Graduate Courses

(305) (Also offered as PSYC 5500.) One credit. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission. With a change in content, this course may be repeated to a maximum of three credits.
Each week a different faculty member (or doctoral student) presents his or her current research.

(323) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5510.
Relationship between linguistic theory and children's acquisition of syntax. Evaluation of theoretical proposals and experimental methodology.

(323) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5510. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Examination and discussion of classic articles in first language acquisition; presentation of ongoing student research.

(308-309) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission.
Introduction to the principles of generative phonology and morphology. Analytic problems drawn from various languages.

(301) First semester. Three credits. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission.
The bases of formal models of syntax and semantics.

(370) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5410.
Theories of meaning and reference. Formal treatment of meaning in a generative grammar.

(321-322) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission.
Introduction to principles of transformational syntax. Universal grammar. Investigation of parametric differences between languages.

(411) Three credits. Weekly forum for second-and third-year doctoral students to present and receive feedback on their research for General Examination papers. Regular presentations and participation in discussions required. Previous completion of three semesters of full-time course work in Linguistics recommended. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission.

(412) One credit. Practice in writing abstracts for academic conferences. Preparation for academic job market: C.V.s, letters of application, interviews, job talks. Previous completion of three semesters of full-time graduate course work in Linguistics recommended. Open to graduate students in Linguistics, others with permission.

(351) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5310 and 5510, or consent of instructor. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Phonological and/or syntactic problems of a given language. (American Sign Language, Serbo-Croatian, and Italian will be investigated in the next few years.)

(306) Three credits. Required preparation: LING 5310 and 5510. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Introduction to the theories and techniques of studying linguistic change. The comparative method of reconstructing languages. Rule change.

(332) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5110.
Experimental methods for first language acquisition research.

(334) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5110. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Lectures and discussion in first language acquisition research.

(335) Three credits.
Current research on theories of second language acquisition. Differences between first and second language development, including views on the availability of universal grammar. Linguistic input and the effect of age of immersion in a second language. Research methodologies and their validity will be discussed. Pedagogical implications derivable from this research will be addressed. Student research component.

(341) Three credits. Prerequisites: LING 5310 or 5510, or consent of instructor. Introduction to morphological analysis and to the methods of linguistic segmentation. The Lexicon. The relationships between Phonology and Morphology and between Syntax and Morphology. The nature of clitics.

(315) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5320. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Advanced work in phonology.

(373) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5420. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Classical and recent literature and current research in semantics.

(372) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5420. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Current topics in semantics research.

(324) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5320. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Examination and discussion of classic articles in syntactic theory; presentation of ongoing student research.

(327) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5320. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Advanced work in syntax.

(327) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5320. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Cross-linguistic study of syntactic structure; implications for linguistic theory.

(360) Three credits. Prerequisite: LING 5310 and 5510. With a change in content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Topics in linguistics at an advanced level.