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LING 1000-3. Language in U.S. Society. Nontechnical exploration of the ways that language is used in America. Emphasizes language as a social institution and how values and goals of both public institutions and private groups shape and are shaped by language and its use. Meets MAPS requirement for social science: general. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context or contemporary societies.

LING 1010-3. The Study of Words. Study of English words of Latin and Greek origin, focusing on etymological meaning by analysis of component parts (prefixes, bases, suffixes) and on the ways in which words have changed and developed semantically. Same as CLAS 1010.

LING 1500-3. Understanding Grammar. Presents fundamentals of grammar in the Western tradition. Emphasizes making concepts and uses of grammar (as exemplified in English and closely related foreign languages) understandable to the nonspecialist.

LING 1900-1. Service Learning Practicum: Adult Literacy. Practicum for selected students in LING 1000. Provides practical experience of the impact of illiteracy on individuals, families, and the community at large. Coregistration in service learning recitation is required. Coreq., LING 1000.

LING 2000-3. Introduction to Linguistics. Introduces the study of languages as structural systems. Principles of sound patterns, word formation, meaning, and sentence structure. Gives attention to language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language families, dialects, historical change in languages, and different language types. Meets MAPS requirement for social science: general.

LING 2400-3. Language and Gender. Familiarizes students with the effects of gender on language use; discusses popular beliefs and scholarly theories about language and communication. Provides students with tools for exploring the role of language and gender. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

LING 3005-3. Cognitive Science. Same as PSYC 3005, PHIL 3310, and CSCI 3702.

LING 3100-3. Language Sound Structures. Introduces the sounds of languages and their organization into phonological structures. Prereq., LING 2000 or equivalent.

LING 3220-3. American Indian Languages in their Social and Cultural Context. A sampling of the many languages and cultures found in America before Columbus. Emphasizes those living in what eventually became the United States, but also gives attention to the languages and higher civilizations of Latin America. Prereq., junior standing. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

LING 3430-3. Semantics. Theoretical and practical study of meaning in natural language. Considers both semantic theories and semantic phenomena from diverse languages. Does not treat techniques for improving the use of language. PRERQ., LING 2000 or equivalent.

LING 3500-3. Language and the Public Interest. Studies language in public and private use, concentrating on semantic devices as found in language of political propaganda, advertising, business, and government, as well as everyday use of language between people.

LING 3545-3. World Language Policies. Examines the economic and sociopolitical impact of choosing English vs. other languages in the U.S. Introduces the study of language policies, rights, and planning in other countries, including the worldwide use of English in social, business, and legal contexts.

LING 3800 (1-4). Special Topics in Linguistics. Intensive study of a selected area or problem in linguistics. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

LING 4100-3. Perspectives on Language. Provides extended critical examination of a few selected issues, chosen each term for their general interest and relevance, e.g., the relation between language and thought, or human language vs. animal languages, and computer languages. Prereqs., LING 2000 or equivalent, and junior or senior standing.

LING 4220-3. Language and Mind. Studies processes of perceiving speech, interpreting it as meaningful, and expressing intentions to communicate as utterances. Emphasizes roles of the brain and of perceptual and motor systems. Writing, gestural, and animal communicative systems also are treated. Prereqs., PSYC 1001 and LING 2000. Same as PSYC 4220.

LING 4420-3. Morphology and Syntax. Introduces principles of word formation and sentence structure. Covers major morphological and syntactic structures found in the world’s languages, and methods for describing grammatical structures, and includes practice in analyzing data from a variety of languages. Prereq., LING 2000 or equivalent. Same as LING 5420.

LING 4560-3. Language Development. Emphasizes acquisition of language by young children; development in later years and into adulthood is also treated. Particular attention given to roles of environment and of neurophysiological endowment in learning to communicate with words, sentences, and narratives. Prereqs., LING 2000 and PSYC 1001. Same as SLHS 4560 and PSYC 4560.

LING 4610-3. English Structure for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Description of morphological and syntactic categories and structures of English. Prereq., LING 2000. Same as LING 5610.

LING 4800-3. Language and Culture. Principles of language structure and how language and culture interrelate; how language and language use are affected by culture; and how culture may be affected by use of, or contact with, particular languages. Prereq., junior standing. Same as ANTH 4800.

LING 4830-3. Honors Thesis. Required for students who elect departmental honors. Students write an honors thesis based on independent research under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

LING 4900 (1-3). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

LING 5030-3. Linguistic Phonetics. Introduces practical and theoretical aspects of phonetics. Provides training in recognition and production of speech sounds, and instruction on fundamentals of articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics.

