UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| LING 1 - ESL: English Skills Review. |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Placement based on English Language Placement Examination scores, Subject Aexamination scores. |
| Focuses on developing reception and production skills (listening and reading, speaking and writing). Instruction also includes an intensive review of English grammar and basic sentence construction. |
| LING 2 - ESL: English Skills Practicum. |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Placement based on English Language Placement Examination scores, Subject Aexamination scores, Linguistics 1. |
| Focus on writing skills such as paragraph development and rhetorical pattern and oral production skills such as group discussions, individual oral presentations and seminars. Course content drawn from a variety of academic disciplines. |
| LING 2G - Graduate English Skills Practicum |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Placement based on English Language Placement Examination. |
| Provides writing instruction for non-native English speaking graduate students needing to improve accuracy and fluency in written academic English. Emphasizes sentence- and discourse-level grammar and vocabulary relevant to academic writing at the graduate level. |
| LING 3 - ESL: Undergraduate Writing. |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Placement based on English Language Placement Examination scores, Subject Aexamination scores, Linguistics 2. |
| Focus on advanced oral and writing skills. Studentswork on improving fluency in written english, developing expository writingstrategies, and practicing editing skills. |
| LING 3G - ESL: Graduate Writing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Placement based on English Language Placement Examination scores. |
| Prepares students for graduate-level academic writing. Focuses on rhetorical strategies and patterns of development used in a variety of writing typically required for graduate courses. Through negotiated writing projects, students learn rhetorical conventions used in their disciplines and develop prose style. |
| LING 4 - ESL: Self-Paced |
| (1-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor. |
| Designed to meet individual needs of ESL students either individually or in small groups. Open to foreign students at any level of proficiency. |
| LING 5 - ESL: Intermediate Oral Practicum |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Placement based on English Language Placement Examinatioscores and graduate status. |
| Focuses on listening comprehension and oral production skills necessary for participation in an American university classroom: group discussions, conversational strategies, and individual oral presentations. |
| LING 6 - ESL: Advanced Oral Practicum |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 5 or 8. |
| Advanced course designed to refine students' skills in classroom discussionand oral presentations. Course content will be drawn from a variety of academic disciplines. |
| LING 7 - International TA Workshop |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| This is an intercultural teacher-training course with an emphasis on pronunciation and the oral production skills necessary for successful communication in the American university classroom. Each student is videotaped twice. |
| LING 9 - ESL: Pronunciation |
| (3) STAFF |
| This course is intended for students who have problems in English pronunciation or who wish to improve their pronunciation. Instruction will include a general review of vowels, consonants, stress and intonation patterns. |
| LING 11 - ESL: English Structure And Vocabulary For Academic Writing. |
| (3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Writing 1, or placement based on English Language Placement Exam (ELPE) scores, or Subject A exam scores. |
| Review and practice of sentence and discourse level grammatical structures for non-native speakers of English. Development of academic vocabulary for writing and interpretive activities. Coursework focuses on effective expression and editing of written academic English. |
| LING 12 - Approaches to University Writing for Multilingual Students |
| (4) Staff, |
| Prerequisites: Open to students who have not satisfied the Entry Level Writing Requirement and have an ESL designation on the UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam (AWPE) |
| Principles of critical reading, thinking and writing in the university. Students analyze academic discourse, develop rhetorical strategies for exposition and argument, practice examination writing, and write and revise papers. Completion of C or better meets Entry Level Writing Requirement. |
| LING 20 - Language And Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Introduction to the scientific study of language: the nature of language structure; the social and cultural function of language; the origin and the learning of language; language change and the reconstruction of languages at earlier stages. |
| LING 20H - Language and Linguistics Honors |
| (1) Genetti, Staff |
| Honors course that involves introductions to the scientific study of language: The nature of language structure;the social and cultural function of language; the origin and the learning of language; language change and the reconstruction of languages at earlier stages. |
| LING 30 - The Story Of English |
| (4) Schwartz |
| The evolution of English from its Germanic origins to its present status as a lingua franca among the world's cultures. Topics include influences from other languages, English-based creoles, the major contemporary dialects, and the concept of Standard English. |
| LING 50 - Language And Power |
| (4) STAFF |
| Examination of the way social roles and relations are constructed and maintained via language, including the nature of linguistic and conceptual categories and the role of metaphor in domains from everyday interaction to advertising and political discourse. |
| LING 60 - Word Origins |
| (3) Schwartz |
| An introduction to the origin and evolution of words: language families, sound correspondences, and cognates; word-formation and loanwords; changes in meaning and form; etymology; dialectal differences in lexicon; vocabulary as historical and comparative evidence. |
