Co-authored Paper by Dr. Lee-Schoenfeld and former undergrad major Nicholas Twiner Published in Nordlyd Journal

Dr. Lee-Schoenfeld presenting at the Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop

Dr. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Associate Professor of Linguistics and former UGA undergraduate Linguistics major Nicholas Twiner recently co-authored a proceedings paper that has been published in the current edition of the journal Nordlyd: "German passives and English benefactives: The need for non-canonical accusative case". Dr. Lee-Shoenfeld is pictured here at the Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held in Konstanz, Germany in the Summer of 2019 presenting ideas that this article is based on. Nick is now continuing his Linguistics studies as a Ph.D.

LING 4880/6880

Introduction to Language Documentation and Field Methods
Credit Hours:
3

Introduction to linguistic fieldwork and language documentation through work with a speaker of an unknown language. Methods of eliciting, transcribing, organizing, and storing data; data analysis, formulating and testing hypotheses; and ethical issues involved in linguistic fieldwork.

Prerequisites:
Undergraduate: LING 3060 and (LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250)
Graduate: LING 6021 and (LING 8150 or LING 8120)
Level:
Graduate
Undergraduate

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
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