110 Language and Mind (2) Analysis of linguistic relativity; the relationship between language structures, culture, and perception; general semantics; linguistic norms. Fieldwork.
122 Arabic I (4, Fa) Introduction to current Arabic; oral practice, hearing and reading comprehension; the grammar necessary for simple spoken and written expression. Lecture, classroom drill, laboratory practice.
152 Arabic II (4, Sp) Continuation of 122. Reading of simple Arabic prose, practice in pronunciation, the grammar essential for reading comprehension and writing. Lecture, classroom drill, and laboratory practice. Prerequisite: LING 122.
201 Semantics (4) Signs and symbols in language and communication; the nature of word and sentence meaning; correctness and appropriateness in language use; ambiguity and semantic change.
210g Introduction to Linguistics (4, FaSp) Empirical study of the sounds and structures of human language; syntax and semantics; language change; linguistic universals.
222 Arabic III (4, Fa) Continuation of 152. Reading of selections from Arabic newspapers and current prose, continued study of grammar for reading comprehension. Lecture and classroom drill. Prerequisite: LING 152.
252 Arabic IV (4, Sp) Reading of modern Arabic authors, review of grammar, composition, collateral reading. Prerequisite: LING 222.
280g Script and Culture: The Western Tradition (4) Examination of the origin and development of writing in its cultural context, focusing upon Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine, Greece, Rome, India and Western Europe.
315g Language, Society, and Culture (4, FaSp) Interrelationships of language and culture; the patterned covariation between language and society; social meaning; conversational analysis.
375 Sociolinguistics (4, 2 years, Sp) Linguistic and cultural pluralism in the U.S.; distributional and structural characteristics of selected urban and minority dialects; the relationship between dialects and "media standard." Prerequisite: LING 210.
380g Languages of the World (4, Fa) Introduction to the world's linguistic diversity; number of languages spoken and where; grammatical structure and social function of selected languages.
390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
395g Child Language Acquisition (4, Fa) Universal characteristics of child language; stages of acquisition of phonology, syntax, semantics; processes and dimensions of development; psychological mechanisms; communicative styles.
396 Second Language Acquisition (4, Sp) Theories of second language acquisition in children and adults; comparison of first and second language acquisition including psychological, social, and individual factors. Prerequisite: LING 210.
401ab Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology (a: 4, Fa; b: 4, Sp) a: A survey of topics in phonetics, phonology and morphology. Prerequisite: LING 210. b: A continuation of LING 401a. Prerequisite: LING 401a.
402ab Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics (a: 4, Fa; b: 4, Sp) a: A survey of topics in syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Prerequisite: LING 210. b: A continuation of LING 402a. Prerequisite: LING 402a.
406 Linguistic Structure of English (3) An overview of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic structures of English as they relate to the theoretical literature on language acquisition. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
408 Psycholinguistics (4, Sp) (Enroll in PSYC 406)
411x Linguistics and Education (4, FaSpSm) Practical classroom approaches to children's language; relationships between writing, reading, and speaking; social and regional dialects; traditional, structural, and generative-transformational grammars. Not available for major or minor credit.
412 Linguistic Interpretation of the Law (4, 2 years, Sp) Principles of semantics; analysis of speech acts including informing, promising, threatening, warning; linguistic analysis of consumer contracts and advertisements; readability studies.
415 Phonetics (4) Principles of articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Prerequisite: LING 210.
466 Word and Phrase Origins (4) Introduction to historical-comparative word study; history of ideas concerning language relationships; types of semantic change; hidden metaphors in English word-stock.
480 Linguistic Structures (4, Fa or Sp) Analysis of grammatical structures of an individual language. Prerequisite: LING 401b and LING 402b.
485 Field Methodology (4) Elicitation techniques and methodological principles; recording and analysis of phonological, syntactic, and semantic structures; practical approaches to procedures used in urban, rural, and "primitive" settings. Prerequisite: LING 301, LING 302.
490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
497x Honors Thesis (4, Fa or Sp) Writing of the honors thesis. Registration is restricted to honors students.
499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Investigation of selected topics in linguistics.
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