| LING 70 - Language In Society |
| (4) Bucholtz, Kennedy |
| How language defines the relationship of the individual to society; the role language plays in constituting power, hierarchy, ethnicity, gender, ideology, and other aspects of social identity; how speakers use language to display identity and define social context. Emphasis on sociolinguistic diversity in American society. |
| LING 82 - The Biological Foundations of Language |
| (3) Li |
| Focuses on the biological mechanism involved in the production and perception of language. These biological mechanisms are presented from both the ontogenetic and phylogenetic (hominid evolution) perspective. Special emphasis is placed on the anatomy, physiology and genetic basis of the auditory system, the vocal (via the respiratory) system and the brain. |
| LING 101 - Basic Elements Of Linguistic Analysis |
| (4) Schwartz |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| An introduction to the analytic methodology in the study of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. A typologically oriented course designed to demonstrate how linguists analyze languages. |
| LING 106 - Introduction to Phonetics |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| An introduction to the articulatory and acoustic properties of speech sounds. Survey of speech sounds found in the languages of the world. Emphasis on ear training and transcription using the IPA. |
| LING 107 - Introduction to Phonology |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 106. |
| Introduction to the description and analysis of the sound patterns of natural language. |
| LING 108 - Introduction To Morphology |
| (4) Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 107 or 111. |
| How meaning is encoded in words in the languages of the world. Morphological and morphophonemic processes, lexical categories, derivation and inflection, productivity, tense, aspect, mode, case, concord, valence changes (passives, antipassives, benefactives, causatives), morphological typologies. |
| LING 109 - Introduction To Syntax |
| (4) Thompson, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Similarities and differences among languages in the grammatical devices they use to signal relations between nouns and verbs, negation, comparison, attribution (adjectives), and backgrounding. Data from a range of languages presented and analyzed. |
| LING 110 - Computational Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A; and Linguistics 109. |
| Computational linguistics and statistical natural language processing; hands-on work with a programming language, co-occurrence phenomena,computational lexicography and word sense disambiguation, automatic text processing, and other topics. |
| LING 112 - Approaches To Formal Syntax |
| (4) Schwartz |
| Prerequisites: Linguisitcs 109. |
| The emphasis of this course is the nature of explanation, with special reference to natural language syntax. It examines several current formal approaches for their treatment of a number of well known empirical problems. |
| LING 113 - Introduction To Semantics |
| (4) Wulff |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Introduction to the study of meaning in language. Consideration of semantic fields, semantic components, semantic relations, categories, prototypes, frames, metaphor, pragmatics, indexicality, and speech acts. |
| LING 114 - Advanced Phonology |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 111. |
| In-depth exploration of phonological systems and processes, survey of contemporary phonological theories and critical assessment of their effectiveness in accounting for established patterns cross-linguistically. |
| LING 115 - Introduction To Historical Comparative Linguistics |
| (4) Gordon, Genetti, Kennedy |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 106. |
| An introduction to linguistic change, genetic classification of languages, and methods of reconstructing parent languages. |
| LING 116 - The Structure of Language and Sports |
| (4) Kennedy |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Examines the usage of language in organized sport, with analysis at lexical, morphological, syntactic, discursive, and phonological levels. Investigates how linguistic structure adapts to particular communicative contexts, such as media accounts and interactions among participants.
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| LING 117 - Regional Dialects and Varieties of English Around the World |
| (4) Kennedy |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of regional dialects of English throughout America and around the world. Examines dialect variation from through both descriptive analysis as well as socio-historic accounts of the emergence of particular varieties. |
| LING 120 - Corpus Linguistics |
| (4) Gries, Wulff |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Lingustics 101 or equivalent. |
| An introduction to computerized research methods which are applied to large databases of language used in natural communicative settings to supplement more traditional ways of linguistic analysis in all linguistic subdisciplines.
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| LING 120 - Corpus Linguistics |
| (4) Gries, Wulff |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Lingustics 101 or equivalent. |
| An introduction to computerized research methods which are applied to large databases of language used in natural communicative settings to supplement more traditional ways of linguistic analysis in all linguistic subdisciplines.
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| LING 120 - Corpus Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Lingustics 101 or equivalent. |
| An introduction to computerized research methods which are applied to large databases of language used in natural communicative settings to supplement more traditional ways of linguistic analysis in all linguistic subdisciplines.
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| LING 120 - Corpus Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Lingustics 101 or equivalent. |
| An introduction to computerized research methods which are applied to large databases of language used in natural communicative settings to supplement more traditional ways of linguistic analysis in all linguistic subdisciplines.
