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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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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 164
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Abusch, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
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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- MWF Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
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Tilsen, S
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- W Morrill Hall 111
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- W McGraw Hall 366
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- W Uris Hall 302
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- W Morrill Hall 111
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- W Morrill Hall 107
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- W Morrill Hall 110
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- W Morrill Hall 111
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- W Morrill Hall 111
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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 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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- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from ... 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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- TR Uris Hall G01
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Swallow, K
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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- TR Malott Hall 251
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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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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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Diesing, M
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: AIIS 2240, AIIS 6240, LING 6248
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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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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3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- T Rockefeller Hall 347
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Akepiyapornchai, M
- R Rockefeller Hall 347
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Akepiyapornchai, M
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 2251 or permission of instructor.
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 106
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Zec, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.
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- F Morrill Hall B11
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- F Morrill Hall B11
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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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 107
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Joseph, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: completion of or concurrent enrollment in LING 3302; or permission of instructor.
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- M Morrill Hall 107
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Joseph, A
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- T McGraw Hall 215
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Joseph, A
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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- MWF Morrill Hall 226F
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Stefansdottir, B
LING 3322
Course Description
Further study of historical developments in the Romance languages will be interleaved with readings of significant Romance texts from the 9th to 13th centuries, both notarial and literary. Topics covered ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ROMS 3220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 122
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Alkire, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: ROMS 3221 or permission of instructor.
LING 3390
Course Description
Independent study of linguistics topics not covered in regular curriculum for undergrads. view course details
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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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DelBusso, N
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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Abusch, D
LING 4457
Course Description
Language of the Homeric epics: dialect background, archaisms, modernizations. Notion of a Kunstsprache: its constitution, use, and internal consistency. Phonological and morphological aspects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 4457, GREEK 7457, LING 6457
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TF Morrill Hall 226E
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Nussbaum, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: ability to read Homeric Greek.
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 4712
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 6634, PHIL 4710, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Starr, W
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: AIIS 2240, AIIS 6240, LING 2248
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 107
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Joseph, A
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Additional Information
Graduate Students enroll in this level for Historical Linguistics.
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Cohn, A
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 Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Morrill Hall 226E
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DelBusso, N
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. Combined with: PHIL 6731
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Morrill Hall 107
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Rooth, 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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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Abusch, D
LING 6457
Course Description
Language of the Homeric epics: dialect background, archaisms, modernizations. Notion of a Kunstsprache: its constitution, use, and internal consistency. Phonological and morphological aspects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GREEK 4457, GREEK 7457, LING 4457
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TF Morrill Hall 226E
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Nussbaum, A
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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- TR Morrill Hall 102
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Cohn, A
Murray, S
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. Combined with: LING 6604
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- M Morrill Hall 102
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Staff
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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. Combined with: LING 6603
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- M Morrill Hall 102
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Staff
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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 6634
Course Description
An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 4712, PHIL 4710, PHIL 6710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Starr, W
LING 6635
Course Description
An assortment of subjects intended for students with previous training in Indo-European linguistics: problems in the reconstruction of Proto Indo-European, topics in the historical grammars of the various ... 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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- T Morrill Hall 226E
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Nussbaum, A
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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1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
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- W Morrill Hall B11
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Tilsen, S
LING 7702
Course Description
An independent study for graduate students. view course details
LING 7710
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in computational linguistics. 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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Topic: Neurolinguistics Seminar
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- T Morrill Hall 110
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Rooth, M
LING 7712
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in syntax. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Morrill Hall 110
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Whitman, J
LING 7713
Course Description
Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in phonetics. 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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- MW Morrill Hall B11
Instructors
Tilsen, S