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| LIGN 7 Sign Language & Its Culture D. Perlmutter |
Deaf history since the eighteenth century. The structure of American Sign Language and comparison with oral languages. ASL poetry and narrative and Deaf people's system of cultural knowledge. Basic questions concerning the nature of language and its relation to culture. | Satisfies: Muir cultural diversity requirement, Revelle American cultures requirement, Warren cultural diversity requirement. Counts toward Marshall disciplinary breadth requirement, ERC regional specialization requirement. With 2 of LIGN 3, 4, and 8: satisfies Muir Social Sciences Requirement. |
| LIGN 11 Heritage Western Armenian |
Designed for students with a background in Armenian seeking to improve their oral and written expression. Emphasis is on language functions needed for successful oral communication, basic grammatical structures, reading, writing, and culture. | Some speaking ability in Armenian or consent of instructor. |
| LIGN 101 Introduction to the Study of Language R. Kluender |
Language is what makes us human, but how does it work? This course focuses on speech sounds and sound patterns, how words are formed, organized into sentences, and understood, how language changes, and how it is learned. | Required for all majors. Serves as prerequisite for most Linguistics General courses. Satisfies psychological foundation requirement for HDP majors. |
| LIGN 104 Language and Conceptualization R. Langacker |
How does language reflect the ways humans conceptualize the world? Issues discussed include the relation between language and thought, how languages differ in conceiving and portraying situations, and how cultural differences are reflected in language structure. | Satisfies psychological foundation requirement for HDP majors. |
| LIGN 110 Phonetics |
The study of the sounds which make up human language. How sounds are physically produced; acoustics of speech perception; practical training in translating speech signals into written form and in interpreting computerized speech signals. | Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Required for all majors. |
| LIGN 143 The Structure of Spanish |
Surveys aspects of Spanish phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Topics include dialect differences between Latin American and Peninsular Spanish (both from a historical and contemporary viewpoint), gender classes, verbal morphology, and clause structure. | Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Elective for majors. Required for Language Studies majors with a concentration in Spanish. |
| LIGN 171 Child Language Acquisition |
A central cognitive, developmental mystery is how children learn their first language. Overview of research in the learning of sound systems, word forms and word meanings, and word combinations. Exploration of the relation between cognitive and language development. | Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Particularly recommended for Cognition & Language majors. Satisfies psychological development requirement for HDP majors. |
| LIGN 174 Gender and Language in Society M. Goldwasser |
This course examines how language contributes to the social construction of gender identities, and how gender impacts language use and ideologies. Topics include the ways language and gender interact across the life span (especially childhood and adolescence); within ethnolinguistic minority communities; and across cultures. | Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Cross-listed with Sociology (SOCB 118A). Satisfies Socio-Cultural development requirement for HDP majors. |
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