Linguistics

(including courses in Applied Linguistics)

• CAS LX 500: Topics in Linguistics
  Topic for Fall 2013: Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory. A general introduction to the study of first and second language acquisition within the framework of generative grammar. Covers theoretical approaches to syntactic, semantic, and phonological development, reviewing studies and methodologies, both classic and current.
• CAS LX 501: Linguistic Field Methods
  An in-depth investigation of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse/pragmatics of an African or other non-Indo-European language. Weekly sessions with language consultant.
• CAS LX 502: Semantics I
  Introduction to the study of linguistic meaning, with the goal of improving understanding of the ways in which native speakers produce and interpret language. Emphasis on the interaction of meaning with other components of grammar and cognitive systems. Carries humanities divisional studies credit in CAS.
• CAS LX 503: Semantics II
  Systematic development of a semantic theory of natural language, using the tools of model-theoretic semantics. In-depth study of the relation between meaning and grammar, and the relation between meaning and context.
• CAS LX 504: Topics in Pragmatics
  Covers the main areas of linguistic pragmatics, the study of language use and the relation between meaning and context. Study of pragmatic phenomena such as presuppositions, implicatures, anaphora, and focus, from the perspective of linguistic semantics.
• CAS LX 506: Topics in French Linguistics
  Topics vary by semester. Taught in French. Also offered as CAS LF 506.
• CAS LX 507: 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. Also offered as CAS LS 507.
• CAS LX 508: 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. Also offered as CAS LS 508.
• CAS LX 510: Phonetics
  Introduction to articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Investigation of the production and perception of the sounds of the world's languages. Development of practical skills, including IPA transcription, description of sound systems, and basic acoustic analysis. Focus on cross-linguistic typology. Carries humanities divisional studies credit in CAS.
• CAS LX 513: Introduction to Phonology
  Introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Focus on major cross-linguistic patterns in phonological systems. Topics covered include distinctive feature analysis, phonological rules and constraints, phonological opacity, tone, syllables and syllable weight, metrical stress theory, and interactions with morphology and syntax.
• CAS LX 518: Focus
  Exploration of focus in natural language, integrating syntax, phonology, semantics, morphology, and pragmatics in pursuit of general understanding of the cross-linguistic diversity of focus phenomena and the ways in which different linguistic processes cooperate to express focus.
• CAS LX 521: Morphology
  Introduction to major theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of word structure in natural language. Emphasis on the development of skills for analysis of morphological structures of unfamiliar languages. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LX 522: Syntax I
  Part one of a two-semester sequence. Introduction to the logical structure and organization of language, and to Chomskyan theory. Application of principles of syntactic analysis to students' own and other languages through data-oriented problems from different language types. Carries HU divisional studies credit in CAS.
• CAS LX 523: Syntax II
  Part two of a two-semester sequence. Recent developments in syntax, including the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar (the Minimalist Program, Antisymmetry) and certain other generative approaches (including Optimality Theory). Introduction to current issues in the field and proposals from the current theoretical linguistics literature.
• CAS LX 525: Prosody
  Exploration of the melodic and rhythmic aspects of the languages of the world. Emphasis on theoretical and experimental approaches to cross-linguistic typology. Specific topics include syllables and syllable- weight, rhythm and speech timing; stress and metrics; tone and intonation.
• CAS LX 533: The Structure of Creole Languages
  Overview of pidginization and Creolization. Evolution, typology, and area characteristics of Creole languages. Role of contact languages and other linguistic substrata. Field and classroom research with Creole language speakers.
• CAS LX 535: Historical and Comparative Linguistics
  Introduction to language change and the methodology of historical linguistic analysis, using data from a wide array of languages. Investigates genetic relatedness among languages, language comparison, historical reconstruction, and patterns and principles of change in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Carries humanities divisional studies credit in CAS.
• CAS LX 540: Acquisition of Syntax
  A general introduction to the study of first and second language acquisition within the framework of generative grammar, focused on the development of syntax. Topics include the development of syntactic structure, verb movement, finiteness, null subjects, binding, and questions.
• GRS AL 902: Directed Study in Applied Linguistics
  Directed study in applied linguistics.
• GRS LX 699: Teachng Coll Lx
  

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