Jonathan Barnes
Associate Professor of Linguistics
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BA, Columbia University
MA and PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include phonetics, phonology, prosody and intonation, speech perception, language change, Slavic, Turkic, and Uralic languages.
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Courses
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Fall 2010
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Course number
with link to course Web site
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Course title
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| CAS LX 250 |
Foundations of Language
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A1 |
Barnes
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Introduction to linguistics. Study of the fundamental properties that all languages share, and of how languages differ, with respect to structure (sound system, word formation, syntax), expression of meaning, acquisition, variation, and change; cultural and artistic uses of languages; comparison of oral, written, and signed languages.
[No prerequisites.] |
| S1 |
Barnes
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F |
9-10 |
TBA
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| S2 |
Barnes
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F |
10-11 |
TBA
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| S3 |
Barnes
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F |
11-12 |
TBA
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| S4 |
Barnes
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F |
12-1 |
TBA
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| S5 |
Barnes
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F |
1-2 |
TBA
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- CAS LX 250 satisfies the Humanities Divisional Studies course requirement.
- Students signing up for CAS LX 250 A1 should also sign up for one of the discussion sections (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, or S6).
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| CAS LX 535 |
Historical and Comparative Linguistics
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A1 |
Barnes
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TR |
11-12:30 |
TBA
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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 or equivalent.] |
Spring 2011
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| CAS LX 500 |
Topics in Linguistics: Prosody
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A1 |
Barnes
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TR |
11-12:30 |
TBA
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[Description for Spring 2011] TBA
[Prereq: CAS LX 250 Foundations of Language] |
| CAS LX 510 |
Phonetics
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A1 |
Barnes
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TR |
2-3:30 |
TBA
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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 or equivalent.] |
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