Linguistics (LING)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

LING 1100

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Words and Pictures

  • 17710 LING 1100   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Language and the Law

  • 17711 LING 1100   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Metaphors We Live By

  • 17712 LING 1100   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Language and Gender

  • 17713 LING 1100   SEM 104

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Translation and Writing

  • 17714 LING 1100   SEM 105

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Language: Myth and Controversies

  • 17715 LING 1100   SEM 106

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

LING 1101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5664 LING 1101   LEC 001

  •  5665 LING 1101   DIS 201

  •  5666 LING 1101   DIS 202

  •  8230 LING 1101   DIS 203

  •  5667 LING 1101   DIS 204

LING 1104

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 1104PHIL 1911PSYCH 1104

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18462 LING 1104   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Swallow, K

LING 1109

Where do the words we use come from? This course examines the history and structure of the English vocabulary from its distant Indo-European roots to the latest in technical jargon and slang. Topics include ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 1699

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8023 LING 1109   LEC 001

  •  8232 LING 1109   DIS 201

  •  8233 LING 1109   DIS 202

LING 1132

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 1332SANSK 1132

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5086 LING 1132   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LING 1131 or permission of instructor.

LING 1170

This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind.  Most people have privileged access to one mind, yet this internal experience is often misleading and provides little insight into how minds ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7742 LING 1170   LEC 001

LING 2215

Provides an introduction to the psychology of language. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena. Covers a broad range of topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2150PSYCH 2150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8947 LING 2215   LEC 001

LING 2223

This course addresses topics including origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism, and language rights. It introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16126 LING 2223   LEC 001

  • If you are unable to enroll because this class is full, please add yourself to the waitlist and attend the first day of class to see if space becomes available. If the waitlist is full please contact Holly Boulia at haw65@cornell.edu.

LING 2248

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIS 2240AIS 6240LING 6248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8022 LING 2248   LEC 001

  • If you are unable to enroll because this class is full, please add yourself to the waitlist and attend the first day of class to see if space becomes available.

LING 2252

Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2352SANSK 2252

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  8388 LING 2252   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LING 2251 or permission of instructor.

LING 2264

An introduction to neurolinguistics, this course surveys topics such as aphasia, hemispheric lateralization and speech comprehension as they are studied via neuroimaging, intracranial recording and other ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2264

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16886 LING 2264   LEC 001

LING 2822

Have you ever thought about what it takes to develop fluency in two languages?  How do people who are bilingual experience the world differently than those who speak a single language?  This class is designed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2822

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18269 LING 2822   LEC 001

LING 3302

This course is an introduction to both phonetics (the study of the physical properties of the sounds of human language) and phonology (the organization and patterning of those sounds). The first part of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5217 LING 3302   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.

  •  5872 LING 3302   DIS 201

  •  5873 LING 3302   DIS 202

LING 3314

Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 6314

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7313 LING 3314   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.

  •  7314 LING 3314   DIS 201

  • DIS 201 is reserved for undergraduate students only.

LING 3316

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3316

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5268 LING 3316   LEC 001

LING 3332

An introduction to some of the main issues in the philosophy of language. Topics may include names, definite descriptions, belief ascriptions, truth-conditional theories of meaning, pragmatics, and metaphor. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16678 LING 3332   LEC 001

LING 3390

Independent study of linguistics topics not covered in regular curriculum for undergrads. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7653 LING 3390   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Abusch, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6676 LING 3390   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Browne, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7654 LING 3390   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Cohn, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7040 LING 3390   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Despic, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7312 LING 3390   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Diesing, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6677 LING 3390   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Hale, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7246 LING 3390   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Murray, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8107 LING 3390   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Nussbaum, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6678 LING 3390   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Rooth, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7041 LING 3390   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Tilsen, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7655 LING 3390   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Weiss, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7624 LING 3390   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Whitman, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16123 LING 3390   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Zec, D

LING 4310

A course examining the core disciplines of cognitive science using varied themes from semester to semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Mind & Reality in Science Fiction

  •  7745 LING 4310   LEC 001

LING 4400

Studies the basic question of contemporary linguistics. Attempts to formalize universals of morphosyntax and to characterize the total repertory of constructions available to natural languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6400

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16140 LING 4400   LEC 001

LING 4423

Addresses the basic issues in the study of words and their structures. Provides an introduction to different types of morphological structures with examples from a wide range of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 6423

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6888 LING 4423   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.

