LING 407-1
Steven Rozenski
TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
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At the end of the 5th century, after Roman occupation of Britain had ended, invaders from coastal Germany and the Netherlands settled in England and displaced the Celtic-speaking population. The language these tribes spoke and wrote gives us the oldest witnesses of perhaps the most influential and widely-spoken language in the world today: English. In this class, we will learn to read the earliest records of English (c. 700-1100) by studying the grammar, vocabulary, and poetics of the period. We will explore the variety of surviving Old English texts - elegies, heroic epic, riddles, religious verse, Latin philosophy (translated in prose and verse), Biblical translation, sermons, charms, maxims, and more - as well as the history of book production during the period. By the end of the term, your new facility in Old English will enable you to read, understand, and translate some of the most beautiful poems ever written. No prerequisites for the course; as pre-1800 as you can get.
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- Lechase Room 141 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
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LING 420-1
Joanna Pietraszko
MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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This introductory course examines the grammatical structure of sentences from the standpoint of transformational grammar. The course develops the basic techniques of syntactic analysis in order to develop a working theory of a (fragment of) English. The theory is then tested against data from other languages and revised accordingly.
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- Online Room 12 (ASE) (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
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LING 424-1
Aaron White
MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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This course covers foundational concepts in computational linguistics and is designed for students with a strong background in formal linguistic methods but little or no programming experience. Major focus is placed on deploying techniques used in computational linguistics to advance linguistic theory as well as developing students' ability to implement these techniques. Topics include basic object-oriented programming in Python, basic formal language theory, probability theory and information theory, finite state phonological and morphological analysis, generative and discriminative models for shallow syntactic and semantic parsing, and bottom-up, top-down, and mixed algorithms for syntactic and semantic parsing.
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- Lattimore Room 513 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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LING 427-1
Joyce McDonough
MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
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This course is intended to provide participants with an overview of research in an area of phonetics and phonology. Issues vary from term to term but may cover areas in segmental, metrical and intonational phonology and the phonology/phonetics interface. This term we will be focusing on the phonological and sociolinguistic aspects of sound change. We will begin with foundational papers on the topic of sound change from both a historical and synchronic perspective. Students will learn about linguistic variation and ongoing change locally in the Inland North dialect area through the analysis of their own interview data. Past and recent studies of the Inland North will provide a framework for learning about the linguistic and social motivations of sound change.
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- Hutchison Hall Room 140 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
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LING 428-1
Scott Grimm
TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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In this course we investigate the study of word-meaning in current linguistics and cognitive science. We examine the meanings of lexical items such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, and prepositions, and also other categories of words, including various function words and discourse particles. We examine theories of word-meaning, and examine how words and vocabulary may vary between languages.
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- Bausch & Lomb Room 270 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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LING 430-1
Norma Tourangeau
MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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An examination of signed languages and the cognitive constraints that shape them, through a detailed consideration of the structure of American Sign Language and other natural signed languages of the world. Includes training in sign language notation and analysis. Prerequisites: ASL 106 in the immediately preceding semester or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106.
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- Lechase Room 104 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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LING 447-1
James Allen
MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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This course addresses issues of representing computing meaning from natural language, especially issues of understanding language in context using commonsense knowledge of the world. Topics will include a survey of English phrase structure and parsing, semantic representation (e.g., events, semantic roles, time, causality and speech acts), and theories and techniques for understanding language in context, including intention recognition, text understanding using knowledge of scripts and plans, and models of spoken dialogue systems (e.g., conversational agents such as Siri). CSC447, the graduate level version of the course, requires a substantial individual project. Prerequisites: CSC 242
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- Online Room 17 (ASE) (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
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LING 465-1
Arshia Asudeh
TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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This course is an in-depth introduction to the formal analysis of natural language meaning, employing techniques that have been developed in language and formal philosophy over the last century. Issues include intensionality, quantification, tense, presupposition, plurality, the analysis of discourse, and other current issues. Familiarity with syntax, logic, and/or computation are helpful.
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- Online Room 2 (ASE) (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
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LING 471-1
Nadine Grimm
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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This class is similar to LIN389: Students will learn how to organize a fieldwork project by working with a native speaker. They will systematically prepare elicitation sessions, organize their data, and learn how to write up short sketches of their findings. The final project is a chapter of a joint sketch grammar of the language, including annotated natural text.In contrast to the senior seminar, however, this course is designed for two terms, continuing in the fall term. Also, participants are required to have taken LIN270/470 as a prerequisite. Having a background in language documentation and data processing techniques, students in this class will focus more on collecting and annotating natural texts (stories, dialogues, experimental data) which is adding a documentary angle.
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- Lattimore Room 513 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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LING 481-1
Aaron White
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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This course covers advanced topics in computational linguistics, with a focus on the deployment of statistical and neural methods for advancing linguistic theory as well as the use of linguistic theory for designing statistical and neural models. Topics include morphophonological grammar learning, syntactic grammar learning, semantic representation learning for words and phrases, syntactic parsing, semantic parsing, and natural language inference. Prerequisite: LING 424. Recommended: LING 420, LING 425
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- Hylan Building Room 201 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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LING 491-1
Nadine Grimm
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LING 491-2
Joyce McDonough
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LING 491-3
Scott Grimm
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LING 491-4
Arshia Asudeh
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LING 491-5
Maya Abtahian
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LING 491-6
Joanna Pietraszko
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LING 491-7
Aaron White
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LING 495-1
Joyce McDonough
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LING 495-2
Scott Grimm
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LING 495-3
Nadine Grimm
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LING 495-4
Arshia Asudeh
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LING 495-5
Maya Abtahian
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LING 495-6
Joanna Pietraszko
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LING 495-7
Aaron White
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LING 590-1
Aaron White
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LING 590-2
Scott Grimm
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LING 590-3
Nadine Grimm
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LING 590-4
Joyce McDonough
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LING 590-5
Joanna Pietraszko
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LING 590-6
Arshia Asudeh
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LING 590-7
Maya Abtahian
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LING 595-1
Jeffrey Runner
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LING 595-2
Scott Grimm
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LING 895-1
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LING 897-1
Joyce McDonough
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LING 897-2
Scott Grimm
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LING 897-3
Nadine Grimm
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LING 897-4
Arshia Asudeh
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LING 897-5
Joanna Pietraszko
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LING 897-6
Maya Abtahian
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LING 897-7
Aaron White
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LING 995-1
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LING 997-1
Jeffrey Runner
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LING 999-1
Jeffrey Runner
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