LING-513 Sociolinguistics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
Students will develop an understanding for Sociolinguistics and be able to use principles of ethnography for classroom needs assessment. The course is taught in collaborative teams; at various stages, students are responsible for readings, lectures, and teaching their peers. Sociolinguistics begins with an overview of “classic” Sociolinguistics (e.g., language and dialect, pidgins and creoles, diglossia and multilingualism, social stratification, language and gender, language change, mainenance and death, etc.). Following that, the course focuses on ethnography (participant observation, domains and semantic relationships, multiculturalism in the classroom, the ethnographic interview, etc.), and in particular, the application of ethnographic observation principles to second language teaching.
Note: MA TESOL course
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LING-555 Historical and Comparative Linguistics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
This course introduces students to language change. It considers how and why languages change and the role of language contact. It also presents different theories and methodologies useful for historical and comparative linguistic investigation. Through a series of guided assignments, students will investigate a number of related existing languages from a non-Indo-European language family and reconstruct significant elements of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of the proto-language.
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LING-566 Principles of Sociolinguistic Survey |
3 Sem. Hours |
Summer |
This course introduces the students to the rudiments of linguistic and sociolinguistic survey. The focus is on purpose-driven language survey design and appropriate subsequent reporting of the findings. Consideration is given to current issues in social science research such as the ethics of sampling, and statistical significance of sample populations.
Co-requisites:
LING 210 Language and Society
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
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LING-570 Language and Culture Acquisition |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
This course introduces students to theories of second language and second culture acquisition. Students develop and evaluate self-directed strategies based on personal learning styles. Practical experience in the above topics is gained by working with a speaker of a non-Indo-European language.
NB: LING 560 and 580 are recommended in the same semester.
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LING-576 Acoustic Phonetics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
This course introduces students to fundamental principles of acoustics that are relevant to the study of human speech sounds. Students will gain a basic understanding of properties of speech sound waves and learn how to investigate these properties instrumentally using acoustic analysis software. There will be extensive practice interpreting acoustic displays such as waveform graphs, fundamental frequency graphs, and spectrograms. A major focus of the course is the effective use of these displays as an aid to correctly transcribing speech sounds and understanding their phonetic properties in the context of descriptive phonetic and/or phonological fieldwork. Significant attention is also given to the complex interrelationships among acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual correlates of speech sounds.
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LING-581 Anthropological Linguistics: Ethnography |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
This course introduces crucial concepts in anthropology and ethnography to linguists. It focuses on cross-cultural communication with an emphasis on participant observation as an effective methodology for such research. Students will collect and analyze data related to topics such as oral traditions, kinship, and social structure. They will be introduced to various tools for ethno-semantic analysis, including analysis of cultural themes and worldview, semantic domain analysis, and taxonomic analysis. Pre-requisite: LING 210 Language and Society or equivalent introduction to sociolinguistics.
Prerequisites:
LING 210 Language and Society
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LING-582 Issues in Community Literacy |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
The issues in community literacy work that are covered in this course include various program issues such as introducing literacy in an oral community, motivation for literacy, capacity building and sustainability, training of personnel and evaluation of the program, and using participatory approaches in all aspects of the program.
Prerequisite:
LING-LIN 584 Principles of Literacy
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LING-582 OL Issues in Community Literacy |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
The issues in community literacy work that are covered in this course include various program issues such as introducing literacy in an oral community, motivation for literacy, capacity building and sustainability, training of personnel and evaluation of the program, and using participatory approaches in all aspects of the program.
Offered online by request only.
Prerequisite:
LING-LIN 584 Principles of Literacy
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LING-583 Language Programs Design & Management |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
This course covers principles involved in the introduction of literacy to ethno-linguistic minority groups. It includes orthography design, consideration of socio-historical issues, strategies for literacy programs, stimulation of local authorship, reading theory and instructional methodologies, and a literacy tutorial practicum. Under certain conditions a term paper may be substituted for the practicum.
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LING-583 Language Programs Design & Management – ONLINE VERSION |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
This course investigates the sociolinguistic and background factors upon which a language development program for speakers of vernacular languages may be based. Students learn to work with local people and agencies in designing and implementing a program to effectively meet the needs of specific language groups.
Prerequisites:
LING 210 Language and Society
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LING-584 OL Principles of Literacy |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
This online course covers principles involved in the introduction of literacy to ethno-linguistic minority groups. It includes orthography design, consideration of socio-historical issues, strategies for literacy programs, stimulation of local authorship, reading theory and instructional methodologies, and a literacy tutorial practicum. Under certain conditions a term paper may be substituted for the practicum.
Prerequisites:
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
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LING-584 Principles of Literacy |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
This course covers principles involved in the introduction of literacy to ethno-linguistic minority groups. It includes orthography design, consideration of socio-historical issues, strategies for literacy programs, stimulation of local authorship, reading theory and instructional methodologies, and a literacy tutorial practicum. Under certain conditions a term paper may be substituted for the practicum.
