Courses - Spring 2025
LING200
Introductory Linguistics
Credit only granted for: HESP120 or LING200.
Additional information: This course serves as the prerequisite for further courses in linguistics.
An exploration of the nature of human language. Introduction to the basic concepts and methodology of modern linguistic analysis (sound systems, word formation, sentence structure). Examination of the factors that contribute to dialect differences and the social implications of language variation. Additional topics may include: semantics, pragmatics, language change, writing systems, typology, language universals, comparison with other communication systems.
LING240
Language and Mind
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in LING200.
Additional information: Required for Linguistics majors and recommended for students in related fields.
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. Additional topics may include: animal communication, language and the brain, language and thought.
LING248
Introduction to Laboratory Research in Linguistics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Linguistics department.
LING260
Meaning through Language: Why are we so good at it?
What is it about us humans and our languages that allows us to communicate in ways unmatched by other animals or powerful AI models? The question is ancient, but recent decades have seen great progress in the cognitive science of language, while expanding the diversity of languages investigated. We know much more about how languages vary, how they develop in children, how they are encoded in the mind, and relate to other domains of cognition. Major developments in statistical computation and research on animal cognition also illuminate what is (not) possible without the particular structure of the human mind. We bring this all to bear on our Big Question: What makes human language special from the viewpoint of meaning? Students will come to understand the major features of language as a vehicle for complex thought and a tool for communication. They will use this understanding in analyzing common semantic patterns and everyday conversational dynamics.
LING272
Examines the nature of mental representation of language in the physiology of the mind/brain, how it evolved, how it emerges in learners' minds, and how it decays through injury and illness. Insights from linguistics, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, animal behavior, molecular biology, and biophysics are brought to bear on how an abstract systematic behavior can arise within an animal brain.
LING311
Syntax I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: LING240.
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.
LING312
Syntax II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: LING311.
Continuation of LING311. Development of theories of syntax. Criteria for revising theories. Methods and strategies of scientific efforts to explain natural phenomena.
LING321
Phonology I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: LING240.
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.
LING322
Phonology II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: LING321.
Continuation of LING321. Further investigation of phonological phenomena and phonological theory. Revising and elaborating the theory of the phonological representation; interaction of phonology and morphology.
LING410
Grammar and Meaning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; or LING311.
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.
LING419K
Topics in Syntax; Studies in Lexical Aspect and Event Structure
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
LING448
Advanced Laboratory Research in Linguistics
Credits:
2 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Linguistics department.
LING449K
Topics in Psycholinguistics; Investigating A-bar Movement
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
LING499
Directed Studies in Linguistics
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
LING499C
Directed Studies in Linguistics; Teaching Assistantship
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
LING499H
Directed Studies in Linguistics
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
LING499R
Directed Studies in Linguistics; Understanding Language Understanding
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of department. In this class we'll ask, what does it mean to understand language? We'll look at the pieces of the puzzle from two perspectives: the sciences of the artificial (to steal a term from Herbert Simon), and the sciences o f the natural world, i.e. the study within cognitive science of the human capacity for language. Contact the instructor for information about registering for this course.
LING611
Issues in Syntax
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: LING610.
Topics of current theoretical interest examined through data from a variety of languages.
LING661
Issues in Semantics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: LING660; or permission of ARHU-Linguistics department.
A second course in semantic theory. Application of basic concepts and methods to topics of current theoretical interest.
LING678
Linguistic Field Methods
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
LING689
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
LING689C
Independent Study; Computational Psycholinguistics
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
LING689T
Independent Study; Pedagogy for Linguistics
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg
Designed for novice instructors to collaboratively explore and evaluate methodologies that support teaching improvement and learner achievement.
LING798
Research Papers in Linguistics
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
LING799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
LING849C
Seminar in Psycholinguistics; Computational Psycholinguistics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Cross-listed with NACS728W. Credit will be only granted for LING849C or NACS728W.
LING879J
Seminar in Semantics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
LING879O
Seminar in Semantics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
LING888
Doctoral Research Paper
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
LING889
Directed Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
LING896
Research Paper in Minor Area
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: LING888.
This course is designed to strengthen the students' ability to do research in a minor area of expertise, and to help them create a publishable piece. In addition, the course constitutes part of a set of requirements to advance to doctoral candidacy.
LING898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
LING899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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