This course examines the phonetics of natural language, including both the articulation and acoustics of speech sounds and suprasegmental units. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English.

This course is an advanced survey of current areas of research in linguistic anthropology. Topics include language and thought, cultural difference in linguistic interactions, the ethnography of communication, ritual uses of language and identify and cultural poetics.

A linguistic corpus is a collection of language samples chosen to model language use of a specific speech community and to provide primary materials for linguistic investigation. Modern digital corpora harness the quantitative power of computers for data-rich analysis in all areas of linguistic study. This course surveys the key principles of corpus linguistics and the criteria used in assembling linguistic corpora.

The focus will be on intensive study of problems and issues that do not fall under linguistics course headings. These may have an interdisciplinary emphasis, or they may concentrate on some special topics of current research. All topics will be subject to review by the director of the program. May be repeated under different subtitle to a maximum of six credits.

This course presents a focused investigation of an individual language or a set of languages (in a language family or other defined grouping, e.g., connected by geopolitical area), examining genetic and typological features of the language(s) from a structural, historical, and/or sociolinguistic perspective. The course may be taken twice for up to six (6) credits under different subtitles. Prerequisite: LIN 221 & LIN 222, or consent of instructor.

A laboratory course offering students the opportunity for hands-on application of the general theories and methods of linguistics at the level of advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate training. The lab environment will generally involve both individual and small group work, developing both independent research skills and an ability to engage in collaborative linguistic investigation. May be repeated for credit under different topics.

An increasingly important method in linguistic research relies on measuring some quantity, and inferring some linguistic reality based on such findings. This course presents scenarios where such an approach makes sense, and outlines the appropriate measures and the safest, most reliable ways in which such measures can be used to draw inferences. This course requires concurrent enrollment in LIN 640 Advanced Laboratory in Linguistics: Quantitative Methods.

Advanced investigation into a designated topic in linguistic theory and typology. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits under different subtitles.

This course allows students to undertake study of special topics in linguistics under faculty supervision. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course allows students to undertake study of special topics in linguistics under faculty supervision. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.