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| LING 121 - Field Methods |
| (4) Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 106, 107 or 111, and 108. |
| Workshop format with native speaker of a lesser-known language as consultant. Students analyze the phonological, morphological, syntactic,and semantic structure of the language by eliciting data from the consultant and applying the theoretical knowledge to the data. |
| LING 121A - Field Methods |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 106, 108 and Linguistics 107 or 111. |
| Workshop format with native speaker of a lesser-known language as consultant. Students analyze the phonological, morphological, syntactic,and semantic structure of the language by eliciting data from the consultant and applying the theoretical knowledge to the data. |
| LING 122 - History of the English Language |
| (4) Schwartz |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20a; or consent of the instructor. |
| Historical survey of English, from its Germanic origins to its contemporary status as a global language. The course is a balance between an external and internal examination. Internally, attention is given to the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of the system at the major stages (Old English, Middle English, etc.) Externally, the focus is on the chief cultural influences at the various stages of development--the Bible, the Norman Conquest, the Enlightenment, etc. Selected readings include representative texts of the stages (Chaucer, Shakespeare, Joyce, Yeats, etc.) Some time is devoted to dialect varieties, including contemporary creoles, such as Tok Pisin. |
| LING 124 - Discourse Analysis |
| (4) Thompson |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 109. |
| Basic concepts in the study of discourse, including differences between spoken and written language; conversational structure; structure of narrative and expository texts; information flow; and implications for the study of grammar. |
| LING 127 - Psychology of Language |
| (4) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Psychology 1, 5, and 7; or Linguistics 20 or 20A; Open to psychology, biopsychology and linguistics majors only. |
| Psychology 108. |
| An examination of the psychological foundations of language structure and use, including the cognitive processes involved in the comprehension, production, and recall of words, sentences, and discourse; first and second language acquisitin; relationships among language, brain, cognition, and culture. |
| LING 130 - Language as Culture |
| (4) Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Views language through the lens of culture, exploring language as a sociocultural system that organizes meaning, memory, interpretation, authority, action, practice. How practices of speaking shape culture; intertextuality; linguistic and cultural relativity; relations between language, thought, and culture. |
| LING 131 - Sociolinguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| The study of language as a social phenomenon, with emphasis on language use outside the U.S. context. Quantitative and qualitative approaches to regional and social dialects, register, linguistic power and solidarity, language contact and change, multilingualism, codeswitching, language shift and loss. |
| LING 132 - Language, Gender, and Sexuality |
| (4) Schwartz, Bucholtz |
| The study of language as a resource for the production of gender and sexuality across cultures. Topics include: gender differentiation in language structure and use; intragender variation; language and discrimination; linguistic ideologies; language and identity. |
| LING 134 - North American Indian Languages |
| (4) Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Survey of the several hundred native languages of North America, including the history of research on these languages, their classification, special structures, and their oral traditions. |
| LING 136 - African American Language and Culture |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or Linguistics 20A |
| The history, structure, and use of varieties of African American English. Topics include debates over the origins of African American vernacular English; the politics of African American English; representations of African American speech in popular culture; language and hip hop culture; the use of African American vernacular English by other ethnic groups. |
| LING 137 - Introduction to First Language Acquisition |
| (4) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| An introduction to the interdisciplinary enterprise of understanding first language acquisition, overview of different theoretical and methodological approaches, and introduction to developmental processes in sub-areas such as phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax and semantics.
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| LING 138 - Language Socialization |
| (4) Clancy |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| What is the role of language in the process by which a child becomes a member of a particular culture? Topics include the acquisition of culture-specific ways of talking about emotions, enacting gender roles, having arguments and producing narratives. |
| LING 139 - Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| (4) Frodesen |
| Surveys theoretical and methodological issues related to teaching English as a second or foreign language. Students examine current research and pedagogy in TESFL and development in second language acquisition theory; and, evaluate teaching materials and develop classroom lessons. |
| LING 140 - English Grammar for Teachers |
| (4) Frodesen, Wulff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Covers English grammatical structures commonly the focus of teaching English as an additional language. Also considers key issues related to grammar in language teaching, such as error correction and deductive versus inductive methods of instruction.
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| LING 141 - Second Language Acquisition |
| (4) Chun, Schultz |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the theories and principles of how adults acquire a language other than their mother tongue, why it is more difficult than acquiring their first language, and what needs to be learned, from linguistic, psychological and social perspectives.
