LING Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
14405	LING 89 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	David Mora Marín	Peabody Hall-Rm 2028	0/3	Seats filled	0/3
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
5992	LING 101 - 001 Introduction to Language	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Brian Hsu	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	33/80	0/10	33/90	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 3 units.
5996	LING 101 - 002 Introduction to Language	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Lanna Mcrae	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	15/30	Seats filled	15/30	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 3 units.
6181	LING 101 - 003 Introduction to Language	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Emma Wrenn	Woollen Gym-Rm 0301	14/30	Seats filled	14/30	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 3 units.
5993	LING 101 - 601 Introduction to Language	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	To be Announced	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	5/35	Seats filled	5/35	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 0 units.
5994	LING 101 - 602 Introduction to Language	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	To be Announced	Howell Hall-Rm 0115	1/35	Seats filled	1/35	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 0 units.
5995	LING 101 - 603 Introduction to Language	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Wilson Hall-Rm 0128	18/35	Seats filled	18/35	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 0 units.
6021	LING 101 - 604 Introduction to Language	Fr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	To be Announced	Sitterson Hall (inc-Rm FB009	9/35	Seats filled	9/35	0/999
Description: Introduction to the formal analysis of human language, including sounds, words, sentences, and language meaning, plus child language acquisition, language change over time, social attitudes toward language, and similarities and differences among languages. Other topics may include writing systems, animal communication, and language analysis by computers. 0 units.
11980	LING 202 - 001 Linguistic Variation and Language Change	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	David Mora Marín	Murphey Hall-Rm 0105	33/35	Seats filled	33/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101. Introduction to the analysis and description of language change, relationships among languages, and types of linguistic structure. Students may not receive credit for both LING 202 and LING 525. 3 units.
14409	LING 225 - 001 Busting Language Myths	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Jennifer Smith	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0218	31/35	Seats filled	31/35	0/999
Description: "Women talk more than men! Texting means the end of literacy! The language you speak limits the thoughts you can think!" We often hear claims like these, but are they true? And what kind of information would show us the answer? This course examines current debates about language while developing skills in reading and interpreting research results, media reports, basic statistics, and data graphics. 3 units.
8857	LING 360 - 001 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	BRUNO ESTIGARRIBIA	Dey Hall-Rm 0203	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, SPAN 300 or SPAN 301; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Introduction to the linguistic study of sound, meaning, grammatical form, dialectal and sociolinguistic variation, with a particular focus on modern Spanish and the languages of Spain and Latin America. Previously offered as SPAN/LING 377. 3 units.
13326	LING 395 - 018 Group Mentored Research	MoWeFr 2:00PM - 5:00PM	Jennifer Arnold	TBA	0/5	Seats filled	0/5	0/999
Description: Permission of instructor. Students gain first-hand experience conducting research as part of a research group working together on a single project under the advisement of a faculty member. Topics will vary. 1 - 3 units.
11981	LING 401 - 001 Introduction to Computational Linguistics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	18/35	Seats filled	18/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101. An introduction to computational linguistics, a subfield of linguistics that explores natural language using computational tools and perspectives. We'll be using Python to analyze language structure at various levels, considering how computational approaches can help inform our understanding of natural language phonology, syntax, and semantics. We will also consider applications in natural language processing including, but not limited to, topics like segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, and parsing. 3 units.
14412	LING 427 - 001 Morphology	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	KATYA PERTSOVA	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	6/35	Seats filled	6/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101 or 400. Cross-linguistic investigation of internal word structure: inflection and derivation, word formation rules versus affixation, autosegmental morphology, morpholexical and morphophonemic rules, and the interaction of morphology with phonology and syntax. Previously offered as LING 527. 3 units.
14413	LING 428 - 001 Bilingualism and Second-Language Acquisition	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	MISHA BECKER	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	20/35	Seats filled	20/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101. This course covers theoretical issues in childhood simultaneous bilingualism, and child and adult second-language acquisition, under both naturalistic and classroom learning circumstances. 3 units.
14414	LING 444 - 001 Origin and Evolution of Human Language	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Elliott Moreton	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0150	6/19	Seats filled	6/19	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101. Recommended preparation, at least one higher-level core course in linguistics. Surveys current answers to such questions as, When and how did language first appear? What do other animal communication systems share with language? Do restricted linguistic systems (e. g., pidgins) preserve "fossils" of early human language? 3 units.
11245	LING 460 - 001 Making Sense of Big Data: Textual Analysis with R	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Elliott Moreton	Fetzer Hall-Rm 0109	63/120	Seats filled	63/120	0/999
Description: The course covers methods for working with textual data (corpora, databases, etc.) that include data cleaning techniques, graphing, statistical analysis, web-scraping, and categorization models. Students will complete their own data project by the end of the course. 3 units.
14417	LING 490 - 002 Advanced Topics in Linguistics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	1/35	Seats filled	1/35	0/999
Description: Directed readings on linguistic topics not covered in specific courses. 3 units.
4262	LING 520 - 001 Linguistic Phonetics	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Jennifer Smith	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	9/30	Seats filled	9/30	0/999
Description: Introduction to the general principles of linguistic phonetics; anatomy of vocal tract, physiology of speech production, universal phonetic theory. Practice in the recognition and transcription of speech sounds. 3 units.
9809	LING 530 - 001 Syntactic Theory I	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Brian Hsu	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0150	1/18	Seats filled	1/18	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor for undergraduates. Methods and theory of grammatical analysis within the transformational generative framework. Special emphasis on analyzing syntactic and semantic structures of English. Students may not receive credit for both LING 201 and LING 530. 3 units.
8771	LING 537 - 001 Semantic Theory I	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	JULES TERRY	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	12/35	Seats filled	12/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101 or 400. Semantics as a part of linguistic theory: co- and disjoint reference among nominals, "crossover" phenomena, quantifier scope, lexical semantics, Montague grammar and compositional semantics, and explanatory universals in semantic theory. 3 units.
14424	LING 540 - 001 Mathematical Linguistics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	KATYA PERTSOVA	Dey Hall-Rm 0304	8/35	Seats filled	8/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101. Introduction to topics in logic, set theory, and modern algebra with emphasis on linguistic application. Automata theory and the formal theory of grammar with special reference to transformational grammars. No previous mathematics assumed. 3 units.
7648	LING 541 - 001 Sociolinguistics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm 3050	10/30	Seats filled	10/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, LING 101 or 400. Introduction to the study of language in relation to society; variation as it correlates with socioeconomic status, region, gender; the social motivation of change; language and equality; language maintenance, planning, shift. 3 units.
8621	LING 700 - 001 Linguistics Colloquium	Fr 3:30PM - 4:50PM	JULES TERRY	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0215	1/30	Seats filled	1/30	0/999
Description: This course corresponds to our weekly department colloquium, which gives students an opportunity to learn about current research in the field from local and external invited speakers, present their own work in progress or completed thesis research, and to engage in a variety of professional development activities led by faculty. 1 units.