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| Course number | Course title | Section | Instructor | Days | Time | Room | |
| CAS LX 500 | Topics in Linguistics: Language Acquisition | web | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 3:30-5 | KCB 107 |
| A general introduction to the study of first and second language acquisition within the framework of generative grammar, focused on the development of syntax. Topics include: the status and development of functional categories, verb-movement, finiteness, null subjects, binding, and questions. [Prereq: CAS LX 522 Syntax I] | |||||||
| CAS LX 500 | Topics in Linguistics: Mood and Modality | B1 | Zabbal | TR | 9:30-11 | SCI 113 | |
| Modality expresses the possibility or necessity of a situation: 'John may/must be at home.' This course investigates types of modality and ways in which modality is encoded in the grammar in mood and modal systems across languages. [Prereq: CAS LX 250.] | |||||||
| CAS LX 502 | Semantics I | web | A1 | Zabbal | TR | 2:00-3:30 | GCB 209 |
| Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. In this course, we will examine meaning from a variety of perspectives, including: how it is encoded in words and sentences, how native speakers interpret language, and how truth and falsehood can emerge from the complexity of the grammar. We will also touch on various aspects of pragmatics - the function of meaning in a communicative setting. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
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| CAS LX 513 | Phonology | A1 | Barnes | TR | 11-12:30 | KCB 103 | |
| Introduction to the sound system of language. Study and analysis of physical and mental aspects of sound production in speech and the system in which sounds are organized. Phonological rules, processes, and universals are examined through consideration of various languages. [Prereq: CAS LX 510 Phonetics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
| CAS LX 522 | Syntax I | web | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 12:30-2 | KCB 107 |
| Introduction to the logical structure and organization of language, and to generative theory. Application of principles of syntactic analysis to students' own and other languages through data-oriented problems from different language types. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
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| Related courses at BU | |||||||
| Course number | Course title | Section | Instructor | Days | Time | Room | |
| CAS LF 500 | A1 | Neidle | TR | 11-12:30 | CAS 318 | ||
| [Prereq: CAS LF 304 or equivalent.] | |||||||