Two topics are offered 2012/2013. Students may register for one or both for credit. Fall 2012: The Sounds of Spanish. Introduction to Spanish phonetics and phonology. Covers articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics, focusing on techniques for visualizing speech sounds. Examines the phonemic inventory and phonological organization of Spanish from several perspectives, including generative and articulatory phonology as well as sociolinguistics. Spring 2013: The Structure of Spanish. Introduction to Spanish morphology and syntax. Explores the structure of Spanish words, phrases, and sentences from multiple perspectives with a focus on natural language data. Examines Generative, Usage-Based, and Lexical-Functional approaches to the analysis of grammatical structure. Taught in Spanish.

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