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| LING 150 - Language Documentation |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Ling 20A. |
| Issues in the creation of lasting multipurpose records of a language. Documentation as collaborative, community-based initiative. Description and documentation, archive creation, metadata, technologies, materials, ethics, ethnography, orthography, and multimedia. Students participate in a collaborative documentation project as primary coursework. |
| LING 160 - The Structure Of English |
| (4) Schwartz, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Introduction to the phonological, morphological, syntactic and discourse features of contemporary English. |
| LING 166 - The Structure of Yiddish |
| (4) Schwartz |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Examines phonological, morphological, syntactical, etc. Structure of klal Yiddish with some attention to dialect variation. Selected aspects of Ashkenazic Culture are discussed as is the history and emergence of a literary register. |
| LING 170 - Language in Social Interaction |
| (4) Du Bois |
| What role does language play in social interaction? How do individuals use language to shape relationships with others within or across social groups? How do patterns of linguistic interaction constitute patterns of social organization? Emphasis on hands-on analysis of transcriptions and recordings of face-to-face interactions. |
| LING 175 - Introduction to Romance Linguistics |
| (4) Schwartz, Raposo |
| The course aims to illustrate principle of comparative-historical linguistic analysis by examining romance languages (French, Portuguese, etc.) for similarities and differences, and tracing their evolution from vulgar Latin. |
| LING 180 - Language and Ethnicity |
| (4) Clancy |
| Linguistic practices of major ethnic groups in the United States; language and identity; language and racism. |
| LING 181 - Languages of the World |
| (4) Comrie |
| Introduction to the languages of the world: Geographical distribution; genetic (genealogical) classification, incluing comparison with genetics and archeology; structural properties and sociolinguistics of selected languages representing different parts of the world. |
| LING 182 - Language and Brain |
| (4) Li |
| Linguistics 82 or some background in general biology and/or linguistics. |
| Course is organized into three stages: the first stage provides a foundation on basic neuro-anatomy, neurophysiology and the nature of human language. The second stage focuses on the brain system and specializations that support language, drawing evidence from aphasic and neuro-imaging studies. The third stage explores the various theories of brain and language and the issues concerning the genetic basis of language in the human genome. |
| LING 185 - Animal Communication |
| (4) Li |
| The nature, process, mechanism, function, otogeny and evolution of communicative behavior in the animal kingdom. The basic principles of animal communication: sensory channels, signal specificity, signal economy,graded vs. discrete signals, ritualization, human vs. animal. Description of selected animals: birds, simians and apes, cetaceans, social insects. |
| LING 186 - The Evolutionary Origin of Language |
| (4) Li |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A or 185, or EEMB 5B or 5C, or MCDB 5A or 28. |
| Interdisciplinary course involving paleoanthropology, theories of evolution, molecular genetics, neurosciences, animal communication and linguistics. Course consists of evolution, the history of hominid evolution, a comparison of animal communication and human language, the co-evolution of brain, language, and other anatomical developments. |
| LING 191 - Internship in Linguistics |
| (1-6) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Internship in a language-related work setting. Students apply concepts, methods, and issues from linguistics to professional contexts in education, business, government, nonprofit organizations and other fields. |
| LING 192 - Service Learning in Linguistics |
| (1-6) staff |
| Service learning in a language-related volunteer setting. Apply concepts, methods, and issues from linguistics to real-world problems in educational contexts, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other settings. |
| LING 193 - Undergraduate Research Seminar |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division course in linguistics; consent of instructor. |
| Original individual or collaborative research in linguistics. Weekly discussion of work in progress in a writing workshop setting. |
| LING 194 - Group Studies In Linguistics |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| Limited to small groups whose interest and needs determine the central focus. |
| LING 195A - Honors Thesis |
| (2-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Senior standing; consent of instructor. |
| Guided research and writing of an original research paper to meet the requirements of the honors proram in Linguistics. |
| LING 195B - Honors Thesis. |
| (2-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Senior standing; consent of instructor. |
| Guided research and writing of an original research paper to meet the requirements of the honors program in Linguistics. |
| LING 195C - Honors Thesis |
| (2-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 195B. |
| Guided research and writing of an original research paper to meet the requirements of the honors program in Linguistics. |
| LING 199 - Independent Studies In Linguistics. |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in linguistics; consent of instructor. |
| Intended for the study of special areas within Linguistics. |
| LING 199RA - Independent Research Assistance In Linguistics. |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in linguistics; consent of instructor and department. |
| Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance. |
| LING 200A - Langauge and Linguistics for Non-linguists |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| An introduction to the scientific study of language: The sounds of language; word and sentence structure; semantics and pragmatics; discourse and conversational speech; the social and cultural functions of language; language change and the reconstruction of languages at earlier stages. |
| LING 200B - Langauge and Linguistics for Non-linguists |
| (2) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 200A; graduate standing. |
| An introduction to the scientific study of language: The sounds of language; word and sentence structure; semantics and pragmatics; discourse and conversational speech; the social and cultural functions of language; language change and the reconstruction of languages at earlier stages. |
| LING 201 - Research Methodology and Statistics in Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Fundamentals of scientific inquiry and methodology; basics of experimental design, statistical methods (descriptive, analytic, and hypothesis-testing) relevant to linguistics such as Chi-square, testing of means, ANOVA, correlation and regression, cluster analysis, etc.
