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Course ID
Course
LING 460
LING 460
Morphosyntax II
Course Credits: 3
This course explores the rich variety of morphological and syntactic constructions and processes found in human language, deepening the students' understanding of morphosyntactic phenomena from a typological perspective. The topics are examined within the framework of a current theory of syntax.
LING 471
LING 471
First Language Acquisition
Course Credits: 3
Covers typical first language acquisition in children. Major topics include phonology, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, pragmatics, as well as literacy development. Application to fields of speech-language pathology and audiology are developed through sections on language impairment and hearing loss.
NB: Offered in odd-numbered years.
LING 484
LING 484
Principles of Literacy
Course Credits: 3
An introduction to literacy work in ethnolinguistic minority groups. This course includes an overview of the elements of a literacy program, including literacy materials development, pre- and post- literacy considerations, learning and reading theory, and instructional methodologies.
LING 486
LING 486
Advanced Phonological Analysis
Course Credits: 3
This course introduces students to advanced concepts of phonological theory. Employing the theoretical models they are learning, students develop a clearer understanding of the typological behavior of phonological systems by analyzing data from a variety of languages.
LING 487
LING 487
Lexicography
Course Credits: 3
Provides a theoretical and practical basis for analyzing the semantics of the lexicon, managing a lexical database, and producing dictionaries for a variety of audiences including the local community, translators, and linguists.
LING 490
LING 490
Special Topics in Linguistics
Course Credits: 3
An examination of special topics or issues in linguistics that are not covered in depth in other courses.
NB: Offered on a case by case basis as needed. See department chair.
LING 491
LING 491
Discourse Analysis
Course Credits: 3
This course focuses on the question of how speakers of a given language effectively accomplish their communicative goals through the strategic use and shaping of language in both written and oral discourse. Students learn to identify different discourse genres, to chart texts for analysis, to discern hierarchical units within the macrostructure of a text, and to describe features of cohesion and participant reference, as well as identifying strategies in language for establishing the relative prominence of various streams of information. Special attention is paid to the interaction between alternate syntactic forms and their varying pragmatic functions in context.
LING 499
LING 499
Philosophical Perspectives in Linguistics
Course Credits: 3
This course examines the philosophical bases of human language and communication, with special attention to issues relating to semantics, discourse, lexicon, metaphor, and translation, etc.; all the areas that deal with meaning creation. There is a critical review of some major schools of thought within philosophy of language and hermeneutics. These are examined in light of current insights in text linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and integrational linguistics.
SPAN 101
SPAN 101
Introduction to Spanish
Course Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and culture for students with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish. The course covers basic grammar, listening, speaking, reading of simple texts and writing skills..
NB: Students with more than two years of high school Spanish or native speaker ability cannot take SPAN 101 for credit. See instructor for entry levels.