01:615:101Introduction to the Study of Language (3) Wide-ranging examination of human language as a social, cultural, cognitive, historical, and formal phenomenon. Open to first-year students. 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. Open to first-year students. 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 twentieth-century approaches to scientific investigation of language. Impact of linguistic theory on psychology, philosophy, literary theory, and anthropology. Prerequisite: 01:615:201.

01:615:371 Psychology 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 0:830.351.

01:615:373 Language 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 01:839:353.

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. Prerequisites: 01:615:201, 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. Prerequisites: 01:615:201; 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. Prerequisites: 01:615:201; 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. Prerequisites: 01:615:201; 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.