This course introduces how language is used and perceived to mark social and cultural characteristics of an individual or group of individuals. We will examine how one’s social identity is constructed, which linguistic cues are used consciously to denote different social identities, and how most linguistic cues delineating social groupings are below conscious awareness. This course will discuss topics on prescriptive and descriptive perspectives of language, standardization, dialects, accents, pidgins and creoles, social stratification, and social, racial and linguistic profiling.

BUILDING: MOREY | ROOM: 501

This course introduces students to the study of the structure of human language. We will cover the six core areas of linguistic investigation: Phonetics (articulation, acoustics, and perception of speech sounds), Phonology (sound patterns), Morphology (internal structure of words and their organization in the mental lexicon), Syntax (internal structure of phrases and sentences), Semantics (word and sentence meaning), and Pragmatics (language use in context). The course focuses on developing skills in the areas of linguistic data analysis and interpretation of linguistic data in ways that aim to address theoretical and empirical issues in the study of language.

BUILDING: MOREY | ROOM: 525

PREREQUISITES: None

This course introduces students to the study of the structure of human language. We will cover the six core areas of linguistic investigation: Phonetics (articulation, acoustics, and perception of speech sounds), Phonology (sound patterns), Morphology (internal structure of words and their organization in the mental lexicon), Syntax (internal structure of phrases and sentences), Semantics (word and sentence meaning), and Pragmatics (language use in context). The course focuses on developing skills in the areas of linguistic data analysis and interpretation of linguistic data in ways that aim to address theoretical and empirical issues in the study of language.

BUILDING: GAVET | ROOM: 310

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This course looks at the varieties of English used primarily by and among African Americans. We will first explore and discuss the linguistic features (lexicon and grammar) of African American English (AAE). We will also investigate the ways in which AAE is being utilized in popular culture. Additionally, we will look at AAVE’s connection to African languages and creoles. Finally, this course will look at the issues connected to AAVE and attitudes towards this variety and its effects on teachers’ expectations and students' progress; linguistic profiling and discrimination in employment and housing.

BUILDING: MOREY | ROOM: 501

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

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

Introduces children's language development, including the acquisition of phonology, syntax, and semantics. Focuses on the acquisition of a first language by young children, comparing the acquisition of a variety of spoken and signed languages to find possible universal principles of language learning.

BUILDING: MEL | ROOM: 221

PREREQUISITES: BCS 152 or LIN 110

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

Examines how the comprehension and production of language is implemented in the human brain. Uses evidence from neuropsychological and brain imaging studies to consider the following questions: What is the network of brain areas that subserves language processing? What are the specific functions of these areas? What happens when these brain areas are damaged? What is the timing of brain activity in these areas during language processing? Finally, how do the brain areas involved in language processing overlap with those involved in other complex cognitive processes?

BUILDING: DEWEY | ROOM: 2110D

PREREQUISITES: BCS 110 or BCS 240 (NSC 201), AND BCS 152 or LIN 110, or permission of the instructor

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

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BUILDING: HYLAN | ROOM: 206

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BUILDING: WEGMN | ROOM: 1005

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

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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.

BUILDING: LATT | ROOM: 513

PREREQUISITES: LIN 110, LIN 210

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

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

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.

Explores the cognitive mechanisms used to speak and understand language, with a special focus on contextually situated language use. Studies the moment-by-moment processes underlying language production and comprehension, including how speakers choose words and phrases and how listeners understand them.

BUILDING: MOREY | ROOM: 502

PREREQUISITES: BCS 110 or BCS 111, AND BCS 152

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

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

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

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

In this course, 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. At the end of this course, students will have acquired methods and techniques to describe a language not known to them previously. This includes recording and collection of data, data processing and analysis. Another focus of this course is training in grammar writing skills. Ultimately, this course provides students with a solid basis to do fieldwork and language description on their own in the future.

BUILDING: LATT | ROOM: 513

PREREQUISITES: LIN110, LIN210, LIN220, LIN225.

In this course, 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. At the end of this course, students will have acquired methods and techniques to describe a language not known to them previously. This includes recording and collection of data, data processing and analysis. Another focus of this course is training in grammar writing skills. Ultimately, this course provides students with a solid basis to do fieldwork and language description on their own in the future.

BUILDING: LATT | ROOM: 513

PREREQUISITES: LIN110, LIN210, LIN220, LIN225.

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