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Classes
LING 1100
Course Description
In this course the students learn the skill of writing at the university level. Instructors offer themes for their courses within their own special areas of expertise. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: The Death of Language
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Whitman, J
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Words and Pictures
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- TR Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Abusch, D
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Language and the Law
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- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
D'Antonio, S
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FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: From Cuneiform to Cryptography
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Barth, E
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FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Metaphors We Live By
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- MWF Uris Hall 302
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Enzinna, N
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Language and Gender
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- MWF Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Hummel, A
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: How to Build a Language
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Ives Hall 107
Instructors
Karlin, R
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Creating the Science of Language
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- TR Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Smith, Z
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FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Language: Myth and Controversies
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Will, K
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Translation and Writing
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- MWF Warren Hall 138
Instructors
Winarto, E
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LING 1101
Course Description
Overview of the science of language, especially its theoretical underpinnings, methods, and major findings. Areas covered include: the relation between sound and meaning in human languages, social variation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Murray, S
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- W Uris Hall 331
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Sundita, C
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- W Uris Hall 382
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Kurniawan, F
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- W Lincoln Hall 107
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Sundita, C
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- W Uris Hall 331
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Sezer, H
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- W Uris Hall 369
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Sezer, H
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- W Malott Hall 206
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Kurniawan, F
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LING 1131
Course Description
An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as soon as possible. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 1331, SANSK 1131
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Golovkova, A
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LING 2217
Course Description
Explores the development of the English language from its Indo-European beginnings through the period of Early Middle English. Topics include linguistic reconstruction, changes in sound, vocabulary and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2170, MEDVL 2217
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Harbert, W
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LING 2251
Course Description
Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2351, SANSK 2251
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Uris Hall 375A
Instructors
Clary, T
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Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.
LING 2261
Course Description
An introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Proto-Indo-European and the chief historical developments of the daughter languages. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4461
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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LING 2285
Course Description
Poems are among the most highly structured linguistic objects that human beings produce. While some of the devices used in poetry are arbitrary and purely conventional, most are natural extensions of structural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2960, ENGL 6785, LING 6285
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Bowers, J
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LING 3303
Course Description
This course explores both syntax (how words and phrases are combined into sentences) and semantics (how the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences are interpreted). The course aims to give students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
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Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.
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- W Uris Hall 303
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Wiegand, M
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- W Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Wiegand, M
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LING 3308
Course Description
Reading/discussion groups in Welsh or Scottish Gaelic. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3308
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
LING 3315
Course Description
Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3315
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Uris Hall 494
Instructors
Stefansdottir, B
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LING 3321
Course Description
The Romance languages are the lasting imprint of all that happened to the Latin language as it moved through time, territories, and people of many ethnicities. While the Latin of antiquity retained its ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ROMS 3210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Stimson Hall G01
Instructors
Alkire, T
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LING 3390
Course Description
Independent study of linguistics topics not covered in regular curriculum for undergrads. view course details
LING 4310
Course Description
Topic: Imagination and Creativity view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIONB 4330, COGST 4310, PSYCH 4320
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: Consciousness & Free Will
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Edelman, S
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LING 4401
Course Description
Provides an introduction to phonological theory. The empirical basis, theoretical approaches, and relevant literature are explored through extensive data analysis and critical reading. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Zec, D
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Prerequisite: LING 3302 or equivalent.
LING 4403
Course Description
An advanced introduction to syntactic theory within the principles and parameters/minimalist frameworks. Topics include phrase structure, argument structure (unaccusative verbs, unergative verbs, double ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6403
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
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Prerequisite: LING 3303 or permission of instructor.
LING 4411
Course Description
Overview of the history of the Japanese language followed by intensive examination of issues of interest to participants. Students should have reading knowledge of Japanese. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4411, JAPAN 4410
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Whitman, J
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LING 4421
Course Description
Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 107
Instructors
Murray, S
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Prerequisite: LING 3303
LING 4424
Course Description
Computational models of natural languages. Topics include tree syntax and treebank databases; broad-coverage probabilistic grammars; finite state generative phonology; computational semantics; computational ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4240, CS 4744
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Rooth, M
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Additional Information
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Prerequisite: CS 2800 or LING 3302 or LING 3303, or permission of instructor. Recommended: previous course work in linguistics or programming.
LING 4425
Course Description
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Abusch, D
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LING 4440
Course Description
This course is intended as an opportunity for advanced linguistics majors to put to use the analytical skills they have acquired in foundation courses on real world research questions. A seminar theme ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Harbert, W
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LING 4451
Course Description
The prehistory and evolution of the sounds and forms of ancient Greek as reconstructed by comparison with the other Indo-European languages. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 4411
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
LING 4461
Course Description
An introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Proto-Indo-European and the chief historical developments of the daughter languages. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 2261
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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LING 4491
Course Description
This course provides structure and guidance to students doing an honors thesis in linguistics. The course consists of biweekly meeting of all honors thesis writers with the course instructor. Students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 226B
Instructors
Cohn, A
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Prerequisite: submission of honors thesis application and meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
LING 4493
Course Description
Directed honors thesis research for students working on an honors thesis, taken with the student's honors thesis chair or other committee member. view course details
LING 6285
Course Description
Poems are among the most highly structured linguistic objects that human beings produce. While some of the devices used in poetry are arbitrary and purely conventional, most are natural extensions of structural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2960, ENGL 6785, LING 2285
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Bowers, J
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LING 6401
Course Description
Provides an introduction to phonological theory. The empirical basis, theoretical approaches, and relevant literature are explored through extensive data analysis and critical reading. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Zec, D
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LING 6403
Course Description
An advanced introduction to syntactic theory within the principles and parameters/minimalist frameworks. Topics include phrase structure, argument structure (unaccusative verbs, unergative verbs, double ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4403
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
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LING 6600
Course Description
Elicitation, recording, and analysis of data from a native speaker of an understudied non-Western language. Provides basic experience in linguistic fieldwork. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Whitman, J
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LING 6601
Course Description
Examination of recent developments in the core areas of phonology as well as its interfaces with other components of the grammar (e.g., phonetics, morphosyntax, semantics or pragmatics). Topics covered ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Cohn, A
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Prerequisite: LING 4401 and one higher-level course in phonology.
LING 6604
Course Description
Provides a forum for presentation and discussion of ongoing research, and development of professional skills. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/UnSat(Satisfactory - Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Zec, D
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Requirement for third-year linguistics graduate students. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, or a relevant workshop.
LING 6616
Course Description
Examination of recent developments in syntactic theory, including "minimalist" approaches to phrase structure, derivations/representations and the nature of economy conditions, and parametric ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Bowers, J
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Prerequisite: LING 4404 or permission of instructor.
LING 6633
Course Description
This seminar reviews and critiques current theoretical and experimental studies of first language acquisition, with a concentration on insights gained by cross-linguistic study of this area. Attention ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 6330, HD 6330
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- T Human Ecology Building 101
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Lust, B
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LING 6692
Course Description
The phonetics data analysis workshop provides students with practice in analysis and visualization of phonetic data, using Matlab, R, and Praat. Experiment design and statistical methods are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit SX/UX(SUX)(Sat - Unsat Exclusively)
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- W Morrill Hall B11
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Cohn, A
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LING 7701
Course Description
No description available. view course details
LING 7711
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- T Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Rooth, M
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