Prerequisites:
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
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LING-585 Principles of Translation |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring, Summer |
This course covers the process of translating from a source language to a target language. Students will develop skill in understanding a message as originally communicated in one language and cultural setting, and in communicating essentially that message in a very different language and culture. Discussion includes source language, target language, and cross-language transfer, with particular attention to the translation of Scripture.
Prerequisites:
LING-LIN 570 Language and Culture Acquisition
LING-LIN 580 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis
LING-LIN 593 OL Semantics and Pragmatics
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LING-587 Lexicography |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
This course provides a theoretical and practical basis for analyzing the semantics of the lexicon, managing a lexical database and producing dictionaries for a variety of audiences including the local community, translators and linguists.
Prerequisites:
LING-LIN 580 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis
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LING-588 Literacy Materials Development |
3 Sem Hours |
Spring |
This course teaches students how to prepare basic pedagogical materials and early readers in languages that may not have a long written tradition. Special emphasis is given to teaching techniques for involving the local language community in the production of these materials.
Prerequisite:
LING-LIN 584 Principles of Literacy
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LING-588 OL Literacy Materials Development |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
This online course teaches students how to prepare basic pedagogical materials and early readers in languages that may not have a long written tradition. Special emphasis is given to teaching techniques for involving the local language community in the production of these materials.
Offered online by request only.
Prerequisite:
LING-LIN 584 Principles of Literacy
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LING-593 Semantics and Pragmatics – ONLINE ONLY |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring |
This course provides students with the theoretical tools with which to study meaning at the word and sentence levels, and to explain how people interpret utterances in context. Students will study various models of semantics and pragmatics, and learn how to apply different approaches to the study of meaning in natural language.
This is course is only offered in ONLINE format.
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LING-599 Philosophical Perspectives in Linguistics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
This course will examine the philosophical basis of human language and communication, with special attention to issues relating to semantics, discourse, lexicon, metaphor, and translation–all the areas that deal with meaning creation. There will be a critical review of some major schools of thought within philosophy of language and hermeneutics. These will be examined in light of current insights in textlinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and integrational linguistics.
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LING-611 Applied Phonology for TESOL |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
This course examines a wide range of more advanced applications for phonological and phonetic frameworks. In addition to methods for teaching and integrating pronunciation in language teaching for several learner populations, from basic articulation training to discourse level pronunciation instruction, students study relevant techniques from a number of academic disciplines which deal with relationships between speech, voice, body movement, and emotion.
Note: MA TESOL course
Prerequisites:
LING-310 Articulatory Phonetics
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LING-612 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
This course provides an introduction to research design in the field of second language (SL) acquisition and teaching. The course will be offered in four modules each focusing on a particular aspect of second language research. They cover topics such as the development of research questions and the generation of hypotheses, defining/describing variables, concepts such as validity and reliability, data collection procedures, data coding and analysis and basic statistical concepts. Qualitative/descriptive and quantitative research designs will both be discussed and contextualized as a function of research questions. There will be hands on practice with the interpretation of research results. Once the essential components of a range of different methods are grasped, students prepare a detailed Action research design.
Note: MA TESOL course
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LING-650 Survey of Linguistic Theories |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
This course introduces students to a wide range of linguistic theories. Students read and discuss original works written from various perspectives and gain in the process a clearer appreciation for the range of views that exist concerning the nature of human language and its syntactic, semantic, phonological, and discourse properties.
Prerequisites:
LING-LIN 560 Morphosyntax II
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LING-660 Topics in Morphology & Syntax |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
An article based course providing an in-depth exploration of current issues in the linguistic subfields of Morphology and Syntax. The types of topics addressed include: wordhood, clitics, grammatical relations, voice, valence, transitivity, noun incorporation, control constructions, raising, reflexivity & reciprocalization, complementation, evidentiality, secondary predication, and iconicity & economy. Students apply the acquired knowledge in producing a major paper.
Prerequisites:
LING-LIN 560 Morphosyntax II
Note: Online
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LING-688 Tone Analysis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
This course introduces students to a methodology for tone analysis, focusing on the analysis of one field language and incorporating the insights of current theoretical approaches. They will also learn how to apply insights from the analysis of a tone system to developing practical orthographies.
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LING-691 Discourse Analysis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring |
This course focuses on the question of how speakers of a given language effectively accomplish their communicative goals through the strategic use and shaping of language in both written and oral discourse. Students learn to identify different discourse genres, to chart texts for analysis, to discern hierarchical units within the macrostructure of a text, and to describe features of cohesion and participant reference, as well as identifying strategies in language for establishing the relative prominence of various streams of information. Special attention is paid to the interaction between alternate syntactic forms and their varying pragmatic functions in context.
Prerequisites:
LING-LIN 580 Field Methods
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LING-695 Topics in Linguistics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring |
This course exposes students to a wide variety of literature in the field of tone theory. There is a strong emphasis on reading and understanding foundational material in the discipline as well as becoming acquainted with some of the more recent literature.
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