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| LING 202 - Advanced Research Methods and Statistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 201 |
| Multifactorial and multivariate statistical methods for analyzing observational and experimental data in linguistics: ANOVA; ANCOVA; regression techniques, generalized linear models for count and proportion data; hierarchical configural frequency analysis, cluster analysis; graphical methods for data exploration. |
| LING 207 - Introduction to Phonology |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 206. |
| Introduction to the description of the sound patterns of natural language. |
| LING 208 - Introduction to Morphology |
| (4) Mithun, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 211. |
| How meaning is encoded in words in languages of the world. Morphological and morphophonemic processes, lexical categories, derivation and inflection, productivity, tense, aspect, mode, case, concord, valence changes, (passives, antipassives, benefactives, causatives), morphological typologies. |
| LING 209 - Introduction to Syntax |
| (4) Thompson |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 200 or 200A. |
| Similarities and differences among languages in the grammatical devices they use to signal relations between nouns and verbs, negation, comparison, attribution, (adjectives), and backgrounding. Data from a range of languages presented and analyzed. |
| LING 210 - Computational Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 200 or 200A (for non-linguistic students). |
| Computational linguistics and statistical natural language processing; hands-on work with a programming language, co-occurrence phenomena,computational lexicography and word sense disambiguation, automatic text processing, and other topics. |
| LING 212 - Discourse Transcription |
| (4) Du Bois |
| Methods for transcribing conversational discourse, with focus on discourse features relevant to linguistic and interactional research. Features include pause, laughter, intonation, voice, speaker overlap, turn-taking, participation, others. Recording natural conversation, computer-assisted transcription, transcription as theory, alternative transcription systems, transcription ethics/politics.
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| LING 213 - Experimental Phonetics |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 211. |
| The experimental approach to the articulation, acoustics, and perception ofspeech. The relation of phonetics to phonological alternations and sound change. The use of phonetic data to resolve phonological questions. Interpretation and evaluation of experiments. The acoustic theory of maximal perceptual distance. |
| LING 214 - Discourse |
| (4) Clancy |
| Survey of approaches to discourse analysis. Discourse and grammar information flow, narrative and rheyorical structure, the analysis of conversations, comparisons of spoken and written language. |
| LING 215 - Introduction to Historical-Comparative Linguistics |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 211. |
| An introduction to linguistic change, genetic classification of languages, and methods of reconstructing parent languages. |
| LING 216 - Grammar Writing |
| (4) Mithun, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 234, 235. |
| Training in writing a description of a language, including critical review of selected existing grammars, discussion of contents, and practice in writing. |
| LING 217 - Discourse and Grammar |
| (4) Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 212 and 214. |
| Survey of recent approaches to discourse and grammar, including referential pragmatics, dialogic syntax, construction grammar, preferred argument structure, and emergent grammar. Application of these approaches to natural language data, including face-to-face conversation. |
| LING 218 - Corpus Linguistics |
| (4) Gries |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; open to Linguistics majors only. |
| An introduction to computerized research methods, which are applied to large data bases of language used in natural communicative settings to supplement more traditional ways of linguistic analysis in all linguistic subdisciplines.
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| LING 219 - Corpus Construction |
| (4) Gries |
| Design and construction of electronic corpora to represent spoken or written forms of language. Data collection from electronically available text/transcripts, linguistic fieldwork, archives. Issues of sampling, balancedness, representativity, scale; formatting, markup, annotation, coding, tools; archival preservation, orthography, politics, ethics. |
| LING 220 - Prosody |
| (4) Gordon |
| Perceptual and acoustic aspects of pitch, amplitude, and tempo and their interaction with discourse. Comparison of prosodic theories. |
| LING 221A - Field Methods |
| (6) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 214, 234, 235. |
| Introduction to fieldwork and language documentation. Students work with a speaker of a language unknown to the students for three consecutive quarters. Techniques of data collection, elicitation, management, and analysis. Emphases include collaborative research, theoretical contextualization of field data, and descriptive and theoretical writing. |
| LING 221B - Field Methods |
| (6) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun, |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 214, 234, 235. |
| Techniques of eliciting and analyzing phonological, grammatical, and discourse data. Students work with a speaker of a little known language for three consecutive quarters. A series of short papers is required. |
| LING 221C - Field Methods |
| (6) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun, |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 214, 234, 235. |
| Techniques of eliciting and analyzing phonological, grammatical, and discourse data. Students work with a speaker of a little known language for three consecutive quarters. A series of short papers is required. |
| LING 222 - Typology and Universals |
| (4) Comrie, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208 and 234. |
| Reading and discussion of major contributions to the literature in typology and universals, focusing on such problems as lexical categories, systems of case marking, voice, reflexives, and tense-aspect-mood and relative clauses. |
| LING 223 - Languages in Contact |
| (4) Genetti, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 215. |
| Types, causes, mechanisms, and consequences of contact induced language change, including a consideration of pidgins and creoles. |
| LING 224 - Spoken and Written Discourse |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 212 and 214. |
| Comparisons of different genres and styles of writing and speaking, focusing on ways in which language use determines its form. |
| LING 225 - Semantics and Pragmatics |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 209. |
| Introduction to the study of meaning. How meanings are integrated into linguistic sign systems, contexts of use. Pragmatic theories of indexicality, deixis, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, discourse comprehension. Semantic differences across languages. |
| LING 226 - Cognitive Foundations of Language |
| (4) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, and 214. |
| A psycholinguistic overview of the relationship between language and cognition, including the nature of categories and the process of categorization; processes involved in the production and comprehension of lexicon, syntax and discourse; priming; psycholinguistic models of these processes and of first language acquisition; and the nature of mental representations.
