Graduate Program

Term Schedule

Spring 2019

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
LIN 404 (LIN 204) HISTORY OF LING. THOUGHT – TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
This course looks at key ideas in linguistics, starting in Babylon and Ancient China and working towards the study of meaning in modern linguistic theory and philosophy of language. Among the topics we will look at are: writing and its influence on grammatical traditions; the advent of historical linguistics, linguistic phylogeny, and the comparative method; European structuralism; American structuralism; variation within and across languages; the rise of generative grammar; Chomsky’s philosophy of linguistics, including competence and I-language; literal meaning and beyond. Students will be expected to read a selection of primary literature and participate actively in class discussion. The course will be assessed by essays (essay questions and readings lists for each essay to be provided). BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN110 & LIN210 OR LIN220
LIN 416 (BME 216) Speech on the Brain CARNEY L; MCDONOUGH J MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
The focus of this course is on neural representations of speech sounds; introduction to basics of speech phonetics and responses from the auditory nerve through the brainstem, midbrain, and cortex; techniques for analyzing speech and neural responses. Students from BME, LIN, NSC and other programs will work in interdisciplinary teams on a final project. BUILDING: B&L \| ROOM: 270 PREREQUISITES: BME230 or LIN210/410 or NSC201 or BCS240 or BCS260 or BCS221 or permission of the instructor
LIN 420 (LIN 220) INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMATICAL SYSTEMS ARMOSKAITE S MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
Syntax is the system of rules that we subconsciously follow when we construct sentences. The course is designed to introduce the grammatical principles that guide the building of structures. The students will acquire and apply the tools necessary for linguistic analysis of phrases and sentences. Built on data puzzles from English and some lesser studied non-Indo European languages, the students will gain insights into state of the art syntactic theory and lingering questions. BUILDING: GAVET \| ROOM: 202 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110
LIN 427 (LIN 427) TOPICS PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY ABTAHIAN M MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110, LIN 210
LIN 428 (LIN 228) LEXICAL SEMANTICS GRIMM S TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110, and either LIN 210, LIN 220 or LIN 225 or permission of instructor
LIN 430 (ASL 200) SIGN LANGUAGE STRUCTURE TOURANGEAU N MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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. BUILDING: LCHAS \| ROOM: 104 PREREQUISITES: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106.
LIN 450 (LIN 250) DATA SCIENCE FOR LINGUISTICS GRIMM S TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
This course addresses linguistic research questions through data science techniques. The course will focus on developing skills to (i) acquire and process a variety of language data, from using established corpora to capturing data in the wild, and (ii) to investigate language use, particularly syntactic and semantic phenomena, through descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. A significant part of the course will be devoted to hands-on projects and will include developing familiarity with using the programming languages Python and R to acquire and explore linguistic data. Familiarity with statistics and/or computational linguistics is advantageous, but not necessary. BUILDING: HYLAN \| ROOM: 203 PREREQUISITES: LIN110, and either LIN210, LIN220 or LIN225
LIN 465 (LIN 265) FORMAL SEMANTICS – TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN110, LIN225 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR
LIN 471 (LIN 271) FIELD METHODS IN LING DESC I GRIMM N R 12:30PM - 3:15PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 270 or with instructor's permission
LIN 481 (LIN 281) STAT. & NEURAL COMP. LING WHITE A MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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 BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN224/424 Recommended: LIN220, LIN225
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Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday
Monday and Wednesday
LIN 416 (BME 216) Speech on the Brain CARNEY L; MCDONOUGH J MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
The focus of this course is on neural representations of speech sounds; introduction to basics of speech phonetics and responses from the auditory nerve through the brainstem, midbrain, and cortex; techniques for analyzing speech and neural responses. Students from BME, LIN, NSC and other programs will work in interdisciplinary teams on a final project. BUILDING: B&L \| ROOM: 270 PREREQUISITES: BME230 or LIN210/410 or NSC201 or BCS240 or BCS260 or BCS221 or permission of the instructor
