LINGUISTICS (LING)

LINGUISTICS (LING)

101. Introduction to Language (3) Survey of linguistic concepts and methods: communication among animals; physiology of human speech; elementary phonetics, syntax, and language change; language and the brain; language and thought.

102. Linguistics for Native American Communities (3) Introduction to descriptive linguistics for Native Americans; practical linguistic and social issues in Native American languages; phonetics and phonology; orthography; dialects and language change; classroom applications. (Identical with AIS 102).

104A - 104B -. Beginning Navajo (3) Study of the sound system and spelling conventions of Navajo, and acquisition of basic oral and literacy skills. Cultural and grammatical information is conveyed by using situations in Navajo life as topics. (Identical with AIS 104a-104b).

195. Colloquium

Learning Foreign Languages: Windows to the World (1) (Identical with GER 195a, which is home).
Language in Life: It's what we do (1).

201. Introduction to Linguistics (3) Fundamentals of linguistics; phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and language acquisition; provides basis for further study in the field.

204A - 204B -. Intermediate Navajo (3-3) Continuation of vocabulary development, oral skills enhancement and mastery of Navajo verb paradigms. Native speakers undertake original research and writing in Navajo. P, LING 103b or AIS 103b. (Identical with AIS 204a-204b).

210. Native Languages of North America (3) Genetic and typological diversity of North American native languages; areal features, i.e., characteristics spread over a geographical region; and the history of the study of these languages, concentrating on individuals and the problems of classification. (Identical with AIS 210).

222. The Structures and Sources of American English Words (3) Linguistic principles governing the internal structure of English words and the ways in which new words are created, with a focus on spelling, sounds and morphemes. (Identical with ENGL 222).

260. Speech Science (4) (Identical with SP H 260, which is home).

285. Introduction to Humanities Computing (3) (Identical with GER 285, which is home).

300. Introduction to Syntax (3) Fundamentals of syntactic analysis. Central notions of generative grammar. Aspects of the structure of English and other languages. P, 101, 201. Writing-Emphasis Course.*

303. Gender and Language (3) (Identical with ANTH 303, which is home).

307A - 307B -. Elementary O'Odham (Papago) Language (3-3) Speaking, reading, writing, and oral comprehension in the Tohono O'Odham (Papago) language. (Identical with AIS 307a-307b).

310. Morphology and Morpho-syntactic Properties of the World's Languages (3) Introduces the student to the commonly shared features of word building rules in the world's languages and provides an introduction to the theoretical issues involved in languages for which the word/sentence distinction does not exist. Students will have many problem sets containing data from dozens of languages. P, 101 or 201.

315. Introduction to Phonology (3) Considers the sound structure of a wide variety of human languages, with the aim of finding principles that describe in an insightful way the properties of their sounds and sound patterns. In addition the course will introduce the student to the higher level organizational principles governing the combinations of sounds into morphemes, words, and phrases. P, 101 or 201.

320. Language and Social Issues (3) Focuses on the theme that individuals identify with groups (in part) on the basis of the language or dialect they use. Examines the role of the individual as a language-using being with the problems of self-identity and of social difference, not only in our multilingual-multicultural country, but in the world as well.

322. Word Meaning and Dictionaries (3) Lexicology and lexicography, the meaning inter-word relationships, meanings, structure of meanings, and etymology of words and information about them in monolingual and bilingual dictionaries - existing and future. (Identical with ENGL 322).

341. Language Development (3) (Identical with PSYC 341, which is home).

376. Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (3) (Identical with PHIL 376, which is home).

388. Symbolic Processing (3) Fundamentals of processing of natural language text, especially parsing and grammar development; includes programming in Prolog or other symbolic programming languages. P, LING 101 or 201, C SC 115 or equivalent programming background.

402. Gender and Language in Japan (3) (Identical with JPN 402, which is home). May be convened with 502.

403. Foundations of Syntactic Theory I (3) Introduction to fundamental issues in the theory of syntax. Familiarizes the student with the essentials of (1) government binding theory and its precursors, and (2) standard categorial grammar and its relatives. P, 300. May be convened with 503.

410. Foundations of Phonological Theory I (3) Investigation of the principles that underlie current phonological theory, concentrating on the representation of sounds and the regular patterns of sound in natural language. Topics include distinctive feature theory, syllable theory, the core skeleton, rule formulation and rule interactions. P, 315. May be convened with 510.

411. Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (3) (Identical with JPN 411, which is home). May be convened with 511.

412. Advanced Japanese Linguistics (3) (Identical with JPN 412, which is home). May be convened with 512.

415. Phonological Phonetics (3) Study of the acoustic and articulatory properties of sounds and patterns of sounds that occur in human language. Focus on the significance of the properties of sounds for phonological theory, in particular, distinctive feature theory. Role of psycho-acoustic studies as a source of evidence for phonological theory. P, 315. May be convened with 515.

