01:615:101Introduction to the Study of Language (3) Wide-ranging examination of human language as a social, cultural, cognitive, historical, and formal phenomenon. May not be used for major credit.

01:615:201Introduction to Linguistic Theory (3) Structural properties of human language as illuminated by modern linguistic theory. Sentence structure, sound patterns, word form, aspects of meaning. Principles of Universal Grammar. Required for majors.

01:615:305Syntax (3) Structure of phrases and sentences in natural language. Universal Grammar and interlinguistic variation. X-bar theory. Case, NP- and Wh-movement, anaphora, binding, government. Lexical representation. Logical form. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:315Phonology (3) Sound structure of language. Phonetic underpinnings, phonological representation, rule systems, constraint interaction. Syllable structure; feature geometry; vowel harmony; stress, accent, and tone. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:325Semantics (3) Meaning in natural language. Construction of the meaning of the whole from the meaning of the parts. Syntactic structure and semantic interpretation. Model theoretic semantics. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:330Historical Linguistics (3) Change of language structure through time. Methods of reconstructing dead languages. Syntactic and phonological rule systems as locus of change. Language families; the deep reconstruction controversy. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:340Romance Linguistics (3) Comparison of principal syntactic and phonological structures of French, Spanish, Italian, and other Romance languages. Stress patterns, vowel and consonant shifts. Pro-drop, inflection, inversion.�Contrast with English. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:350Language and Context (3) Linguistic structure above the sentence level, relating language to context of use. Speech acts, conversational maxims, presupposition and implicature, deixis. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:360Theories of Language (3) Major 20th-century approaches to scientific investigation of language. Impact of linguistic theory on psychology, philosophy, literary theory, and anthropology. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:371Psychology of Language (3) Production, perception, and acquisition of language at the level of sound (phonology), words (morphology and the lexicon), and grammar (syntax). Prerequisite: 01:615:201. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830.351.

01:615:373Language Acquisition (3) Empirical and theoretical studies of the acquisition of syntax, morphology, and phonology; word learning, the neural bases of language acquisition, language disorders, and learnability theory. Prerequisite: 01:615:201. Recommended: 01:615:441 or 371. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:353.

01:615:411Morphology (3) Structure of words in natural language. Word formation and syntax. Effects of word structure on sound patterning. Inflection, derivation, compounding, headedness, scope of affixes. Prerequisite: 01:615:305, 315, or 325.

01:615:421Language Typology (3) Similarities and differences between grammatical systems, with focus on syntax. Role of principled variation in Universal Grammar. Overt and nonovert movement, pro-drop, case marking, anaphora. Markedness. Prerequisite: 01:615:305.

01:615:431Investigations into an Unfamiliar Language (3) Study of the linguistic structure of an unfamiliar language, based on in-class work with a native-speaker consultant. Prerequisite: 01:615:305, 315, or 325.

01:615:441Linguistics and Cognitive Science (3) Linguistic theory and the human mind/brain. Acquisition and processing of natural language. Parsing. Formal learning. Language�deficits. Symbolic and connectionist approaches to language. Prerequisite: 01:615:305, 315, or 325.

01:615:451Phonetics (3) Articulatory mechanisms of speech. Physical characteristics of speech sounds; interpretation of spectrograms. Description and transcription of the sounds of the world's languages. Prerequisite: 01:615:305, 315, or 325.

01:615:471Selected Topics in Linguistics (3) Study of selected areas in linguistics. Prerequisite: �01:615:305, 315, or 325.

01:615:493,494Independent Study (3,3) Independent research carried out under supervision of linguistics faculty member. Prerequisites: Permission of major adviser and instructor.

01:615:495,496Honors in Linguistics (3,3) Supervised research and writing of an honors thesis. Prerequisites: Senior status; permission of major adviser and instructor.