LIN 420 (LIN 220) INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMATICAL SYSTEMS ARMOSKAITE S MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
Syntax is the system of rules that we subconsciously follow when we construct sentences. The course is designed to introduce the grammatical principles that guide the building of structures. The students will acquire and apply the tools necessary for linguistic analysis of phrases and sentences. Built on data puzzles from English and some lesser studied non-Indo European languages, the students will gain insights into state of the art syntactic theory and lingering questions. BUILDING: GAVET \| ROOM: 202 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110
LIN 481 (LIN 281) STAT. & NEURAL COMP. LING WHITE A MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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 BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN224/424 Recommended: LIN220, LIN225
LIN 430 (ASL 200) SIGN LANGUAGE STRUCTURE TOURANGEAU N MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
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. BUILDING: LCHAS \| ROOM: 104 PREREQUISITES: ASL 106 or permission of the instructor. B or better in ASL 106.
LIN 427 (LIN 427) TOPICS PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY ABTAHIAN M MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110, LIN 210
Tuesday
Tuesday and Thursday
LIN 465 (LIN 265) FORMAL SEMANTICS – TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN110, LIN225 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR
LIN 450 (LIN 250) DATA SCIENCE FOR LINGUISTICS GRIMM S TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
This course addresses linguistic research questions through data science techniques. The course will focus on developing skills to (i) acquire and process a variety of language data, from using established corpora to capturing data in the wild, and (ii) to investigate language use, particularly syntactic and semantic phenomena, through descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. A significant part of the course will be devoted to hands-on projects and will include developing familiarity with using the programming languages Python and R to acquire and explore linguistic data. Familiarity with statistics and/or computational linguistics is advantageous, but not necessary. BUILDING: HYLAN \| ROOM: 203 PREREQUISITES: LIN110, and either LIN210, LIN220 or LIN225
LIN 404 (LIN 204) HISTORY OF LING. THOUGHT – TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
This course looks at key ideas in linguistics, starting in Babylon and Ancient China and working towards the study of meaning in modern linguistic theory and philosophy of language. Among the topics we will look at are: writing and its influence on grammatical traditions; the advent of historical linguistics, linguistic phylogeny, and the comparative method; European structuralism; American structuralism; variation within and across languages; the rise of generative grammar; Chomsky’s philosophy of linguistics, including competence and I-language; literal meaning and beyond. Students will be expected to read a selection of primary literature and participate actively in class discussion. The course will be assessed by essays (essay questions and readings lists for each essay to be provided). BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN110 & LIN210 OR LIN220
LIN 428 (LIN 228) LEXICAL SEMANTICS GRIMM S TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 110, and either LIN 210, LIN 220 or LIN 225 or permission of instructor
Wednesday
Thursday
LIN 471 (LIN 271) FIELD METHODS IN LING DESC I GRIMM N R 12:30PM - 3:15PM
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. BUILDING: LATT \| ROOM: 513 PREREQUISITES: LIN 270 or with instructor's permission
Friday
TBA
LIN 491 MASTER'S READINGS IN LIN – –
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LIN 495 MASTER'S RESEARCH IN LIN – –
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LIN 590 SUPERVISED TEACHING – –
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LIN 591 PHD READINGS IN LIN – –
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LIN 595 PHD RESEARCH IN LIN – –
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LIN 595A PHD RESEARCH IN ABSENTIA – –
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LIN 895 CONT OF MASTER'S ENROLLMENT – –
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LIN 897 MASTER'S DISSERTATION – –
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LIN 899 MASTER'S DISSERTATION – –
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LIN 985 LEAVE OF ABSENCE – –
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LIN 986V FULL TIME VISITING STUDENT – –
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LIN 995 CONT OF DOCTORAL ENROLLMENT – –
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LIN 997 WRITING DISSERTATION – –
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LIN 997A DOCT DISSERTATN IN ABSENTIA – –
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LIN 999 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION – –
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LIN 999A DOCT DISSERTATN IN ABSENTIA – –
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