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LING (ENGL) 4826

Style: Language, Genre, Cognition
Credit Hours:
3

Study of the patterns of literary style, including language and literary stylistics, genre, and cognition and perception.

Prerequisites:
Two 2000-level ENGL courses or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 3000-level ENGL course) or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 2000-level CMLT course)
Semester Offered:
Irregularly
Level:

LING 4540/6540

Grammar Formalisms
Credit Hours:
3

Introduction to grammar formalisms as applied in computational linguistics. This course is open to graduate students with no prior background in linguistics.

Prerequisites:
LING 2100 or LING 2100E or LING 2100H
Semester Offered:
Irregularly

LING 4410/6410

Experimental Methods in Linguistics
Credit Hours:
3

Introduction to experimental methods in linguistics, including experimental design and stimulus creation. Methods include informal vs. formal acceptability judgments, psycholinguistic methods, and neurolinguistic techniques. Students will develop and run in-class behavioral experiments in small groups. This will include formulating hypotheses, designing stimuli, running participants, and analyzing and reporting results.

Prerequisites:
LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W

LING (ENGL) 4100/6100

Lexicography
Credit Hours:
3

Principles and methods of dictionary making with emphasis on monolingual English and bilingual dictionaries. Topics may include typology of dictionaries and dictionary users, the history of lexicography, the collection and selection of headwords and examples; the definition style, pronunciation, labeling, translation equivalents, etymology, illustrations, and encyclopedic information.

Prerequisites:
Undergraduate: ENGL(LING) 3030 or ENGL(LING) 4005/6005 or LING 2100
Graduate: Permission of department
Semester Offered:
Irregularly

LING (HEBR) 4088/6088

Essentials of Hebrew: A Linguistic Approach
Credit Hours:
3

Study in Hebrew grammar with attention to its historical development and dialects and to its structural relations with other Semitic languages. Focuses may include comparison to Arabic, Aramaic, Phoenician and Punic, Ethiopic, and Akkadian. No prior knowledge assumed.

Semester Offered:
Irregularly

LING (AFAM)(ENGL) 4040

Language Use in the African American Community
Credit Hours:
3

History and structure of the speech and language styles used in the African American community; examination of linguistic and cultural issues that confront the majority of African Americans; the role of the vernacular language of African Americans in society.

Prerequisites:
ENGL(LING) 3030 or ENGL(LING) 4005/6005 or LING 2100
Semester Offered:
Irregularly
Level:

LING 3790

Language Maintenance and Language Shift
Credit Hours:
3

An overview of the extra-linguistic factors that either promote the maintenance of a minority/heritage language or affect the shift towards the majority or hegemonic regional or national variety. Specific emphasis is placed on the methods and data sources for conducting qualitative and quantitative sociolinguistic analysis.

Prerequisites:
LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W
Semester Offered:
Irregularly
Level:

LING 3780

Heritage Languages
Credit Hours:
3

A formal analysis of heritage languages (HLs). Spoken as a first language that differs from the language of the majority, HLs provide insight into language acquisition, use, and change in multi-lingual settings, which is not otherwise possible in the study of monolingual or L2 populations.

Prerequisites:
LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W
Level:

ENGL (GRMN) 3770

Heritage German: Language Change and Language Shift
Credit Hours:
3

Provides a broad overview of the social and institutional factors that affect language use in German-speaking heritage communities in the United States. Emphasis is placed on quantifiable methods for correlating extra-linguistic factors with observable changes in language use over time.

Prerequisites:
GRMN 2002 or GRMN 2110 or GRMN 2140H
Level:

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