LING 5200-3. Introduction to Computational Corpus Linguistics. Covers computer methods for doing linguistics with on-line corpora. Includes extensive introduction (with lab) to the Python programming language, UNIX corpus tools, concordance programs, syntactic treebanks, propbanks, and corpora for discourse and phonology research. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.

LING 5300-3. Research in Psycholinguistics. After a general introduction to issues and research methods in psycholinguistics (language production and comprehension, language and cognition, language acquisition), several major current research topics, such as models of speech production, and theories of brain specialization for language, are explored. Prereq., at least one graduate-level course in linguistics, psychology, or computer science. Same as PSYC 5300.

LING 5410-3. Phonology. Studies sound systems of language. Introduces both principles of organization of sound systems and major kinds of phonological structures found worldwide. Provides extensive practice in applying phonological principles to data analysis. Prereq., LING 5030 or instructor consent.

LING 5420-3. Morphology and Syntax. Same as LING 4420.

LING 5430-3. Semantics and Pragmatics. Explores fundamental concepts of semantics and pragmatics, including theories of communication and meaning, representation, conversational implications, speech acts, and discourse structure. Prereq., LING 5420 or instructor consent.

LING 5570-3. Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics. Familiarizes students with terminology, methods, and theories dealing with phenomena of language change through time. Prereq., LING 5410 or instructor consent.

LING 5610-3. English Structure for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Prereq., graduate standing. Same as LING 4610.

LING 5620-3. Teaching ESL Pronunciation. Examines the phonetics and phonology of American English (including prosody) and explores techniques for teaching pronunciation skills to non-native speakers. Treats both general issues and specific problems for students from particular language backgrounds. Prereq., LING 3100 or LING 5030 and 5410.

LING 5630-3. Methods and Materials for Teaching English as an Additional Language. Provides an overview of methods and materials for teaching English as an additional language, along with opportunities for students to observe, discuss and analyze these in relation to language teaching principles, linguistic considerations, and global and local contexts. Aimed primarily at the teaching of English to nonnative speaking adults, the course also addresses second and foreign language teaching generally. Recommended prereqs., LING 5610 or 5620.

LING 5832-3. Natural Language Processing. Explores the field of natural language processing as it is concerned with the theoretical and practical issues that arise in getting computers to perform useful and interesting tasks with natural language. Covers the problems of understanding complex language phenomena and building practical programs. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Same as CSCI 5832.

LING 5900 (1-3). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

LING 5910 (1-3). TESOL Practicum. Provides observation and supervised teaching experiences in classroom and other contexts involving the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, especially adults and young adult learners in settings outside K–12. Meetings provide opportunities to debrief and to consult on teaching practice; help students connect theory, methods and practice; and support a professional teaching portfolio process. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., LING 4610/5610 or instructor consent.

LING 6200-3. Issues and Methods in Cognitive Science. Same as CSCI 6402, EDUC 6504, PHIL 6310, and PSYC 6200.

LING 6300-3. Topics in Language Use. Discusses current issues and research in a selected area related to language use and function. Sample topics include conversational interaction, language policy, language content, and sociolinguistic variation.

LING 6310-3. Sociolinguistic Analysis. Serves as an advanced introduction to the empirical and theoretical foundations of contemporary sociolinguistic analysis, with special emphasis on linguistic variation, diversity and change.

LING 6320-3. Linguistic Anthropology. Serves as an advanced introduction to the empirical and theoretical foundations of contemporary linguistic anthropology, with special emphasis on the ways in which culture and society emerge semiotically through language and discourse. Same as ANTH 6320.

LING 6450-3. Syntactic Analysis. Introduces the major constructs used by formal theories of syntax to capture the relationship between meaning and syntactic form and uses data from diverse languages to explore the universality of these constructs. Restricted to graduate students.

LING 6510-3. Language Structures. Surveys the structure of one or more languages, emphasizing understanding how parts of the language interact. Designed to supplement courses in which parts of languages are used to illustrate theoretical claims. Prereqs., LING 5410 and 5420.

LING 6520-3. Topics in Comparative Linguistics. Students compare and contrast selected structures of languages treated from a typological, genetic, or areal perspective. No special prior knowledge of the subject language is required. Prereqs., LING 5410, 5420, and 5570, or equivalent.

LING 6560-3. Language Acquisition. Theories and research methods in first-language acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Prereqs., LING 5410, 5420, and 5430, or instructor consent.

LING 6940 (1-3). Master’s Degree Candidate.