419. Linguistic Structure of Modern Chinese (3) (Identical with CHN 419, which is home). May be convened with 519.

420. Linguistic Structure of Modern Chinese (3) (Identical with CHN 420, which is home). May be convened with 520.

425. Language Variation (3) Study of geographical and social dialects, stylistic differences, and idiolectal variation and the implications of variation for writing grammars and for understanding language change. P, one course in linguistics, preferably LING 101, 201 or ANTH 276. (Identical with ANTH 425). May be convened with 525.

426. Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (3) (Identical with ARB 426, which is home). May be convened with 526.

432. Psychology of Language (3) Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production of sounds, words, and sentences. Other topics may include language breakdown and acquisition, brain and language, and bilingual processing. P, LING 101 or PSYC 101. (Identical with PSYC 432 and PHIL 432). May be convened with 532.

436. Japanese Sociolinguistics (3) [Rpt./1] (Identical with JPN 436, which is home). May be convened with 536.

438. Computational Linguistics (3) Fundamentals of formal language theory; syntactic and semantic processing; the place of world knowledge in natural language processing. P, 388 or a course in one of the following: formal languages, syntax, data structures, or compilers. (Identical with C SC 438 and PSYC 438). May be convened with 538.

441. Language Acquisition (3) (Identical with SP H 441, which is home). May be convened with 541.

443. Lexical and Syntactic Development (3) (Identical with PSYC 443, which is home). May be convened with 543.

445A - 445B -. Structure of a Non-Western Language (3-3) [Rpt./2] In-depth linguistic analysis of selected phonological, syntactic, and semantic problems in a non-Western language, concentrating on native languages of the Southwest area. P, 101 or 201. (Identical with AIS 445a-445b). May be convened with 545a-545b.

452. Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (3) (Identical with SPAN 452, which is home).

453. Theory of Spanish Morphosyntax (3) (Identical with SPAN 453, which is home).

457. Applied Linguistics (3) (Identical with SPAN 457, which is home).

462. Linguistics and the Study of Literature (3) (Identical with ENGL 462, which is home). May be convened with 562.

463. Philosophy of Language (3) (Identical with PHIL 463, which is home). May be convened with 563.

465. Pragmatics (3) (Identical with PHIL 465, which is home). May be convened with 565.

468. Speech Perception (3) (Identical with SP H 468, which is home). May be convened with 568.

476. Language in Culture (3) (Identical with ANTH 476, which is home). May be convened with 576.

477. Discourse and Text (3) (Identical with ANTH 477, which is home). May be convened with 577.

480. Historical Comparative Linguistics (3) (Identical with ANTH 480, which is home). May be convened with 580.

489. Areal Survey of Native North American Languages (3) (Identical with ANTH 489, which is home). May be convened with 589.

495. Colloquium

a. Linguistics (1) [Rpt./3] May be convened with 595a.

496. Seminar

c. Topics in Japanese Linguistics (3) [Rpt./2] (Identical with JPN 496c, which is home). May be convened with 596c.

f. Cognitive Psychology (3) [Rpt.] (Identical with PSYC 496f, which is home).

*Writing-Emphasis Courses. P, Satisfaction of the upper-division writing-proficiency requirement (see "Writing-Emphasis Courses" in the Academic Policies and Graduation Requirements section of this manual).

500. Linguistics for Nonmajors (3) Conceptual foundations, methodology, and current theoretical frameworks. Students will carry out actual linguistic analysis. For students in fields other than linguistics.

501. Formal Foundation of Linguistics (3) A survey of the aims of linguistic research and introduction to the basic mathematics of formal linguistics; logic, sets, algebras, graphs, feature structures, formal language theory.

502. Gender and Language in Japan (3) (Identical with JPN 502, which is home). May be convened with 402

503. Foundations of Syntactic Theory I (3) For a description of course topics see 403. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of problems. May be convened with 403.

504. Government Binding Theory (3) Continuation of 503, focusing on government, control, binding, thematic relations, and the theory of logical form.

505. Extended Categorial Grammar (3) Continuation of 503, exploring extensions of standard categorial grammar. Function and argument, relationship between syntactic and semantic types, functional composition and type-changing rules, application to natural language structures.

510. Foundations of Phonological Theory I (3) For a description of course topics see 410. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of problems. May be convened with 410.

511. Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (3) (Identical with JPN 511, which is home). May be convened with 411.

512. Advanced Japanese Linguistics (3) (Identical with JPN 512, which is home). May be convened with 412.

514. Foundations of Phonological Theory II (3) Investigation of the evidence and arguments for non-linear representations (autosegmental and metrical) and of the organization of the phonological component of grammar, including evidence for its interaction with morphological structures and rules.

