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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(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Words and Pictures
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Abusch, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Language and the Law
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
D'Antonio, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Metaphors We Live By
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B06
Instructors
Hummel, A
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Language and Gender
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Wiegand, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Translation and Writing
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Bhattasali, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Language: Myth and Controversies
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Turner, A
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Tilsen, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Smith, Z
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Smith, Z
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Kurniawan, O
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Kurniawan, O
LING 1104
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1104, PHIL 1911, PSYCH 1104
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LING 1109
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 1699
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Snider, T
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Snider, T
LING 1132
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 1332, SANSK 1132
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Clary, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 1131 or permission of instructor.
LING 1170
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, PHIL 1910, PSYCH 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G01
Instructors
Swallow, K
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
LING 2215
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 2150, PSYCH 2150
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Malott Hall 251
Instructors
Christiansen, M
LING 2223
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Diesing, M
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 2240, AIS 6240, LING 6248
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Hamilton, M
Murray, S
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Additional Information
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
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 2352, SANSK 2252
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Golovkova, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 2251 or permission of instructor.
LING 2264
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 2264
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Hale, J
LING 2822
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2822
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Unal, M
LING 3302
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Tilsen, S
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Yi, H
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Yi, H
LING 3314
Course Description
Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 6314
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Weiss, M
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Barth, E
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Additional Information
DIS 201 is reserved for undergraduate students only.
LING 3316
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 3316
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Jonatansdottir, G
LING 3332
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Starr, W
LING 3390
Course Description
Independent study of linguistics topics not covered in regular curriculum for undergrads. view course details
LING 4310
Course Description
A course examining the core disciplines of cognitive science using varied themes from semester to semester. 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(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Mind & Reality in Science Fiction
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 205
Instructors
Edelman, S
LING 4400
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6400
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Whitman, J
LING 4423
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 6423
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Moroney, M
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Moroney, M
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: LING 6425, PHIL 4720, PHIL 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Murray, S
LING 4429
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6429
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Hale, J
LING 4432
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: KRLIT 4432
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Whitman, J
LING 4492
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)
LING 4494
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 4710
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 4712, HD 4710
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Human Ecology Building 101
Instructors
Lust, B
LING 6248
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 2240, AIS 6240, LING 2248
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Hamilton, M
Murray, S
LING 6314
Course Description
Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 3314
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Weiss, M
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Additional Information
Graduate Students enroll in this level for Historical Linguistics.
LING 6400
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 4400
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Whitman, J
LING 6402
Course Description
A continuation of LING 6401 with a focus on developing research skills. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Cohn, A
- F Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
LING 6404
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Diesing, M
LING 6422
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Rooth, M
LING 6423
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 4423
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Moroney, M
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Moroney, M
LING 6425
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: LING 4425, PHIL 4720, PHIL 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Murray, S
LING 6429
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4429
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Hale, J
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. Choose one seminar and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Cohn, A
Whitman, J
- M Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
- R Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
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
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Zec, D
LING 6603
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 110
Instructors
Diesing, M
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Additional Information
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
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
- T Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Zec, D
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
Introduction to the grammar of Old Irish. Reading from selected Old Irish glosses and prose works. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Weiss, M
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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Human Ecology Building 101
Instructors
Lust, B
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Additional Information
Undergraduates with an interest in language acquisition are also welcome to enroll in this class.
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 S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Tilsen, S
LING 7702
Course Description
An independent study for graduate students. 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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Abusch, D
Rooth, M
LING 7712
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in syntax. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 110
Instructors
Despic, M
Hamilton, M