LING 6950 (1-6). Master’s Thesis.

LING 7000-3. Methods of Typological Research 1. Research practicum that provides experience in discovering generalizations about language from observations over a sample of individual languages. Students practice the steps in such research from formulation of research questions to preliminary sketch of results under close faculty supervision. Prereqs., LING 5410, 5420, and 5570; or equivalent.

LING 7030-3. Phonetic Theory and Analysis. Provides students with the practical skills and the conceptual framework to do independent research in phonetics (or in other areas relying on phonetic data). Introduces current and traditional issues in phonetic research (both experimental and theoretical) and gives training in analytical methods. Prereqs., LING 5030 and 5410 or equivalent.

LING 7100-3. Field Methods 1. Introduces the process of discovering structure of a language from data obtained directly from its speakers. Emphasizes effectiveness in the field context, rapid recognition of structural features, and preliminary formulation using computational tools. Prereqs., LING 5410 and 5420, or equivalent.

LING 7320-3. Narrative and Identity. Examines the ways in which identities are constructed, contested, and negotiated through narrative practice.

LING 7350-3. Language and Gender in Cultural Perspective. Examines organizations of language and gender in a variety of societies and cultures from the perspectives of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and socially-oriented discourse analysis.

LING 7360-3. Language and Sexuality. Explores the role of language in the social construction and articulation of sexuality.

LING 7410-3. Phonological Theory. Phonetic and morphophonological representations: distinctive features, segments, prosodic structures, morphological structures. Phonological processes and their interaction. Naturalness conditions. Prereq., LING 5410 or equivalent.

LING 7415-2. Cognitive Science Research Practicum. Independent, interdisciplinary research project in cognitive science for advanced graduate students pursuing a joint PhD in an approved core discipline and cognitive science. Research projects integrate at least two areas within the cognitive sciences: psychology, computer science, linguistics, education, philosophy. Students need commitments from two mentors for their project. Prereq., CSCI 6402 or EDUC 6504 or LING 6200 or PHIL 6310 or PSYC 6200. Recommended prereq., CSCI 7762 or EDUC 6505 or LING 7762 or PHIL 7310 or PSYC 7762. Same as PSYC 7415, CSCI 7412, and EDUC 6506.

LING 7420-3. Syntactic Theory. Covers various topics in syntactic theory. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours with instructor consent. Prereq., LING 5420 or equivalent.

LING 7425-2. Cognitive Science Research Practicum 2. Independent, interdisciplinary research project in cognitive science for advanced graduate students pursuing a joint PhD in an approved core discipline and cognitive science. Research projects integrate at least two areas within the cognitive sciences: psychology, computer science, linguistics, education, philosophy. Students need commitments from two mentors for their project. Prereq., LING 7415 or PSCY 7415 or CSCI 7412 or EDUC 6506. Same as PSYC 7425, CSCI 7422, and EDUC 6516.

LING 7430-3. Semantic Theory. Current developments in the theory of linguistic semantics. Topics include truth-conditional theories, generative linguistic theories, semantic theories of communicative competence, and integration of these theories in development of a combined theory of semantics and pragmatics. Prereq., LING 5430 or instructor consent.

LING 7570-3. Advanced Diachronic Linguistics. Presents theories of language change. Discusses mechanisms of language change, its trajectories over linguistic categories and items, and its relation to theories of grammar and of language variation. Prereqs., LING 5410, 5420, and 5570, or equivalent.

LING 7762 (1-2). Readings and Research in Cognitive Science. Interdisciplinary reading of innovative theories and methodologies of cognitive science. Participants share interdisciplinary perspectives through in-class and online discussion and analysis of controversial texts and of their own research in cognitive science. Prereq., graduate standing. Same as CSCI 7762, EDUC 6505, and PSYC 7765.

LING 7775 (1-2). Topics in Cognitive Science. Reading of interdisciplinary innovative theories and methodologies of cognitive science. Students participate in the ICS Distinguished Speakers series that hosts internationally recognized cognitive scientists who share and discuss their current research. Session discussions include analysis of leading edge and controversial new approaches in cognitive science. Restricted to students enrolled in ICS Cognitive Science Academic Programs. Same as PSYC 7775, CSCI 7772, EDUC 7775 and SLHS 7775.

LING 7800-3. Open Topics in Linguistics. Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum; offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. Contact the department office for information. Prereq., instructor consent.

LING 7900 (1-3). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

LING 8990 (1-10). Doctoral Dissertation. All doctoral students must register for not fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section.

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