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Linguistics (LING)
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature
LING 102 Introduction to the Study of Language (3) Nature
and workings of language; its role in culture and history. AH3
LING 170 The Language of Children (3) Survey
of findings about the child’s acquisition of language.
LING 320 General Linguistics (3) Approaches,
concepts, component areas of linguistics; its development as a science.
LING 331 Computer Applications (3) Background;
uses for machine translation, dictionary programs, speech synthesis,
grammar modeling, etc. Pre: 320 (or concurrent) or consent.
LING 344 Languages of the World (3) Survey
of major language families; typological classification and language
universals; writing systems, artificial “international” languages;
“contact” languages. Variety of grammatical structures illustrated
by selected languages. Pre: 320 or consent. (Alt. years)
LING 345 The Polynesian Language Family (3) Introduction
to the language family of Hawaiian, Samoan, Maori, Tahitian, Tongan,
etc. Theories of migration and settlement. Influence of present-day
languages upon sound system, grammar, and vocabulary of
proto-Polynesian. Pre: 102 and some familiarity with a Polynesian
language, or consent. (Alt. years)
LING 346 The Philippine Language Family (3) Introduction;
phonological and grammatical systems; historical developments; emphasis
on Tagalog, Cebuano, and Ilokano. Pre: 102 and a Philippine language or
enrollment in Ilokano or Tagalog, or consent. (Alt. years)
LING 347 Pidgin and Creole Languages (3) Nature,
history, structure, geographical distribution. Pre: 102. (Alt. years)
LING 410 Articulatory Phonetics (3) Intensive
training in recognition, reproduction, and recording of human speech
sounds; preparation for fieldwork with unrecorded languages and for
clinical work in speech pathology. Fall only.
LING 414 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (3) Ethnographic
study of speech and language. Pre: consent. (Crosslisted as ANTH 414)
LING 420 Morphology (3) Theory of word
structure; analysis of a variety of morphological types. Pre: 320 (or
concurrent). Spring only.
LING 421 Introduction to Phonological Analysis (3) Phonological
analysis and theory. Pre: 410 (or concurrent). Fall only.
LING 422 Introduction to Grammatical Analysis (3) Syntactic
analysis and grammatical theory. Pre: 421 (or concurrent). Fall only.
LING 440 Semantics (3) Linguistic semantics,
including lexical and logical semantics, and an introduction to speech
acts. Pre: 320 or consent. (Alt. years)
LING 451 Induction of Linguistic Structure (3) Phonological
and grammatical structures of a previously uncodified language are
determined by linguistic analysis of data obtained from speakers of the
language. Pre: 102 or 320.
LING 452 Induction of Linguistic Structure (3) Continuation
of 451. Pre: 451.
LING 470 Children’s Speech (3) Individual
strategies, baby talk, language socialization, language variation
including multilingualism. Relation of cognitive to language
development. Pre: 320.
LING 499 Directed Research (V) Repeatable up to
3 credit hours. CR/NC only. Pre: one 400-level linguistic course and
consent.
LING 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and
consent.
LING 611 Acoustic Phonetics (3) Stream of
speech analyzed according to acoustic properties and function in given
languages; articulatory correlates. Use of sound spectrograph. Pre: 410.
LING 615 The Nature of Language (3) Language
as a communication system, current theories of grammar, meaning,
sociolinguistics, linguistic change and comparison.
LING 616 Biological Foundations of Language (3) Human
anatomy and neurology in relation to language and linguistic theory.
Pre: 422.
LING 621 Phonology (3) Phonological theory and
problems of analysis. Pre: 421. Spring only.
LING 622 Grammar (3) Grammatical theory and
problems of analysis. Pre: 422. Spring only.
LING 623 Semantics and Pragmatics (3) Ways
in which the interpretation of sentences in natural language depends
upon the literal meaning of propositions and their logical (semantic)
and conversational (pragmatic) inferences. Pre: 422 or consent.
LING 624 Discourse Grammar (3) Phonological,
grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic dimensions of spoken and written
discourse, placing the level of sentence grammar in context. Pre: 622
(or concurrent) or consent.
LING 625 Mathematical Properties of Natural
Languages (3) Construction of logical and other mathematical systems
that mirror properties of natural languages. Pre: 622 or background in
formal logic.
LING 630 Field Methods (3) Work with native
speakers of lesser-known languages to develop techniques for data
collection and analysis. Repeatable. Pre: 421 and 422.
LING 631 Language Data Processing (3) Preparation
of language data for computer processing; use ready-made programs; write
simple language processing programs using SNOBOL4. Applications to
student’s research. Pre: 422.
LING 635 Language Variation (3) Review of
various approaches to class, style, regional, and other variation;
including sociolinguistics, dialectology, and studies of language
contact, diglossia, pidgins, and creoles. Pre: 622.
LING 640 (Alpha) Topics in Linguistics (3) History
of the discipline, schools of linguistic thought, current issues, etc.
Repeatable. (E) English linguistics; (F) phonology and phonetics; (G)
general; (H) history of the discipline; (S) sociolinguistics; (T)
theory; (X) syntax; (Y) psycholinguistics. Pre: consent.
LING 645 The Comparative Method (3) Introduction
to historical-comparative linguistics; attention to both Indo-European
and languages with few or no written records. Pre: 421 and 422, or
consent. Fall only.
LING 646 The Comparative Method (3) Continuation
of 645. Pre: 645. Spring only.
LING 650 Advanced Linguistic Analysis (3) Advanced
problems; discussion of theory and techniques in morphology and syntax.
Repeatable. Pre: 621, 622, and consent.
LING 651 Advanced Linguistic Analysis (3) Advanced
problems; discussion of theory and techniques in phonology. Repeatable.
Pre: 650.
LING 660 Historical Linguistics (3) Survey of
research in history of particular languages or language families.
Repeatable. Pre: 645.
LING 661 Proto-Austronesian (3) Introduction
to Austronesian comparative linguistics; Dempwolff’s reconstruction
and subsequent modifications; problems of subgrouping. Pre: 645.
LING 662 Indo-European (3) Reconstruction of
proto-Indo-European, based mainly on five older languages (Sanskrit,
Classical Greek, Latin, Old Church Slavic, Gothic). Pre: 645.
LING 663 Indo-European (3) Continuation of 662.
Pre: 662.
LING 670 Developmental Linguistics (3) Survey
of the literature in language acquisition; emphasis on relation to
linguistic theory. Pre: 410, 421, and 422.
LING 699 Directed Research (V) CR/NC only.
Repeatable. Maximum 6 credit hours. Pre: graduate standing and consent.
LING 700 Thesis Research (V) Repeatable up to
12 credit hours.
LING 750 (Alpha) Seminar (3) Reporting and
discussion of current research in linguistics. Repeatable. (C) language
data processing; (E) ethnolinguistics; (F) phonology and phonetics; (G)
general; (M) semantics; (Q) language acquisition; (R) written language;
(S) sociolinguistics; (T) theory; (X) syntax; (Y) psycholinguistics.
Pre: consent.
LING 751 Literacy and Language (3) A survey of
the literature on literacy, emphasizing origins and development,
varieties of scripts, and the cognitive and social aspects of visual
language. Pre: 422 or consent.
LING 760 Problems in Comparison and Prehistory (3) Reconstruction,
classification, divergence measures, dialect geography, other
historical-comparative studies. Repeatable. Pre: 645, 660, 661, 662, or
663 where applicable.
LING 770 Areal Linguistics (3) Structures of
languages of various areas of the world; diffusion. Repeatable. Pre:
622.
LING 799 Apprenticeship in Teaching Linguistics (V)
An experience-based introduction to college-level teaching; doctoral
students serve as student teachers to professors; responsibilities
include supervised teaching and participation in planning and
evaluation. Repeatable. Pre: admission to doctoral program and consent.
LING 800 Dissertation Research (V)
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