515. Phonological Phonetics (3) For description of course topics see 415. Graduate-level requirements include an additional project or research paper. May be convened with 415.

519. Linguistic Structure of Modern Chinese (3) (Identical with CHN 519, which is home). May be convened with 419.

520. Linguistic Structure of Modern Chinese (3) (Identical with CHN 520, which is home). May be convened with 420.

522. Linguistic Semantics and Lexicology (3) Study of word and sentence meaning, relationship between the lexicon and the grammar, idioms, metaphor, etymology, and change of meaning. P, one course in linguistics. (Identical with PHIL 522).

525. Language Variation (3) For a description of course topics see 425. Graduate-level requirements include mastery of the formalism, solving data-set problems, and a higher level of performance. (Identical with ANTH 525). May be convened with 425.

526. Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (3) (Identical with ARB 526, which is home). May be convened with 426.

532. Psychology of Language (3) For a description of course topics see 432. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive readings and writing. (Identical with PSYC 532 and PHIL 532). May be convened with 432.

535. Morphology (3) Morphology is the internal structure of words and the relationship between words and the syntactic, phonological, and semantic properties of the units that include them. Course work includes the development of morphological theory.

536. Japanese Sociolinguistics (3) [Rpt./1] (Identical with JPN 536, which is home). May be convened with 436.

537. Psycholinguistics (3) Introduction to advanced psycholinguistics. The psychological mechanisms underlying the comprehension and production of sounds, words, and sentences. Other topics may include language breakdown and acquisition, brain and language, discourse processing, and bilingual processing. (Identical with PHIL 537 and PSYC 537).

538. Computational Linguistics (3) For a description of course topics see 438. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of assignments and a higher level of performance. (Identical with C SC 538 and PSYC 538). May be convened with 438.

541. Language Acquisition (3) (Identical with SP H 541, which is home). May be convened with 441.

542. Topics in Psycholinguistics (3) [Rpt./1] (Identical with PSYC 542, which is home).

543. Lexical and Syntactic Development (3) (Identical with PSYC 543, which is home). May be convened with 443.

544. Syntactic Analysis (3) An examination of the syntactic diversity presented by natural human languages and an exploration of the issues that such diversity presents for syntactic analysis. Topics include AUX, word order, constituency, and subjects.

545A - 545B -. Structure of a Non-Western Language (3-3) [Rpt./2] For a description of course topics see 445a-445b. Graduate-level requirements include a higher level of performance. (Identical with AIS 545a-545b). May be convened with 445a-445b.

548. Topics in Language and Cognition (3) [Rpt./1] (Identical with PSYC 548, which is home).

562. Linguistics and the Study of Literature (3) (Identical with ENGL 562, which is home). May be convened with 462.

563. Philosophy of Language (3) (Identical with PHIL 563, which is home). May be convened with 463.

564. Formal Semantics (3) Introduction to model-theoretic investigations of natural language interpretation, including coordination, quantification, referential relations, tense, aspect and modality. (Identical with PHIL 564).

565. Pragmatics (3) (Identical with PHIL 565, which is home). May be convened with 465.

568. Speech Perception (3) (Identical with SP H 568, which is home). May be convened with 468.

574. Linguistic Perspectives on Mexican-American Spanish and Bilingualism (3) (Identical with SPAN 574, which is home).

576. Language in Culture (3) (Identical with ANTH 576, which is home). May be convened with 476.

577. Discourse and Text (3) (Identical with ANTH 577, which is home). May be convened with 477.

580. Historical Comparative Linguistics (3) (Identical with ANTH 580, which is home). May be convened with 480.

583. Sociolinguistics (3) (Identical with ANTH 583, which is home).

585. Linguistic and Computer-Assisted Approaches to Literature (3) [Rpt./6 units] (Identical with GER 585, which is home). May be convened with 485.

589. Areal Survey of Native North American Languages (3) (Identical with ANTH 589, which is home). May be convened with 489.

595. Colloquium

a. Linguistics (1) [Rpt./3]. May be convened with 495a.

596. Seminar

c. Topics in Japanese Linguistics (3) [Rpt./2] (Identical with JPN 596c, which is home). May be convened with 496c.

600. Current Issues in Linguistic Research (3) [Rpt./2] Current research in linguistics, with emphasis on relationships among syntax, semantics, and phonology.

696. Seminar

a. Syntax and Semantics (3) [Rpt./2]

b. Topics in Phonological Theory (3) [Rpt./2]

d. Current Issues in Syntactic Theory (3) [Rpt./2]

f. Linguistic Investigations and Applications (3) [Rpt./2] (Identical with COMM 696f and PSYC 696f).

h. Topics in Morphology (3) [Rpt./2]

697. Workshop

a. Linguistic Theory (3) [Rpt./1] Open to majors only.

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