Nature of language and linguistic knowledge. Formal description and analysis of language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics....
Survey of topics in linguistics: language change, sociolinguistics, language acquisition and processing. May include language typology, language...
This course explores some intriguing mysteries of language - whether it is unique to humans, how children master its complexities so easily, how the...
Description of speech sounds; transcription systems; articulation; acoustics of speech sounds; perception of speech sounds; cross-linguistic diversity...
Phonological, morphological and syntactic analysis of linguistic data. Coursework consists primarily of practical exercises in data analysis....
Practical exercises in data analysis from a variety of linguistic disciplines. Precludes additional credit for LALS 2006 (no longer offered)....
Some of the central topics in the study of language and communication as pursued by linguists and philosophers. Topics include: the nature of meaning;...
Congenital, developmental and acquired disorders of language, speech and voice; prevalences, types, causes and effects; related research. Precludes...
Cross-linguistic survey of syntactic and morphological patterns found in the languages of the world. Typological classification and identification of...
The sound-systems of languages, analysis of phonological structure; generative phonology; phonological rules and derivations; cross-linguistic...
Introduction to syntactic theory. Representation and analysis of sentence structure, syntactic relations and syntactic dependencies. Testing of...
Introduction to word structure and morphological theory. Topics include inflectional and derivational morphology, morphological processes, and...
Selected topics in general linguistics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. Contents of the course vary from year to year. ...
Language change; sound change; analogy; the comparative method; internal reconstruction; the philological method; historical linguistics and...
The study of language in its conversational and cultural contexts. Topics include: conversational implicature; deixis; the semantics-pragmatics...
Study of language meaning. Lexical meaning and meanings of larger linguistic expressions, including nominal units, verbal units, and sentences....
Introduction to adult language processing and neurolinguistics. Psychological processes underlying speech production and perception, word recognition...
Milestones associated with the development of grammatical, pragmatic and metalinguistic competence from birth to about age ten, and the relative...
Description and analysis of the structure of a specific language applying phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Language to be studied will be...
Research under the supervision of a member of the School. Normally available only to third- and fourth-year students in Linguistics. Prerequisite(s):...
