Linguistics (LING)
Courses
LING 101. Introduction to Language. 4 Credits.
Nontechnical introduction to language. Issues of general concern such as language attitudes; language and legislation, nationalism, gender; language learning; and human language versus animal communication.
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Social Science Area
LING 144. Learning How To Learn Languages. 4 Credits.
The course will focus on how to learn languages, empowering students to become more self-directed and effective learners. Topics will include psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, diversity in linguistic structures and learning situations (heritage vs. second languages), plus cognitive and metacognitive strategies for learning languages and in general.
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Social Science Area
LING 150. Structure of English Words. 4 Credits.
Word structure and derivation in English Greek- and Latin-derived vocabulary; Germanic- and Romance-derived derivational rules. Understanding the dynamic structure of the English lexicon; prefixes, suffixes, and morphology.
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Arts & Letters Area
LING 196. Field Studies: [Topic]. 1-2 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 198. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-2 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 199. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 199L. Special Studies: [Topic]. 4 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 201. Language and Power in the United States. 4 Credits.
Explores the nature of language, dialects, accents, and multilingualism, and relates these to issues of political, educational, and other forms of social power in the United States.
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Social Science Area
Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency
LING 211. Languages of the World. 4 Credits.
Survey of the variability and distribution of the languages of the world in terms of linguistic typology, genetic relationships, and geographic location.
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Social Science Area
Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives
LING 225. Writing Systems. 4 Credits.
Surveys historical and current systems for encoding languages through writing. Examines the different systems and the advantages and disadvantages of these systems, evaluating them in their historical development.
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Arts & Letters Area
LING 294. Child Language. 4 Credits.
Systematic survey of language structure and representation presented through the lens of language acquisition. Sounds, words, phrases, discourse, and pragmatics in typically and atypically developing children.
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Social Science Area
LING 296. Language and Society in the United States. 4 Credits.
English and non-English language diversity in the U.S., including regional varieties, African American English, Latino English. Explores language and social structure, policy, and educational issues.
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Social Science Area
Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency
LING 297. Introduction to Bilingualism in the United States. 4 Credits.
The linguistic, cognitive, cultural, and social dimensions of individual and societal bilingualism, which dispel common myths about the way bilinguals develop and use their two or more languages in the United States.
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Social Science Area
Cultural Literacy: US: Difference, Inequality, Agency
LING 301. Introduction to Linguistics Analysis. 4 Credits.
Study of human language and linguistics as a scientific and humanistic discipline. Lexicon, phonology, syntax, semantics, language change. Basic analytic techniques for drawing linguistic generalizations.
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Social Science Area
LING 302. Introduction to Linguistic Behavior. 4 Credits.
Study of language as a human behavior, focusing on developmental, cognitive, and social aspects of language use. Theories and methods involved in empirical, quantitative linguistics.
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Social Science Area
LING 311. Phonetics and Phonology. 4 Credits.
The purpose of this class is to introduce students to basic concepts of sounds and sound structure in language. Students will learn to describe sounds of the world's languages in terms of their articulatory and acoustic properties.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301.
LING 312. Morphosyntax. 4 Credits.
This course will introduce you to the building blocks that every language uses to produce an infinite number of possible utterances. Topics include: how words are formed, how they're combined, and how they relate to each other in phrases and sentences.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301.
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Social Science Area
LING 399. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 401. Research: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 403. Thesis. 1-12 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 404. Internship: [Topic]. 1-12 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 405. Reading and Conference: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 406. Field Studies: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 407. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable. Topics include history of linguistics, language contact, morphology, discourse pragmatics, conversational analysis, acoustic phonetics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, applied linguistics..
Repeatable 99 times
LING 408. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 409. Terminal Project. 1-12 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 410. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 411. Phonetics. 4 Credits.
Explore how speech sounds are produced and perceived through the analysis of physiological, articulatory, and acoustic features. Learn about how sounds are acquired and change through time. Skills will be applied to clinical, educational, professional, and social settings.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 311.
LING 415. Semantics. 4 Credits.
Survey of the fundamentals of semantic theory from traditional formal logic to modern cognitive approaches. Additional coverage of fundamental notions in pragmatics.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301.
LING 416. Language and Cognition. 4 Credits.
How human thought is coded by language. Topics include meaning, categorization; linguistic units and speech behavior; language use and memory; language comprehension and production.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301 or LING 302.
LING 420. Language, Mind and Society. 4 Credits.
Exploration of the relationship between language, human cognition, and social dynamics.
LING 430. Research Methods for Applied Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Introduces students to a number of common research practices in the field of applied linguistics, including research design, ethics, and collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. Students will gain hands-on experience with analysis software to assist their research.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301.
LING 431. Statistical Methods in Linguistics. 4 Credits.
This course serves as a hands-on introduction to the state of the art in statistical analysis of linguistic data. Common pitfalls in statistical analysis and the challenges posed by linguistic data are reviewed. Topics covered are mixed-effects regression models, conditional inference trees and model averaging.
LING 435. Advanced Morphology. 4 Credits.
Learn how words are put together in the world’s languages. This course teaches about the basic building blocks for creating meaning in the languages of the world. It covers topics like prefixes, suffixes, compounding, the profoundly different kinds of grammatical meaning that different languages mark, and how words agree with each other.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 312.
LING 444. Second-Language Acquisition. 4 Credits.
Introduction to cognitive and social processes of acquiring second languages. Students cannot receive credit for both LING 440/LING 540 and LING 444/LING 544.
LING 450. Introduction to Phonology. 4 Credits.
Study of sound systems in language. Phonemic contrasts, allophonic variation, and complementary distribution in relation to lexical coding of words, phonological processes operating at the segmental and suprasegmental levels.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 311.
