Graduate

LING 201 History of Linguistics

The history and recent development of the science of linguistics, with primary emphasis on the development of generative grammar. Origin, development, and relationships of major theoretical frameworks. Pivotal controversies, arguments, and discoveries.

Credits

5

LING 213 Phonology C

Third part of a three quarter introduction to phonology. Topics of the sequence include fundamentals of acoustic phonetics; introduction to optimality theory; theories of syllabification, stress, and prosodic organization; prosodic morphology; advanced issues in faithfulness and correspondence; segmental and suprasegmental processes.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): LING 212. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students or by permission of instructor.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Spring

LING 223 Syntax C

Continuation of Syntax B. The syntax of anaphora. Topics vary from year to year, and may include the following: coreference in antecedent-pronoun relations; reflexives and reciprocals; disjoint reference; bound-variable anaphora; ellipsis; semantic and pragmatic constraints on anaphora.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): LING 222. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Spring

LING 233 Semantics C

Third and final course in the graduate introduction to semantics, focusing on questions at the border between semantics and pragmatics. Concerns include: modality, conditionals, non-declarative meaning, and context and context structure viewed from a dynamic perspective.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): LING 232. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Spring

LING 257G Psycholinguistics and Linguistic Theory

Theory and methods in psycholinguistics, covering perception, production, and acquisition of language and linguistic structure. A hands-on, laboratory-style introduction to the topic, focusing on the relation between experimental findings and linguistic theory. Graduate students have separate evaluation criteria. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 157 or 257. Three-credit version of course 257. Does not require a final paper.

Credits

3

Instructor

Matthew Wagers

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Quarter offered

Fall

LING 265 Mathematical Foundations of Linguistics

A survey of the basic mathematical notions fundamental to the understanding of work in theoretical syntax, semantics, and phonology. Topics covered include basic set theory, formal logic, boolean algebra, graph theory, and formal language theory.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students or by permission of instructor.

LING 266 Proseminar in Computational and Mathematical Linguistics

In-depth investigation of some topic in computational or mathematical linguistics. Topics vary from year to year.

Credits

5

LING 269 Philosophy of Linguistics

Exploration of certain metaphysical and epistemological issues relating to the subject matter of linguistics.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes