Linguistics (LING)

210. Introduction to Linguistics (3) (F, W) Introduction to the study of language; its structure, acquisition, history, variability, and neurological basis. This course is a prerequisite for LING 260, 321, 331 and 423. (Prerequisite: ENGL 201.)

260. Phonology (3) (W) Phonetics and phonemics, phonetic alphabets, application of phonological theory to teaching/learning problems, the acquisition of phonology. (Prerequisite: LING 210 or consent of instructor.)

321. English Grammars (3) (F) Historical review of syntactic theories of language, including traditional, structural, transformational, and second language pedagogical grammars. Emphasis is on understanding the structure of English and how it can be taught in second/foreign language contexts. (Prerequisites: LING 210 and TESOL 377.)

331. Sociolinguistics (3) (Sp) Language in relation to society: language variability, social dialects, bilingualism, language shift, code-switching, pidgin and creole languages. (Prerequisite: LING 210 or consent of instructor.)

423. Language Acquisition (3) (W) An examination of psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of second language learning and of the research background to second language education. (Prerequisites: LING 210 and TESOL 377.)

496R. Student Research (1-3) (F, W, Sp)