| LIN-571 Training Across Cultures |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
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This course cannot be used as an elective to the MA Linguistics degree program without the permission of your program advisor.
This course provides linguists, translators and literacy trainers with principles of adult learning to increase their knowledge, skills and attitudes as effective trainers of adults in cross-cultural settings. Students will interact with literature in adult education; describe how these principles might apply cross-culturally; practice teaching using these methods; then analyze and compare approaches used in other cultures with practical application to training across cultures. While the focus is for training linguists, the principles can be applied to training adults in a wide variety of training situations.
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| LING-210 Language and Society |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
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This course focuses on the interaction between language and the social context within which it is used. Topics include: regional and social dialects; multilingualism; language attitudes and their impact on national and personal identity; linguistic politeness; the maintenance, shift, loss, and spread of languages; and the impact of modern technology. Applications to gender and education are explored in depth.
This course can alternatively be taken in an online format. Refer to Language and Society ONLINE.
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| LING-210 Language and Society – ONLINE VERSION |
3 Sem. Hours |
OL, Intersession |
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This online course focuses on the interaction between language and the social context within which it is used. Topics include: regional and social dialects; multilingualism; language attitudes and their impact on national and personal identity; linguistic politeness; the maintenance, shift, loss, and spread of languages; and the impact of modern technology. Applications to gender and education are explored in depth.
Offered online during intersession in May-June. This course can alternatively be taken in the standard classroom format which has more frequent semester offerings.
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| LING-310 Articulatory Phonetics |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
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This course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to the broad range of human speech sounds that are found in the languages of the world. Through practice inside and outside of the classroom, students will learn to recognize and produce the various sounds, transcribe them with phonetic symbols, and describe how they are produced. Attention will also be given to other phonetic details such as tone, intonation, stress, and duration.
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| LING-330 Phonological Analysis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
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Theory of language sound systems, principles of analysis of sound systems, and principles of forming an orthography. Opportunity will be given to apply these principles to a wide range of natural language data.
Co-requisites:
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
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| LING-360 Morphosyntax I |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
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This course deals with theories of grammar and principles of language analysis: morphology, syntax, stems, words, phrases and sentences. Problem solving with data from a variety of languages is a major part of the course.
Co-requisites:
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
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| LING-460 Morphosyntax II |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer |
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This course explores the rich variety of syntactic and semantic structures found in human language, deepening the students’ understanding of syntactic phenomena addressed in the prerequisite course (360). The topics are examined within the framework of a current theory of Syntax.
Prerequisites:
LING 210 Language and Society
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
LING 360 Morphosyntax I
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| LING-470 Language and Culture Acquisition: Theory & Praxis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall |
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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: When taken in Fall term, LING 460 and 480 are also recommended.
This course is not normally offered during the summer. If you need this course during summer session, please let us know and we will determine if there is enough demand.
Prerequisites:
LING 360 Grammatical Analysis
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 210 Language and Society
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| LING-480 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring |
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Practical methodology for managing, analyzing and describing language data. Working with a native speaker of a non-Indo-European language, students gain experience in the ethics of fieldwork, techniques of data collection and recording, analysis using the scientific method and the use of linguistic software. NB: LING 460 is recommended in same semester.
Prerequisites:
LING 360 Grammatical Analysis
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 210 Language and Society
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| LING-481 Anthropological Linguistics: Ethnography |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
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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.
Prerequisites:
LING 210 Language and Society
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| LING-483 Language Programs Design & Management |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring |
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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-483 Language Programs Design & Management – ONLINE VERSION |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Summer, OL |
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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-485 Principles of Translation |
3 Sem. Hours |
Spring, Summer |
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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 470 Language and Culture Acquisition: Theory & Praxis
LING 480 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis
LING 493 OL Semantics and Pragmatics
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| LING-491 Discourse Analysis |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring |
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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.
Please note that LING 361 and LING 362 can be used as a prerequisite instead of LING 360 Grammatical Analysis.
Prerequisites:
LING 360 Grammatical Analysis
LING 330 Phonological Analysis
LING 310 Articulatory Phonetics
LING 480 Field Methods
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| LING-493 Semantics and Pragmatics – ONLINE ONLY |
3 Sem. Hours |
Fall, Spring, OL |
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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 course is only offered in ONLINE format.
Prerequisites:
LING 360 Morphosyntax I
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