LING -- Linguistics

LING 410 Grammar and Meaning (3) Prerequisite: LING 312. The basic notions of semantic theory: reference, quantification, scope relations, compositionality, thematic relations, tense and time, etc. The role these notions play in grammars of natural languages. Properties of logical form and relationship with syntax.

LING 411 Comparative Syntax (3) Prerequisite: LING 312. Comparison of data from a variety of languages with respect to some aspect of current versions of syntactic theory in order to investigate how parameters of universal grammar are fixed differently in different languages. Attempts to work out fragments of grammars for some languages.

LING 419 Topics in Syntax (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LING 420 Word Formation (3) Prerequisite: LING 322. Definition of shape and meaning of possible words, both across languages and within particular languages. Interaction between principles of word formation and other components of a grammar: syntax, logical form and phonology.

LING 421 Advanced Phonology (3) Prerequisite: LING 322. Topics in current phonological theory, as they relate to data from the sound systems of various languages. Segmental and prosodic analysis. Discussion of autosegmental theory, metrical theory, etc.

LING 429 Topics in Phonology (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LING 430 Language Change (3) Prerequisite: LING 240. Changes in grammars from generation to generation. Consequences for the theory of grammars. Traditional work on historical change.

LING 439 Topics in Diachronic Linguistics (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LING 440 Grammars and Cognition (3) Relationship between the structure, development and functioning of grammars and the structure, development and functioning of other mental systems. Interpretations of experimental and observational work on children's language, aphasia, speech production and comprehension.

LING 444 Child Language (3) Prerequisite: LING 200 or LING 240. Examines children's language development from the perspective of Chomsky's 'Universal Grammar'. Parts of children's knowledge which are innate, and parts which are learned from the environment. This issue will motivate discussion of a variety of topics including children's knowledge of the lexicon and word meaning, grammatical structure, and semantics.

LING 451 Grammars and Variation (3) Prerequisite: LING 311. Grammars and the use of language in a variety of styles: formal, casual, literary, etc. Consequences for concepts of grammars. Variation theory. Literary styles.

LING 453 Mathematical Approaches to Language (3) Prerequisite: LING 312. The aspects of mathematics used in linguistic discussions: recursion theory, Chomsky's hierarchy of grammars, set theory, Boolean algebra, finite state grammars, context-free grammars, etc. Applications to theories of grammars. Formalizations of grammatical theories.

LING 455 Second Language Learning (3) Relationship between theories of grammars, first language acquisition by children and the learning of second languages by adults.

LING 487 Computer Science for Cognitive Studies (3) Also offered as PHIL 487. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: LING 487 or PHIL 487. List processing and discrete mathematics. Preparation for the study of artificial intelligence and other mathematicaly oriented branches of cognitive studies. Intended for students of linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. LISP computer language, graphs and trees, the concept of computational complexity, search algorithms.

LING 499 Directed Studies in Linguistics (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Independent study or research on language under the supervision of a faculty member.

LING 610 Syntactic Theory (3) Prerequisite: LING 312. Relationship between syntax and elements of logical form: reference, quantification, scope relations, compositionality, tense and time, etc.

LING 611 Issues in Syntax (3) Prerequisite: LING 610. Topics of current theoretical interest examined through data from a variety of languages.

LING 620 Phonological Theory (3) Prerequisite: LING 322. Topics in current phonological theory, as they relate to data from various languages. Segmental and prosodic analysis. Autosegmental theory, metrical theory, etc.

LING 621 Issues in Phonology (3) Prerequisite: LING 620. Topics of current interest in phonological theory examined through data from several languages.

LING 625 Morphology and the Lexicon (3) The structure of words and investigation of how word formation processes interact with other components of grammar.

LING 630 Diachronic Linguistics (3) The ways in which grammars may change from generation to generation and the relevance of such changes for theories of the human linguistic capacity. Consideration of traditional work on historical change.

LING 640 Sentence Processing (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Experimental evaluation of models of sentence processing. A survey course to review relevant literature and current trends in the psychology of sentence processing.

LING 641 Research Methods in Generative Psycholinguistics (3) Prerequisite: PSYC 200 or equivalent. Recommended: LING 640. Current research and statistical analysis used in generative psycholinguistics. Central issues in experimental methodology in language acquisition and language processing studies.

LING 644 Language Acquisition (3) Prerequisite: LING 640. Interpretations of observational and experimental work on children's language development, and relationship between developmental stages and theories of human language faculties.

LING 645 Introduction to Computational Linguistics (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Also offered as CMSC 723. Survey of computational work in natural language processing. How does a computer model language understand? The course will deal solely with textual input - speech recognition will not be included.

LING 650 History of Linguistics (3) Prerequisite: LING 312. Different ways in which people have thought about language. Cartesian and neogrammarian theories. Development of the generative research program.

LING 658 History of a Language (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Detailed examination of the history of a single language or language family.

LING 659 Structure of a Language (3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Detailed examination of a particular language, which may vary from year to year.

LING 660 Introduction to Semantics (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Basic concepts and methods of contemporary semantic theory including basic set theory, elementary propositional and predicate calculus, the structure of predicates and propositions, quantification binding. Prepares students for study of more advanced topics in semantics.

LING 689 Independent Study (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. For LING majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Independent studies in grammatical theory.

LING 698 Directed Study (1-3) Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LING 798 Research Papers in Linguistics (1-6) Prerequisites: LING 611 and LING 621. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LING 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)

LING 819 Seminar in Syntactic Theory (3) Prerequisite: LING 611. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Current topics in syntactic research.

LING 829 Seminar in Phonological Theory (3) Prerequisite: LING 621. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Current topics in research on phonology and morphology.

LING 839 Seminar in Language Change (3) Prerequisite: LING 630. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Topics in work on historical change in language.

LING 848 Seminar in Computational Linguistics (3) Prerequisite: LING 645 or permission of instructor. Current topics in research in computational linguistics.

LING 849 Seminar in Psycholinguistics (3) Prerequisite: LING 640. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Topics in the psychology of language: child language, aphasia, language processing.

LING 889 Directed Research (1-8)

LING 895 Doctoral Research Paper (6)

LING 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8)