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CAS LX 500 | Topics in Linguistics: The Evolution of Language | A1 | Erker | TR | 11-12:30 | KCB 104 | |
Examines the evolution of the language faculty in the human species. Compares and contrasts language with other forms of animal communication. Explores and evaluates findings and claims from paleontology, biology, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive science. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor] | |||||||
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CAS LX 504 | Topics in Pragmatics | web | A1 | Alrenga | M | 4-7 | CAS 114A |
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 | MWF | 10-11 | CAS 316 |
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 | web | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 3:30-5 | CAS B18A |
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 LX 535 | Historical and Comparative Linguistics | web | A1 | Barnes | MWF | 12-1 | KCB 107 |
Introduction to language change and the methodology of historical linguistic analysis, using data from a wide array of languages. Investigates genetic relatedness among languages, language comparison, historical reconstruction, and patterns and principles of change in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
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CAS LX 540 | Acquisition of Syntax | web | A1 | Hagstrom | TR | 12:30-2 | KCB 103 |
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 development of syntactic structure, verb movement, finiteness, null subjects, binding, and questions. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.] | |||||||
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CAS LS 505 | Topics in Spanish Linguistics: The Sounds of Spanish | A1 | Erker | TR | 3:30-5 | CAS 324 | |
(Conducted in Spanish) Introduction to Spanish phonetics and phonology. Covers articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics, focusing on techniques for visualizing speech sounds. Examines the phonemic inventory and phonological organization of Spanish from several perspectives, including generative and articulatory phonology as well as sociolinguistics. [Prereq: One CAS LS 300-level course and CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics] | |||||||
Syllabus [This is a topics course, and can be taken more than once for credit, with different topic.] This course can substitute for CAS LS 504 History of the Spanish language for satisfaction of requirements for both the Spanish and the Spanish & Linguistics majorss, and it can also fulfill Elective requirements in both; it can also satisfy the Linguistics major requirement for a course in the linguistic analysis of a specific language. |