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| LING 227 - Language as Culture |
| (4) Du Bois |
| How culture frames use and interpretation of language; how speaking creates culture. Language as culture mediates sociocultural production of meaning, memory, cognition, authority, practice. Classic readings from linguistic anthropology, sociocultural linguistics confront new research on relation between language, thought, culture. |
| LING 228 - Discourse in Sociocultural Interaction |
| (4) Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 227. |
| Discourse as locus of sociocultural action and dialogic interaction. How discourse practice constitutes both situated meanings and sociocultural frameworks. Stancetaking, evaluation, positioning, alignment, resonance, affect, epistemicity, empathy, intersubjectivity in language. Focus on current research on language in naturally occurring interaction. |
| LING 229 - Formal Syntax |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 112, and 112, or equivalent. |
| A consideration of syntactic problems from the perspective of current formal syntactic theories, such as government and binding, relational grammar, and lexical-functional grammar. |
| LING 230 - Methods in Sociocultural Linguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Field methodologies for research on language, culture, and society. Topics include ethics and politics of research, ethnographic methods, interviewing, audio and video data collection, fieldnotes, relationship between fieldwork and analysis. Students carry out original field research during the quarter. |
| LING 232 - Foundations of Sociocultural Linguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Investigates sociocultural theories of language as developed in linguistics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and other fields. A comparative survey of the major theoretical issues in the field both historically and in the present day, with an emphasis on the relationship between theory and empirical analysis. |
| LING 233 - Language, Gender, and Sexuality |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Advanced study of the linguistic dimensions of gender and sexuality. Emphasis on the role of language in feminist theory and gender theory; evaluation and application of research methods. |
| LING 234 - Advanced Syntax |
| (4) Thomspon, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 209. |
| Functional approaches to syntax. Methods of syntactic description and explanation. Survey of clause-level syntactic structures in diverse languages. |
| LING 235 - Advanced Phonology |
| (4) Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 211. |
| Review of articulatory and acoustic phonetics and method of phonological description and analysis. Current issues in phonological theory. Survey of phonological patterns and systems in diverse languages. |
| LING 236 - Advanced Language Change |
| (4) Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 215. |
| Types of theories of language change. Language families and subgroups. Internal and comparative reconstruction. The interpretation of historical records. Dialectology; sociolinguistic factors in language change and processes of grammaticization. Ramifications of observed changes for synchronic theories of language structure. |
| LING 237 - Introduction to First Language Acquisition |
| (4) Clancy |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 200A or 200. |
| Introduction to current theories and methods in the study of language development. Topics include cross-linguistic developmental differences, the relationship between linguistic and socio-cognitive development, and cultural differences in language socialization. |
| LING 238 - Syntax Beyond the Clause |
| (4) Cumming, Genetti, Thompson |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 234. |
| Functional approaches to the syntax of multi-clausal constructions, including relative clause structures; complements; adverbial clauses; clause chaining; and issues of clause-combining, co-ordination and subordination. |
| LING 241 - Topics in Phonetics and Phonology |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208 or 211 or 212 or 235. |
| Specialized topics in phonetics and phonology. |
| LING 245 - Topics in Language Change |
| (4) Comrie, Genetti, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, and 215. |
| Specialized topics in language change. |
| LING 246 - Topics in Discourse |
| (4) Clancy, Cumming |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 212 or 214 or 234. |
| Specialized topics in discourse. |
| LING 247 - Topics in Psycholinguistics |
| (4) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, and 211. |
| Specialized topics in psycholinguistics. |
| LING 248 - Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 227 or 228 or 230 or 232. |
| Specialized topics in sociocultural linguistics. |
| LING 250 - Language documentation |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon, Mithun |
| Issues in the creation of lasting multipurpose records of a language. Documentation as collaborative, community-based initiative. Description and documentation, archive creation, metadata, technologies, materials, ethics, ethnography, orthography, and multimedia. Students participate in a collaborative documentation project as primary coursework. |
| LING 251A - Seminar in Phonetics and Phonology |
| (4) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208 or 211 or 212 or 235. |
| Specialized topics in phonetics and phonology. |
| LING 251B - Seminar in Phonetics and Phonology |
