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Carol Neidle

Professor of Linguistics and French
Head of the Linguistics section

Email: carol@bu.edu
Web: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/carol.html
Office phone: 617-353-6218
Fax: 617-353-6218
Office number: 101
Office address: 621 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Office hours: For Spring 2008: M 10:30-12; TR 2:15-3.


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BA, Yale College
MA, Middlebury College
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Neidle is the Director of the American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project (ASLLRP). Funding from the NSF supports linguistic research on the syntactic structure of ASL, development of computational tools (including SignStream, a MacOS application) to facilitate analysis of signed language and gesture, and collaborative research with computer scientists interested in the problem of sign language recognition. Through our National Center for Sign Language and Gesture Resources, several different types of experimental resources and analyzed data are made publicly available.

Her publications include The Syntax of American Sign Language: Functional Categories and Hierarchical Structure (MIT Press) and The Role of Case in Russian Syntax (Dordrecht: Kluwer).

Professor Neidle coordinates the undergraduate Linguistics Program.

Courses

Spring 2008
Course number
with link to course Web site 		Course title
with link to course description 		Sec Instructor Days Time Room
CAS LX 250 Foundations of Language A1

Neidle

 TR 11-12:30 LSE B01
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

Neidle

 F 9-10 CAS B06A
S2

Neidle

 F 10-11 CAS B06A
S3

Neidle

 F 11-12 CAS B06A
S4

Neidle

 F 12-1 CAS B06A
S5

Neidle

 F 1-2 CAS B06A
S6

Neidle

 F 2-3 CAS B06A
  • 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).

Fall 2008
Course number
with link to course Web site 		Course title
with link to course description 		Sec Instructor Days Time Room
CAS LF 500 French Phonetics A1waitlist

Neidle

 TR 11-12:30 TBA
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(Conducted in French) Students work to improve their own pronunciation through study of the distribution and articulation of French sounds, liaison, "mute e" and intonation. Written exercises and phonetic transcription reinforce theoretical points. An individualized program of language lab exercises is designed for each student on the basis of a diagnostic test. Regular pronunciation exercises include memorization of short dialogs and poetry readings.
    Required texts (ordered through Schoenhof's):
    (1) Carduner et Hagiwara, D'Accord - La Prononciation du français internationale: Acquisition et perfectionnement, ISBN-10: 0471097292; ISBN-13: 978-0471097297.
    (2) Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal.
    (3) Ionesco, La cantatrice chauve et La leçon.
[(Fall 2008) CAS LF 304 or equivalent.]

Spring 2009
Course number
with link to course Web site 		Course title
with link to course description 		Sec Instructor Days Time Room
CAS LX 250 Foundations of Language A1

Neidle

 TR 11-12:30 TBA
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

Neidle

 F 9 TBA
S2

Neidle

 F 10 TBA
S3

Neidle

 F 11 TBA
S4

Neidle

 F 12 TBA
S5

Neidle

 F 1 TBA
S6

Neidle

 F 2 TBA
  • 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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