Subject	Course Number	Long Course Title	Description
LING	150	Introduction to Linguistics	Introduction to theory and methods of linguistics: universal properties of human language; phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic structures and analysis; nature and form of grammar.
LING	190	Tutorial Studies in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	199	Independent Study in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	210	Language and the Law	An introduction to the field of Forensic Linguistics, the application of linguistics to the language of the law. Topics will include the use of language by various participants in the legal process (judges, lawyers, police, witnesses), the plain-language movement, and the linguist as expert witness.
LING	265	Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture	A survey introducing major characteristics of Japanese language with reference to the structure of Japanese society. Topics include honorifics, use of pronouns, loan words, age and gender differences in the language. The course will also familiarize students with various aspects of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.
LING	310	Introduction to East Asian Linguistics	Survey of genetic, regional, and typological classification of East Asian languages; writing systems for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan languages; descriptive and comparative analyses of phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of East Asian languages. More than one language may be investigated in detail.
LING	320	Historical Linguistics	An introduction to the principles and procedures of historical and comparative linguistics: sound change, genetic classification, reconstruction, language variation, and comparative philology. Emphasis on Indo-European, with particular attention to methodology and the historical development of the discipline itself.
LING	330	Language and Culture	An examination of language and other cultural symbolic systems used to formulate and communicate meanings. Attention to social factors in language use, including ethnicity, social class, gender, and the nation-state. Some consideration of the ways that language both reflects and influences people’s ways of thinking.
LING	340	Introduction to Syntax	An introduction to descriptive analysis of morphological and syntactic structures in natural languages with an emphasis on gaining insight into the nature of such structures, rather than on linguistic formalization. Topics include levels of representation, X-bar theory, case theory, thematic roles, the lexicon, grammatical function-changing rules, and head-complement relations.
LING	350	Introduction to Phonology	An introduction to the formal study of phonetics, phonemics, and phonological analysis and theory. Topics include stress, syllable structure, tones, metrics, phonotactics, and links between phonology and morphology/syntax; exercises on familiar and unfamiliar languages.
LING	360	Second Language Acquisition	This course will introduce various issues in the study of second-language acquisition from different perspectives. Topics will include comparisons to first-language acquisition, factors related to second-language acquisition, and learner strategies.
LING	370	Phonetics	An introduction to the science of speech sounds, focusing on descriptive and experimental studies of articulation and speech acoustics. Laboratory demonstrations of speech production, acoustical analysis, and speech synthesis are combined with lecture/demonstrations to relate phonetics research to theories of phonology and language acquisition.
LING	374	Advanced Grammar Studies	In-depth study of grammar, syntax, and composition that builds on concepts learned in the intermediate courses. Problem areas, particularly at the advanced level of the language, are studied systematically.
LING	375	Spanish Phonetics	Spanish Phonetics will immerse students in the pronunciation and general phonetics of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Spain and Latin America. The course will help students to perfect their accent in Spanish and make them aware of the different accents of spoken Spanish. It also will serve Conservatory of Music students who desire to practice their diction in Spanish. Taught in Spanish. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
LING	376	Spanish Phonetics (in English)	Spanish Phonetics will immerse students in the pronunciation and general phonetics of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Spain and Latin America. The course will help students to perfect their accent in Spanish and make them aware of the different accents of spoken Spanish. It also will serve Conservatory of Music students who desire to practice their diction in Spanish. Taught in English. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
LING	377	Linguistics of the Spanish Language	A broad study of the concepts and terminology of synchronic linguistics, including different levels of language analysis (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), discourse analysis, and interdisciplinary areas of interest (e.g., sociolinguistics, language policy, cognitive science). Emphasis on the application of linguistic issues within the context of the Spanish language.
LING	380	Introduction to Morphology	An introduction to morphology, the study of the internal structure of words. Topics include the concept of the morpheme, the structure of words and processes of word formation, inflection versus derivation, and issues in morphological theory. The assignments involve in-depth analyses of data from various languages.
LING	390	Tutorial Studies in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	399	Independent Study in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	400	Philosophy of Language	An examination of major theories of meaning, reference, and cognitive content and an attempt to understand how language functions to relate “internal” psychological states to things in the “external” world. Contemporary philosophers are emphasized.
LING	420	Topics in Logic	An investigation of topics selected from among the following: consistency and completeness theorems for both sentential and predicate logic, Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem, logical paradoxes (Russell’s Paradox, the Liar Paradox, and Newcomb’s Paradox), and modal-tense logic and its formal semantics.
LING	450	Topics in the Psychology of Language	An examination of the nature and structure of language, integrating knowledge from linguistics, psychology, neurophysiology, and sociology. Focus on the psychological theories and experimental evidence about language production and perception.
LING	470	Cognitive Linguistics	Cognitive linguistics is a subfield of linguistics and cognitive science that studies conceptual structure, language, and meaning in relation to general cognitive mechanisms. Topics include cognitive and construction grammars, categorization, construal, image schemas, mental spaces, conceptual metaphors, and conceptual blending.
LING	510	The Romance Languages and Their Histories	An introduction to the development of Romance languages from Latin. Emphasis on a comparative study of the structures of the modern Romance languages. Taught in English.
LING	530	The English Language	A study of the historical background of English and the sounds and structure of modern English.
LING	590	Tutorial Studies in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	599	Independent Study in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	690	Tutorial Studies in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.
LING	699	Independent Study in Linguistics	Available to advanced students of linguistics.