Courses

• CAS LS 577: Topics in Hispanic Thought and Criticism
  Topic for Fall 2006: Spanish American Cultural Thought: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. Examines the role of Latin American intellectuals in cultural and political practices. How intellectual traditions have been shaped by war since the nineteenth century. Authors include Sarmiento, Martí, Guzmán, and Neruda.
• CAS LS 578: Spanish Drama of the Golden Age
  Close thematic, stylistic, and structural analysis of works by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón, and Alarcón. Consideration of the social and historical background that led to the flourishing of the Spanish stage.
• CAS LS 579: Topics in Hispanic Cinemas
  Cinema as a perspective from which to analyze cultural and socio-political developments within the Spanish-speaking world. Topics drawn from the history of specific national cinemas, individual filmmakers or particular "schools," relations between literature and film, and political uses of film.
• CAS LS 580: Mexico City in Literature and Film
  Study of literary and cinematic representations of Mexico City by authors and directors including Gamboa, Fuentes, and Buñuel. Emphasis on the rise of the city as a myth of modernity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• CAS LT 111: First-Semester Turkish
  Introduction to spoken and written Turkish and fundamentals of Turkish grammar, with oral drills and written exercises.
• CAS LT 112: Second-Semester Turkish
  Completes introduction to modern Turkish grammar, with emphasis on development of aural and written comprehension, as well as writing and speaking abilities.
• CAS LT 211: Third-Semester Turkish
  Further, intermediate-level, development of Turkish language skills through textbooks, authentic readings including literary works, internet-based exercises, and the use of Turkish audio and visual materials.
• CAS LT 212: Fourth-Semester Turkish
  Completes presentation of structures of Turkish, to “intermediate-high” levels of proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• CAS LT 281: Istanbul at the Crossroads
  The image of the city of Istanbul in novels, autobiography, short story, poetry, as well as music videos and popular films. Themes include modernization, urbanization, isolation, cosmopolitanism, and the struggle between East and West.
• CAS LT 303: Advanced Turkish I
  Advanced Turkish, concentrating on all four communicative skills, diverse registers, and idioms. Exposure to literature, media and other cultural materials.
• CAS LX 235: Language in the Contemporary World: Technology, Society, and the Law
  Exploration of the role of human language in a range of activities and endeavors, focusing on issues of technology, governmental policy, education, gender roles, legal language, language crimes, and the use of language in both media and politics to shape perceptions.
• CAS LX 240: Great Linguists
  Introduction to fundamental questions in the study of natural languages from a historical perspective, addressed through reading and discussion of works by prominent linguists, including Saussure, Sapir, Jespersen, and Chomsky.
• CAS LX 245: Language and Mind
  Foundations of linguistics as a science, in relation to cognitive science, philosophy of language, and psychology, including a critical overview of the research program initiated by Noam Chomsky. Students read and discuss original works, and write short essays.
• CAS LX 250: Introduction to Linguistics
  Properties that languages share and how languages differ with respect to structure (sound system, word formation, syntax), expression of meaning, acquisition, variation, and change; cultural and artistic uses of language; comparison of oral, written, and signed languages. Formerly CAS LX 253.
• CAS LX 400: Second Language Acquisition
  An introduction to non-native language acquisition, focusing on different theoretical accounts of children's and adults' learning in natural and school settings. Similarities and differences between native and non-native development of language and more specifically, of grammar.
• CAS LX 401: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LX 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LX 491: Directed Study: Linguistics
  Application form available in department.
• CAS LX 492: Directed Study: Linguistics
  Application form available in department.
• CAS LX 500: Topics in Linguistics
  Three topics are offered 2010/2011. Students may take this course more than once for credit if topics are different. Topic for Fall 2010: Universals of Language. Prereq: CAS LX 250 or consent of instructor. Survey of a range of characteristics, differentiating possible from impossible human languages, that inform modern understanding of the human language capacity. Discussion centers on issues of typology, modalities, acquisition, variation, change, and creolization. Topics for Spring 2011: Section A1: Language Acquisition. Prereq: CAS LX 250 or consent of instructor. A general introduction to theoretical study of first and second language acquisition, focusing mainly on the development of syntax. Topics include tense and agreement, word order, and constraints on pronoun use, as well as lexical semantics and discourse constraints. Section B1: Current Issues in Syntax. Prereq: CAS LX 522 or equivalent. In-depth exploration of a selection of the active topics in recent syntactic research, building on the foundation established in CAS LX 522. Class discussions focus on articles and perspectives from the current syntactic literature.

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