LING 451. Advanced Syntax. 4 Credits.
Learn how sentences are put together in the world’s languages. This course explores the wide variety of human syntactic systems, and how people use those systems to create meaning. Topics include the grammar of word order, simple and complex clauses, tense systems, and discourse.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 312.
LING 460. Historical Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Explore how language changes over time. Discover how all levels of linguistic structure—like phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics—evolve and interact. Learn methods for reconstructing proto-languages, and explore what they can teach us about human history.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 311.
LING 491. Sociolinguistics. 4 Credits.
Major approaches and frameworks to the study of sociolinguistics; social-cultural variation in language use and its relationship to change; attitudes about variations, multilingualism.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301 or LING 302.
Additional Information:
Cultural Literacy: Global Perspectives
LING 493. Corpus Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Corpus-based approaches to the study of natural, human language, focusing on the use of computer-based methods to conduct empirical analyses of written and spoken language. Developing skills in computer programming for linguistic analysis.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 301 or LING 302.
LING 494. English Grammar. 4 Credits.
Survey of grammatical, syntactic, and morphological structures of English in terms of semantic and functional criteria. Students cannot receive credit for both ENG 209 and LING 494.
Equivalent to: ENG 209
LING 503. Thesis. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 507. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable. Topics include history of linguistics, language contact, morphology, discourse pragmatics, conversational analysis.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 508. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-21 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 510. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 511. Phonetics. 4 Credits.
Explore how speech sounds are produced and perceived through the analysis of physiological, articulatory, and acoustic features. Learn about how sounds are acquired and change through time. Skills will be applied to clinical, educational, professional, and social settings.
LING 515. Semantics. 4 Credits.
Survey of the fundamentals of semantic theory from traditional formal logic to modern cognitive approaches. Additional coverage of fundamental notions in pragmatics.
LING 516. Language and Cognition. 4 Credits.
How human thought is coded by language. Topics include meaning, categorization; linguistic units and speech behavior; language use and memory; language comprehension and production.
LING 520. Language, Mind and Society. 4 Credits.
Exploration of the relationship between language, human cognition, and social dynamics.
LING 530. Research Methods for Applied Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Introduces students to a number of common research practices in the field of applied linguistics, including research design, ethics, and collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. Students will gain hands-on experience with analysis software to assist their research.
LING 531. Statistical Methods in Linguistics. 4 Credits.
This course serves as a hands-on introduction to the state of the art in statistical analysis of linguistic data. Common pitfalls in statistical analysis and the challenges posed by linguistic data are reviewed. Topics covered are mixed-effects regression models, conditional inference trees and model averaging.
LING 535. Advanced Morphology. 4 Credits.
Learn how words are put together in the world’s languages. This course teaches about the basic building blocks for creating meaning in the languages of the world. It covers topics like prefixes, suffixes, compounding, the profoundly different kinds of grammatical meaning that different languages mark, and how words agree with each other.
LING 544. Second-Language Acquisition. 4 Credits.
Introduction to cognitive and social processes of acquiring second languages. Students cannot receive credit for both LING 440/LING 540 and LING 444/LING 544.
LING 550. Introduction to Phonology. 4 Credits.
Study of sound systems in language. Phonemic contrasts, allophonic variation, and complementary distribution in relation to lexical coding of processes operating at the segmental and suprasegmental levels.
LING 551. Advanced Syntax. 4 Credits.
Learn how sentences are put together in the world’s languages. This course explores the wide variety of human syntactic systems, and how people use those systems to create meaning. Topics include the grammar of word order, simple and complex clauses, tense systems, and discourse.
LING 560. Historical Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Explore how language changes over time. Discover how all levels of linguistic structure—like phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics—evolve and interact. Learn methods for reconstructing proto-languages, and explore what they can teach us about human history.
LING 591. Sociolinguistics. 4 Credits.
Major approaches and frameworks to the study of sociolinguistics; social-cultural variation in language use and its relationship to change; attitudes about variations, multilingualism.
LING 593. Corpus Linguistics. 4 Credits.
Corpus-based approaches to the study of natural, human language, focusing on the use of computer-based methods to conduct empirical analyses of written and spoken language. Developing skills in computer programming for linguistic analysis.
LING 594. English Grammar. 4 Credits.
Survey of grammatical, syntactic, and morphological structures of English in terms of semantic and functional criteria.
LING 601. Research: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 603. Dissertation. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 604. Internship: [Topic]. 1-9 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 605. Reading and Conference: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 606. Practicum: [Topic]. 1-8 Credits.
Repeatable three times with a maximum of 9 credits.
Requisites: Prereq: LT 545.
Repeatable 3 times for a maximum of 9 credits
LING 607. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable. Topics include syntax, semantics, discourse pragmatics, stylistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 550, LING 552.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 608. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 609. Terminal Project. 1-16 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 610. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times
LING 614. Linguistic Theory: Phonology. 4 Credits.
Detailed investigation of phonological theory with emphasis on experimental evidence. Topics may include sound systems and their typology, morphophonology, and the acquisition of phonological structures.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 550.
LING 615. Linguistic Theory: Syntax. 4 Credits.
Issues in syntactic theory. Topics may include universals of semantic, pragmatic, and discourse function and their relation to syntax, syntactic typology and universals, formal models in syntactic description.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 452/552.
LING 616. Linguistic Theory: Semantics. 4 Credits.
Detailed investigation of issues in semantic and pragmatic theory. Topics may include universals of lexical semantics and discourse pragmatics and their interaction.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 515.
LING 660. Historical Syntax. 4 Credits.
Topics in the study of syntactic change.
Requisites: Prereq: LING 452/552, 460/560 or equivalent.