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LING 207 - Pragmatic Theory
Instructor(s):
Jesse Harris
Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 200C, 201C. Introduction to formal pragmatic theory. Topics include speech act theory, imperatives, and other illocutionary moods; at-issue/not-at-issue distinction and other projective content; Gricean implicature, conversational implicature, and local implicature; and formal treatments of discourse, including game-theoretic pragmatics. S/U or letter grading.
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LING 209A - Computational Linguistics I
Instructor(s):
Timothy Hunter
Lecture, four hours; laboratory, one hour. Overview of formal computational ideas underlying kinds of grammars used in theoretical linguistics and psycholinguistics. Themes include role of recursion, relationship between structure and interpretation (both PF and LF), relationship between grammars and probabilities, and relationship between derivations and parsing. S/U or letter grading.
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LING 210B - Field Methods II
Instructor(s):
William Torrence
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 210A in preceding term. Because different languages are investigated in different years, course 210B can only be taken as direct continuation of 210A in same year. When there are multiple sections, continuation must be in same section. May be repeated for credit with topic change. S/U or letter grading.
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LING C211 - Intonation
Instructor(s):
Sun-ah Jun
(Formerly numbered 211.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 102 or 103, and 119A or 120A or 120B. Recommended requisite: course C204A. Survey of intonational theory for English and other languages, with particular emphasis on phonological models of intonation. Students learn to transcribe intonational elements. Concurrently scheduled with course C111. S/U or letter grading.
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LING 216 - Syntactic Theory III
Instructor(s):
Stefan Keine
Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 201B. Selected topics on syntactic theories of anaphora and quantification from the following areas: typology of binding categories (pronouns, anaphors, etc.); theory of locality conditions in binding theory; parametric variation in binding; quantifier movement; existential quantification and unselective binding; strong and weak crossover; superiority; scope interactions; complex quantifier structures. S/U (2-unit course) or letter (4-unit course) grading.
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LING 239 - Research Design and Statistical Methods
Instructor(s):
Megha Sundara
Lecture, four hours. Topics include identifying and defining research topics, selecting appropriate research design and measurements, designing student experiments, recording, analyzing, and interpreting data. S/U or letter grading.
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LING 251A - Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
Instructor(s):
Kie Zuraw
How can studying phonology of popular songs from around world inform understanding of languages' regular phonology? Study asks whether songs can help decide whether language has stress, or what features its tone system uses. Study covers literature on topics such as how lyrics are set to melodies in tone languages, and to rhythms in stress languages; musical evidence about prosodic language units such as moras and syllables; what rhymes; global trends in phonology of pop music performance; and pop in different types of English worldwide. Ability to read music or knowledge of music theory not needed.
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LING 251B - Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
Instructor(s):
Kie Zuraw
How can studying phonology of popular songs from around world inform understanding of languages' regular phonology? Study asks whether songs can help decide whether language has stress, or what features its tone system uses. Study covers literature on topics such as how lyrics are set to melodies in tone languages, and to rhythms in stress languages; musical evidence about prosodic language units such as moras and syllables; what rhymes; global trends in phonology of pop music performance; and pop in different types of English worldwide. Ability to read music or knowledge of music theory not needed.
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LING 252A - Topics in Syntax and Semantics
Instructor(s):
Jessica Rett
Examination of how to determine meaning of morpheme, expression, or utterance; and how to avoid hundreds of complications that may arise. Study asks how one can test for whether effect is syntactic or semantic, or is semantic or pragmatic. Study also considers what properties of different sorts of not-at-issue content are; and how cross-linguistic typologies are conducted.
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LING 252B - Topics in Syntax and Semantics: Meaning in Fieldwork and Typology
Instructor(s):
Jessica Rett
Examination of how to determine meaning of morpheme, expression, or utterance; and how to avoid hundreds of complications that may arise. Study asks how one can test for whether effect is syntactic or semantic, or is semantic or pragmatic. Study also considers what properties of different sorts of not-at-issue content are; and how cross-linguistic typologies are conducted.
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LING 260C - Seminar: Phonetics
Instructor(s):
Sun-ah Jun
Seminar, three hours. May be taken independently for credit. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements when taken for 2 units. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
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LING 261C - Seminar: Phonology
Instructor(s):
Kie Zuraw
Seminar, three hours. May be taken independently for credit. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements when taken for 2 units. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
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LING 262C - Syntax Seminar
Instructor(s):
Jessica Rett
Seminar, three hours. May be taken independently for credit. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements when taken for 2 units. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
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LING 264C - Seminar: Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics
Instructor(s):
Jesse Harris
Seminar, three hours. Special topics may include child language, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, etc. May be taken independently for credit. May not be applied toward MA degree requirements when taken for 2 units. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
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LING 265C - American Indian Linguistics Seminar
Instructor(s):
Pamela Munro
Seminar, two hours; fieldwork, four hours. Presentation of research on American Indian linguistics. May be taken independently for credit. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements when taken for 1 unit. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
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LING 275 - Linguistics Colloquium
Instructor(s):
Megha Sundara
Preparation: completion of requirements. Varied linguistic topics, generally presentations of new research by students, faculty, and visiting scholars. S/U grading.
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LING 276 - Linguistics Colloquium
Instructor(s):
Megha Sundara
Designed for graduate students. Same as course 275, but taken without credit by students not presenting a colloquium. S/U grading.
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LING 422 - Practicum: Phonetic Data Analysis
Instructor(s):
Sun-ah Jun
Designed for graduate students. Workshop in examination of phonetic data, such as sound spectrograms, oscillographic records, and computer output. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements. S/U grading.
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LING 444 - MA Thesis Preparation Seminar
Instructor(s):
Stefan Keine
Seminar, two hours. Regular student presentations of MA thesis topics and progress, with discussion and criticism by other students and faculty. Presentations by faculty and guest speakers on topics relevant to professional development, such as abstract writing and conference presentations, preparing manuscripts for publication, curriculum vitae and personal websites, academic and non-academic careers in linguistics. May not be applied toward MA or PhD degree requirements. S/U grading.
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LING 495 - College Teaching of Linguistics
Instructor(s):
Stefan Keine
Seminar, to be arranged. Designed for graduate students. Required of all new teaching assistants. Seminars, workshops, and apprentice teaching. Selected topics, including curriculum development, various teaching strategies and their effects, teaching evaluation, and other topics on college teaching. Students receive unit credit toward full-time equivalence but not toward any degree requirements. S/U grading.