| (2) Genetti, Gordon |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 211, 212, 235, and 251A. |
| Specialized topics in phonetics and phonology. |
| LING 252A - Seminar in Morphology and Syntax |
| (4) Mithun, Thompson, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208 and 234. |
| Specialized topics in morphology and syntax. |
| LING 252B - Seminar in Morphology and Syntax |
| (2) Mithun, Thompson, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 252A. |
| Specialized topics in morphology and syntax. |
| LING 253A - Seminar in Semantics and Pragmatics |
| (4) Cumming, Thompson, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 209 and 225. |
| Specialized topics in semantics and pragmatics. |
| LING 253B - Seminar in Semantics and Pragmatics |
| (2) Cumming, Thompson, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 209, 225, and 253A. |
| Specialized topics in semantics and pragmatics. |
| LING 254A - Seminar in Discourse |
| (4) Chafe, Mithun, Clancy, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 212 or 214 or 234. |
| Specialized topics in discourse. |
| LING 254B - Seminar in Discourse |
| (2) Chafe, Mithun, Clancy, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 212, 214, 234, and 254A. |
| Specialized topics in discourse. |
| LING 255 - African American Language and Culture |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| History, structure, and varieties of African American English. Debates over the origins of African American vernacular English; representations of African American speech in popular culture; language and hiphop culture; the use of African American Vernacular English by other ethnic groups. |
| LING 255A - Seminar in Language Change |
| (4) Genetti, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, and 215. |
| Specialized topics in language change. |
| LING 255B - Seminar in Language Change |
| (2) Genetti, Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, 215, and 255A. |
| Specialized topics in language change. |
| LING 256A - Seminar in Typology and Universals |
| (4) Mithun, Thompson, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208 or 222 or 234 or 235. |
| Specialized topics in typology and universals. |
| LING 256B - Seminar in Typology and Universals |
| (2) Mithun, Thompson, Genetti, |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 222, 234, 235, and 256A. |
| Specialized topics in typology and universals. |
| LING 257A - Seminar in Psycholinguistics |
| (4) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, and 211. |
| Specialized topics in psycholinguistics. |
| LING 257B - Seminar in Psycholinguistics |
| (2) Clancy, Gries |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 208, 209, 211, and 257A. |
| Specialized topics in psycholinguistics. |
| LING 258A - Seminar in Sociocultural Linguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 227 or 228 or 230 or 232. |
| Specialized topics in sociocultural linguistics. |
| LING 258B - Seminar in Sociocultural Linguistics |
| (2) Bucholtz, Du Bois |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 227 or 228 or 230 or 232; and Lingusitics 258A. |
| Specialized topics in sociocultural linguistics. |
| LING 260 - Advanced Language Change |
| (4) Mithun |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Types of theories of language change. Language families and subgroups. Internal and comparative reconstruction. The interpretation of historical records. Dialectology; sociolinguistic factors in language change and processes of grammaticization. Ramifications of observed changes for synchronic theories of language structure. |
| LING 261 - Syntax Beyond the Clause |
| (4) Cumming, Genetti |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 234. |
| Functional approaches to the syntax of multi-clausal constructions, including relative clause structures; complements; adverbial clauses; clause chaining; and issues of clause-combining, co-ordination and subordination. |
| LING 265 - Acquisition of Grammar |
| (4) Clancy |
| Prerequisites: Linguisitcs 237. |
| Theories, methods and cross-linguistic data in language acquisition; focus on grammar. Evaluation of current theoretical controversies concerning the mechanisms and bases--biological, cognitive, and social--of language acquisition. |
| LING 266 - Acquisition of Discourse |
| (4) Clancy |
| The development of discourse from preverbal "conversations" to the narratives of school children. Cognitive, social and linguistic skills underlying production and comprehension of conversational and narrative discourse. |
| LING 270 - Professionalism |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Linguistics. |
| Skills important to the professional linguist: preparing abstracts for and delivering oral presentations at conferences; preparing grant proposals; publishing research. |
| LING 271 - Research Orientation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Linguistics. |
| Sequence of lectures by faculty of the Linguistics Department and closely related departments, to acquaint new graduate students with current facultyresearch, and with research directions and resources of the campus. |
| LING 272 - Linguistics Colloquium |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Presentations on current topics in linguistics by visiting scholars, faculty, and graduate students. |
| LING 273A - Language and the Body |
| (4) Lerner, Thompson |
| Brings together the methods and findings of functional linguistics and those of conversation analysis in a dialogue centering on the visible behavior of the body in the organization of talk-in-interaction, especially gesture, gaze, and body movement. |
