Courses
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Fall 2009
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| CAS LX 500 |
Topics in Linguistics: Focus
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A1 |
Hagstrom
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TR |
3:30-5:00 |
KCB 201
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[Description for Fall 2009] Exploration of linguistic focus from several perspectives.
Developing a theoretical understanding of how languages
signal focus through syntax and intonation, and how focus
interacts with semantics and pragmatics, we examine how
diverse aspects of language knowledge interact as a system.
[Prereq: CAS LX 250 Foundations of Language] |
| CAS LX 522 |
Syntax I
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A1 |
Hagstrom
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TR |
12:30-2 |
KCB 107
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Part one of a two-semester sequence. Introduction to the logical structure and organization of language, and to Chomskyan 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 or equivalent.] |
Spring 2010
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Time |
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| CAS LX 500 |
Topics in Linguistics: Language Acquisition
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A1 |
Hagstrom
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TR |
2-3:30 |
TBA
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[Description for Spring 2010] A general introduction to theoretical study of first and second
language acquisition, focusing mainly on the development
of syntax. Topics will include tense and agreement, word order,
and constraints on pronoun use, as well as lexical semantics
and discourse constraints.
[Prereq: CAS LX 250 Foundations of Language] |
| CAS LX 523 |
Syntax II
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A1 |
Hagstrom
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M |
4-7 |
TBA
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Study of recent developments in syntactic theory, including the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar (the Minimalist Program, Antisymmetry) and certain other generative approaches (including Optimality Theory). This course builds on the background from established in LX 522 and provides an introduction to current issues in the field and proposals from the current theoretical linguistics literature.
[Prereq: CAS LX 522 or equivalent.] |
Fall 2010
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with link to course Web site
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with link to course description
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Time |
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| CAS LX 522 |
Syntax I
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A1 |
Hagstrom
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TR |
3:30-5 |
TBA
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Part one of a two-semester sequence. Introduction to the logical structure and organization of language, and to Chomskyan 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 or equivalent.] |
