Linguistics (LING)
English Department
326 General Linguistics (3:3:0). Introduction to
general linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax.
507 Field Work in Applied Linguistics
(3:0:0). Prerequisite: LING 326, 520, 521, or
582. Contact the English Department one semester prior to enrollment. Field
work provides experience working in a language-teaching
program or an educational research organization.
520 Descriptive Linguistics (3:3:0). Introduction to
the terminology and methodology of modern linguistic
science and a detailed structural analysis of English
phonology, morphology, and syntax.
521 Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as a
Second Language (3:3:0). Prerequisite: LING 520, 690, or
786. Theories and basic principles of the teaching of a
second language, especially as they relate to the English
language, introducing students to methods of teaching English
to speakers of other languages.
522 Modern English Grammar (3:3:0). Prerequisite:
One course in linguistics or permission of instructor.
Overview of the structure of modern English beginning with
word classes and ending with analyses of complex sentences.
Most topics are introduced as problems of language
description; in solving them, principles of syntactic argumentation
are demonstrated as well. Students learn to tap their own
intuitions about English to analyze grammatical structure.
523 Descriptive Aspects of English Phonetics and
Phonology (3:3:0). An in-depth description and analysis of
the sound system processes of modern English.
Segmental phonetics, syllable structure, connected speech, and
prosodic phenomena are among the topics. Implications
for language instruction are also addressed.
581 Psycholinguistics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: LING
520, 690, or 786, or permission of instructor. Study of
mental and psychological aspects of human language,
including aphasia, association, autism, language acquisition,
verbal concept formation, and perception.
582 Second Language Acquisition (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: LING 520, 690, or 786, or permission of instructor.
Second language (L2) acquisition examined from a
linguistic perspective. First and second language acquisition are
compared, and factors contributing to L2 variation are
explored, including linguistic universals, transfer, age, input,
and affective considerations.
686 Special Topics in Linguistics
(3:3:0). Prerequisite: Varies with
topic. Detailed advanced study of selected
area of linguistics. Content varies. May be repeated once
for credit with permission of department.
690 Generative Phonology (3:3:0). Sound systems
of English and other languages from the perspective of
phonological theory. Topics include articulatory
phonetics, distinctive features, the nature of phonological
representations and processes, rule ordering, abstractness, the role
of external evidence, and nonlinear phonology.
691 Theories of Language (3:3:0). Prerequisite:
LING520, 690, or 786, or permission of
instructor. A seminar course in linguistic metatheory. A wide range of theories
about language and about linguistic theory are examined,
including those of Saussure, Bloomfield, Chomsky, and others.
Readings from original sources.
692 Phonology II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: LING
690. Recent trends in phonological theory. Topics include stress
assignment, tone spreading, and vowel harmony, from within
a nonlinear framework. Segmental structure and
underspecification are discussed.
785 Semantics and Pragmatics (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: LING 520, 690, or 786, or permission of
instructor. Developments in theoretical linguistics that explore how language form
is related to meaning and context. Topics include
reference, lexical semantics, logic, quantification, truth conditions
and sentential meaning, presuppositions, and speech acts.
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