| LING 273B - Language and the Body |
| (2) Lerner, Thompson |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 273A. |
| Brings together the methods and findings of functional linguistics and those of conversation analysis in a dialogue centering on the visible behavior of the body in the organization of talk-in-interaction, especially gesture, gaze, and body movement. |
| LING 274 - Proseminar in Language, Interaction, and Social Organization |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Discussion of current research, literature, and theoretical and methodological issues in language and social interaction. |
| LING 280A - Seminar in the Evolutionary Origin of Languages |
| (4) Li |
| Prerequisites: A strong background in neuroscience and/or paleo-anthropology and/or linguistics. |
| Course infers the evolutionary development of the communicative behavior or hominids on the basis of evidence drawn from paleo-anthropology, neuroscience, comparative animal and human communication, linguistics, and human genetics. |
| LING 280B - Seminar in the Evolutionary Origin of Languages |
| (4) Li |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 280A; a strong background in neuroscience and/or paleo-anthropology and/or linguistics. |
| Course infers the evolutionary development of the communicative behavior or hominids on the basis of evidence drawn from paleo-anthropology, neuroscience, comparative animal and human communication, linguistics, and human genetics. |
| LING 281 - Sociolinguistics |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study of language as a social phenomenon, with emphasis on language use outside the U.S. context. Quantitative and qualitative approaches to regional and social dialects register, linguistic power, and solidarity, language contact and change, multilingualism, codeswitching, language shift and loss. |
| LING 286 - African American Language and Culture |
| (4) Bucholtz |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| History, structure, and varieties of African American English. Debates over the origins of African American vernacular English; representations of African American speech in popular culture; language and hip-hop culture; the use of African American Vernacular English by other ethnic groups. |
| LING 288 - Language Socialization |
| (4) Clancy |
| Prerequisites: Linguistics 20 or 20A. |
| What is the role of language in the process by which a child becomes a member of a particular culture? Topics include the acquisition of culture-specific ways of talking about emotions, enacting gender roles, having arguments and producing narratives. |
| LING 297 - Graduate Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Graduate credit given for an upper-division course with additional work at the graduate level. |
| LING 299 - Topics in Applied Linguistics |
| (4) Staff |
| Specialized topics in the study of applied linguistics. |
| LING 470 - Professionalism |
| (1-3) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Linguistics. |
| Skills important to the professional linguist: preparing abstracts for and delivering oral presentations at conferences; preparing grant proposals; publishing research. |
| LING 500 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Appointment as teaching assistant and departmental approval. |
| Supervised teaching of undergraduate linguistics courses. |
| LING 504A - Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Departmental approval required to finalize registration. |
| Preparation in teaching English for academic purposes and concurrent training for prospective and newly appointed teaching assistants in the ESL Program. Topics include orientation to the ESL curriculum, reading and composition pedogogy, academic oral skills, syllabus design, and classroom techniques. |
| LING 504B - Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Departmental approval required to finalize registration. |
| Preparation in teaching English for academic purposes and concurrent training for prospective and newly appointed teaching assistants in the ESL Program. Topics include orientation to the ESL curriculum, reading and composition pedogogy, academic oral skills, syllabus design, and classroom techniques. |
| LING 505 - Teaching Assistant Seminar |
| (1) STAFF |
| Covers development of teaching techniques. |
| LING 591 - Research in Linguistics |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Research under the direction of a faculty member(s). |
| LING 592 - Writing in Linguistics |
| (1-12) Staff |
| Academic writing for publication in scholarly journals in linguistics. Individualized meetings and/or small-group workshop format. |
| LING 594 - Graduate Group Studies in Linguistics |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Limited to small groups whose interest and needs determine the central focus.
|
| LING 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Individual tutorial in any area of linguistics. |
| LING 597 - Individual Study for Master's and Ph.D. Examinations |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate advisor. |
| Instructor should be student's major professor or chair of the committee. |
| LING 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate advisor. |
| Instructor normally should be chair of the student's thesis committee. Onlyfor research underlying the thesis, writing the thesis. |
| LING 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Instructor approval required prior to registration. |
| Ph.d dissertation research and preparation. |