LING 4015/6015

Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Credit Hours:
3

Examination of the connection between language, race, and ethnicity in the United States. Study of the origins of current ethnolects in the United States, linguistic ideologies that shape attitudes towards them, and structural factors that affect their current patterns and possible future change.

Prerequisites:
LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

SPAN(LING) 4750

Spanish Syntax
Credit Hours:
3

A description and formal linguistic analysis of the major syntactic structures in Spanish, including, but not limited to, the interfaces with morphology and semantics. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites:
SPAN(LING) 3050
Level:
Undergraduate

LING 4720/6720

Language Typology and Linguistic Universals
Credit Hours:
3

Introduction to language typology, which categorizes language according to distinct structural features. Methods for compiling unbiased samples and defining comparable categories across languages as the foundation for identifying typological universals (correlations and limitations on the co-occurrence of linguistic structures), with the goal of understanding why such universals exist in language.

Prerequisites:
LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

(SPAN)LING 4550

Introduction to the History of Spanish
Credit Hours:
3

An introduction to the historical events that shaped the development of Spanish from Latin and the resulting linguistic evolution, including phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, and semantic changes. Given in Spanish.

Prerequisites:
SPAN(LING) 3050
Level:
Undergraduate

Spring 2021

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