  •  7108 LING 4423   DIS 201

  •  7666 LING 4423   DIS 202

LING 4425

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6425PHIL 4720PHIL 6720

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16128 LING 4425   LEC 001

LING 4429

This course introduces different ways of "formalizing" linguistic analyses, with examples from natural language syntax. Students learn to identify recurrent themes in generative grammar, seeing how alternative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6429

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16857 LING 4429   LEC 001

LING 4432

Introduction to premodern Korean language. Focuses on early hangeul texts of the 15th century, also introduces materials written in Korean using Chinese characters before the 15th century, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: KRLIT 4432

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16132 LING 4432   LEC 001

LING 4492

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7355 LING 4492   RSC 701

    • M
    • Cohn, A

  • Prerequisite: submission of honors thesis application and meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

LING 4494

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7656 LING 4494   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Abusch, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6674 LING 4494   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Browne, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7657 LING 4494   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Cohn, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8346 LING 4494   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Despic, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7043 LING 4494   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Diesing, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7247 LING 4494   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Hale, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8347 LING 4494   RSC 708

    • TBA
    • Murray, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6675 LING 4494   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Nussbaum, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7658 LING 4494   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Rooth, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7044 LING 4494   RSC 711

    • TBA
    • Tilsen, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7625 LING 4494   RSC 712

    • TBA
    • Weiss, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7045 LING 4494   RSC 713

    • TBA
    • Whitman, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16856 LING 4494   RSC 714

    • TBA
    • Zec, D

LING 4710

Bilingualism, even multilingualism, is a prevalent phenomenon in today's world, with more than half of the world's population using more than one language on a daily basis.  Previous negative stereotypes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4712HD 4710

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18480 LING 4710   SEM 101

LING 6248

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIS 2240AIS 6240LING 2248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8025 LING 6248   LEC 001

LING 6314

Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 3314

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7905 LING 6314   LEC 001

  • Graduate Students enroll in this level for Historical Linguistics.

  •  8344 LING 6314   DIS 202

    • TBA
    • Weiss, M

  • DIS 202 is reserved for graduates only.

LING 6400

Studies the basic question of contemporary linguistics.  Attempts to formalize universals of morphosyntax and to characterize the total repertory of constructions available to natural languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 4400

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16141 LING 6400   LEC 001

  • 18586 LING 6400   DIS 201

LING 6402

A continuation of LING 6401 with a focus on developing research skills. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8079 LING 6402   LEC 001

LING 6404

A continuation of LING 6403, focusing on syntactic dependencies, including the theory of control, an examination of locality constraints on movement, covert versus overt movement, and the syntax ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8029 LING 6404   LEC 001

LING 6422

Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8078 LING 6422   LEC 001

LING 6423

Addresses the basic issues in the study of words and their structures. Provides an introduction to different types of morphological structures with examples from a wide range of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 4423

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8108 LING 6423   LEC 001

  •  8109 LING 6423   DIS 201

  •  8110 LING 6423   DIS 202

LING 6425

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4425PHIL 4720PHIL 6720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16130 LING 6425   LEC 001

LING 6429

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4429

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18809 LING 6429   LEC 001

LING 6600

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16127 LING 6600   SEM 101

  • 18314 LING 6600   DIS 201

LING 6601

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16125 LING 6601   SEM 101

LING 6603

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7316 LING 6603   SEM 101

  • Requirement for second year linguistics graduate students. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, or a relevant workshop.

LING 6604

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 16733 LING 6604   SEM 101

  • 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 6624

Introduction to the grammar of Old Irish. Reading from selected Old Irish glosses and prose works. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16137 LING 6624   SEM 101

LING 6633

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 6330HD 6330

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  • 16859 LING 6633   SEM 101

  • Undergraduates with an interest in language acquisition are also welcome to enroll in this class.

LING 6692

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  8969 LING 6692   SEM 101

LING 7702

An independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7659 LING 7702   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Abusch, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6200 LING 7702   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Browne, E

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7660 LING 7702   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Cohn, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7670 LING 7702   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Despic, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7046 LING 7702   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Diesing, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7311 LING 7702   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Hale, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8349 LING 7702   RSC 708

    • TBA
    • Murray, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6889 LING 7702   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Nussbaum, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7661 LING 7702   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Rooth, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7047 LING 7702   RSC 711

    • TBA
    • Tilsen, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7626 LING 7702   RSC 712

    • TBA
    • Weiss, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7048 LING 7702   RSC 713

    • TBA
    • Whitman, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9134 LING 7702   RSC 714

    • TBA
    • Zec, D

LING 7711

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in semantics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8077 LING 7711   SEM 101

LING 7712

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in syntax. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7039 LING 7712   SEM 101