Modern English. No previous knowledge of Old
English or Middle English is required.
LING 440
Language in Society [=
ENGL 455] (3)
Sect 001 and Sect 510 MW 1:25-2:40 (Instructor: Chun)
Patterns in language use as a reflection of social group memberships
or the negotiation of interpersonal relationships; special attention
to social dialects and stylistic difference in American English.
LING 441 English
Language in America [= ENGL 456] (3)
Differences between British and American English; regional and social
dialects with emphasis on educational applications.
LING 442 African-American
English [= AFRO 442, ANTH 442, ENGL 457] (3)
Section 1 TTh 11:00-12:15 (Instructor: Weldon)
Linguistic examination of the structure, history, and use of African-American
English, as well as literary representations, language attitudes,
and issues relating to education and the acquisition of Standard
English.
LING 502 French
Linguistics [= FREN 517] (3) (Prereq: FREN 515)
The structure, morphology, and syntax of modern French.
LING 503
Introduction to German
Linguistics [=
GERM 515] (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Structural and descriptive linguistics applied to the German Language.
LING 504 Introduction
to Spanish Linguistics [= SPAN 515] (3)
Phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern Spanish.
LING 505
Interdisciplinary Topics in Linguistics (3)
Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study. Course
content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes
by suffix and title. May be repeated with different suffix.
LING 505P / PSYC 598: Psychology of
Reading
Section 1 TTh 12:30-4:45 (Instructor: Morris)
LING 505R / RUSS 598G: Structure of
Russian
Section 1 MWF 12:20-1:10 (Instructor: Ford)
LING 512
French Phonology [= FREN 516] (3)
The sound system and its functioning in the morphological system
of French from the point of view of current phonological theory.
LING 514
Contrastive English-Spanish Phonetics and
Phonology [=
SPAN 517] (3)
Introduction to the study of phonetics and phonology and their application
to the sounds and sound systems of English and Spanish. Includes
transcription practice and discussion of relevance to teaching.
LING 530 Language
Change (3)
Major ways in which phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, and
semantics change through language history; social factors which
promote innovation.
LING 540 Language
and Culture(3)
Introduction to sociolinguistic issues, focusing on a single language.
Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes
by suffix and title. May be repeated as topics vary for six credits.
LING 541
Language and Gender [= ANTH 555, WOST 555] (3)
Approaches to gender and language emphasizing the social grounding
of both; how language reflects sociocultural values and as a tool
for constructing different types of social organization.
LING 542 Language and
Colonialism (3)
Anthropological approach to issues of language and colonialism in
comparative perspective. Linguistic consequences of colonialism
under consideration include communicative patterns, linguistic change,
and linguistic choices of post-colonial writers.
LING 543 Discourse,
Gender, and the Politics of Emotion (3)
Anthropological approach to issues of discourse, gender and emotion.
Issues under consideration include the social control, force, and
forms of emotional discourse, and the relationship between emotion
and culture from gender-oriented perspective.
LING 565
Philosophy of Language [= PHIL 517] (3) (Prereq:
PHIL 202 or consent of instructor)
Section 1 MW 3:30-4:45 (Instructor: Bezuidenhout)
An examination of concepts and problems such as meaning, reference,
analyticity, definition, and the relation between logic and philosophy.
LING 567 Psychology
of Language [= PSYC 506] (3) (Prereq: consent
of instructor)
Theories of speech perception, linguistic theories of syntax and
semantics, the brain mechanisms underlying language, the development
of language in children, and the role of language in thought.
LING 570 Introduction
to Language Development [=
COMD 570] (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
The language acquisition process in normal children, including the
development of semantics, morphology, syntax, phonology, and pragmatics;
American dialects and bilingualism.
LING 600 Survey
of Linguistics [= ENGL 680] (3)
Major approaches to language study and linguistics related to other
disciplines; required as first course for any program of study in
linguistics.
LING 610 Introduction
to Phonology (3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600)
The phonetic basis of phonology; phonological structure; lexical
representation; cross-linguistic survey of major types of phonological
processes; emphasis on data analysis.
LING 620
Introduction to Syntax
(3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600)
Section 1 M 11:45-2:15 (Instructor: Marrano)
Foundations of generative grammar, focusing on the syntax of English;
universal principles of basic clause structure and derived constructions;
emphasis on syntactic argumentation and cross-linguistic generalization.
LING 627 Introduction to Semantics. (3) (Prereq:
LING 300, 301, or 600) Introduction to the study of linguistic meaning,
including the following topics: meaning, reference, and truth; the
connections among language, thought, and reality; word meaning and
sentence meaning; possible worlds and modality; thematic roles;
meaning and context; presupposition and implicature; speech acts;
formal semantics; and cognitive semantics.
LING 650 -- Introduction to Morphology. (3) (Prereq:
LING 300, 301, or 600) Foundations of generative morphology, focusing
on morphological data collection and analysis; the structure of
the lexicon; and the interfaces between morphology and phonology,
semantics, and syntax.
LING 698 Practicum
in TEFL (3)
(Prereq: LING 600, 795)
Observation and supervised teaching of English as a foreign language
in an individually designed classroom setting. May not be taken
by M.A. or Ph.D. students as part of their required courses.
ANTH 371: Ethnography of Communication
SPAN 317: Spanish Phonetics & Pronunciation
TTh 11:00-12:15 Holt
Taught in Spanish.
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