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CAS LX 500 | Topics in Linguistics: Universals of Language | web | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 12:30-2 | KCB 104 |
Survey of a range of characteristics that differentiate possible from impossible human languages, which inform modern understanding of the human language capacity. Discussion will center on readings presenting different perspectives on issues of typology, modalities, acquisition, variation, change, and creolization. [Prereq: CAS LX 250] | |||||||
CAS LX 504 | Topics in Pragmatics | web | A1 | Alrenga | M | 4-7 | KCB 104 |
Covers the main areas of linguistic pragmatics, the study of language use and the relation between meaning and context. We will study pragmatic phenomena such as presuppositions, implicatures, anaphora, and focus, from the perspective of linguistic semantics. [Prereq: CAS LX 502 Semantics I or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
CAS LX 510 | Phonetics | web | A1 | Barnes | TR | 9:30-11 | KCB 107 |
Introduction to phonetic and phonological theory at an elementary level. Transcription and production of sounds, International Phonetic Alphabet, the anatomy and physiology of speech, speech acoustics, phonological rules, analysis of data from a variety of languages. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
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CAS LX 522 | Syntax I | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 3:30-5 | COM 217 | |
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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CAS LF 503 | The Structure of French: Phonology | web | A1 | Neidle | TR | 11-12:30 | KCB 104 |
(Conducted in French)
The sound system of standard French, with exploration of dialect variation in France, Canada, and other Francophone regions of the world. Questions about mental representation of linguistic information, processes of word formation, and language variation and change. Students discover linguistic regularities through frequent problem sets.
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