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LING 114 Introduction to Linguistics
Levitt
Designed to familiarize students with some of the essential concepts of linguistic analysis.
Suitable problem sets in English and in other languages will provide opportunities to study
the basic systems of language organization - phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
Additional topics include introductions to language organization in the brain, child language
acquisition, language change, and writing systems. Course Materials

Prerequisite: None. Not open to students who have taken [LANG 114].
Distribution: Epistemology and Cognition
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit:1.0

LING 240 The Sounds of Language
Levitt
Examination of the sounds of language from the perspective of phonetics (What are all the
possible linguistically-relevant sounds of the human vocal tract?) and of phonology (How
does each language organize a subset of those sounds into a coherent system?). Each student
will choose a foreign language for intensive study of its phonetic, phonologic, and prosodic
characteristics. Includes extensive use of speech analysis and phonetics software.

Prerequisite: LING 114, PSYCH 216 or by permission of the instructor.
Distribution: Epistemology and Cognition
Semester: Spring

LING 312 Bilingualism: An Exploration of Language, Mind and Culture
Levitt
Exploration of the relationship of language to mind and culture through he study of bilingualism.
The bilingual individual will be the focus for questions concerning language and mind: The detection of
"foreign" accent, the relationship of words to concepts, the organization of the mental lexicon, language
specialization of the brain, and the effects of early bilingualism on cognitive functioning. The bilingual nation
will be the focus for questions dealing with language and culture: societal conventions governing use of one
language over another, effects of extended bilingualism on language development and change, and political
and educational impact of a government's establishing official bilingualism. Course Materials

Prerequisite: An appropriate Grade II course in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, philosophy,
or permission of the instructor.
Distribution: Epistemology and Cognition or Social and Behavioral Analysis
Semester: Fall Unit 1.0

LING 322 Child Language Acquisition
NOT OFFERED IN 2004-05. Language acquisition in young children. Examination of children's
developing linguistic abilities and evaluation of current theories of language learning.
Topics include infant speech perception and production and the development of phonology,
morphology, the lexicon, syntax, and semantics in the young child. Data from studies of children
learning languages other than English will also be considered.

Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors who have taken LING 114 or PSYC 216, or permission of instructor.
Not open to students who have taken [LANG 322].
Distribution: Epistemology and Cognition
Semester: N/O Unit:1.0

LING 350 Research or Individual Study
Prerequisite: Two 200-level units.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit:1.0

Created By: Kristen Roth, '05
Maintained By: Andrea Levitt
Created: January 16, 2005
Last Modified: September 3, 2005
Expires: August 1, 2006