UCSD Graduate Linguistics Courses

Course Description Comments
LIGN 200
Research Forum (2) A forum for discussion of current issues. May be repeated for credit. (S/U only.)
LIGN 210
Laboratory Phonetics (4) Readings and laboratory work in acoustic and articulatory phonetics and speech perception. Experimental design and methodology. Phonetic explanation in phonology. Students will gain hands-on experience with laboratory equipment. Prerequisite: LIGN 110 or equivalent.
LIGN 211A
Introductory Phonology (4) Introduction to the study of the sound patterns of language. Rules and representations, lexical phonology, segmental processes, autosegmental phonology.
LIGN 211B
Nonlinear Phonology (4) This course will introduce topics in prosodic phonology and morphology, (including syllable structure, stress, and reduplication). These topics will be investigated within constraint-based phonology. Prerequisite: 211A or equivalent.
LIGN 213
Issues in Phonology (4) Current theoretical issues. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 214
Topics in Phonetics (4) Advanced topics in phonetic sciences. Subjects will vary, and may include speech perception, acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics. Prerequisite: LIGN 210. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 215
Topics in Phonology (4) Descriptive and theoretical problems in phonology. Discussion of work in progress and/or theoretical consequences of alternative analyses. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 221A
Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4) This course introduces basic syntactic phenomena and argumentation via the Government and Binding Theory of the 1980s. The phenomena, including NP-Movement, Binding, and Wh-Movement, have been important in the development of Generative Grammar and remain central to current generative frameworks.
LIGN 221B
Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4) This course continues to develop Principles and Parameters Theory, as introduced in 221A. It concentrates on A-bar dependencies and the Binding Theory. Focus will be on testing theoretical proposals and understanding the role of theoretical alternatives, underlying assumptions, and the empirical results upon which these theoretical proposals are based.
LIGN 221C
Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4) A basic introduction to the theory of Cognitive Grammar, which claims that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a continuum of symbolic structures. Among the topics examined are semantic structure, grammatical classes, constructions, rules, clause structure, and reference-point phenomena.
LIGN 222
Theories of Grammar (4) Introduction to a particular grammatical theory. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 223
Current Issues in Principles in Parameters Theory (4) This course examines recent developments in Principles and Parameters Theory. Topics include fundamental work that led to the Minimalist Program and more recent developments in this tradition. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 224
Lexicalist Theories of Grammar (4) Introduction to conceptual issues and representational apparatus of lexicalist theories of grammar. Focus on empirical argumentation from numerous languages for lexicalist assumptions. Particular attention to lexical semantics, morphology, and syntax.
LIGN 225
Topics in Syntax (4) Descriptive and theoretical problems in syntactic analysis. Theoretical consequences of alternative analyses. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 230
Formal Semantics (4) Theories of semantic structure. The relation of meaning to grammar, and how it is to be accommodated in an overall model of linguistic organization. The application of formal semantics to the description of natural language.
LIGN 231
Cognitive Semantics (4) Introduction to conceptualist accounts of semantic structure. Survey of basic phenomena, including frames, metaphor, metonymy, construal, categorization, image schemas, and mental space organization. Examination of selected descriptive and theoretical proposals.
LIGN 235
Topics in Semantics (4) Advanced material in special areas of the study of meaning and its relation to formal aspects of human language. As subject matter varies, the course may be repeated for credit.
LIGN 236
Language Universals and Linguistic Typology (4) Introduction to the typological study of language, contrasting alternative approaches to research in language universals. Main topics covered: cross-linguistic approach to language study (sampling: universal generalizations, hierarchies); explanations for language universals; the role of cross-linguistic analyses in linguistic theory.
LIGN 237
Functional Linguistics (4) A sequel to LIGN 221A-C presenting fundamental assumptions of functional linguistics and comparing functionalism with other major theories of syntax. Goals: to expand students' knowledge of theoretical approaches to fundamental grammatical phenomena; to practice constructing arguments based on empirical evidence.
LIGN 238
Topics in Cognitive Linguistics (0-4) (Same as Cognitive Science 238) Basic concepts, empirical findings, and recent developments in cognitive and functional linguistics. Language viewed dynamically in relation to conceptualization, discourse, meaning construction, and cognitive processing. As topics vary, may be repeated for credit.
LIGN 239
Information Structure and Discourse (4) This course will examine major information-structural categories (topic, focus, etc.) and the relationships between these categories, semantic roles, and grammatical functions. The course will also examine the status of information structure within the architecture of a linguistic theory. Prerequisite: LIGN 221A, 221B, 221C, 221D, or consent of instructor.
LIGN 240
Field Methods (4) Techniques of discovering the structure of a language through elicitation of data from native speaker consultants. Phonemic, morphemic, and syntactic analysis. Prerequisite: LIGN 110 or equivalent.
LIGN 241
Fieldwork (4) Fieldwork continuing the research of the previous quarter; student-directed elicitations on topics of interest. Prerequisite: LIGN 240.
LIGN 242
Discourse Interpretation (4) A graduate course examining discourse interpretation from a computational perspective. Theoretically principled algorithms for resolving pronominal and other types of reference. The interpretation of ellipsis. Methods for recovering the structure of a discourse and determining its coherence.
LIGN 244
Tense and Aspect (4) Tense and aspect in natural languages, with an emphasis on the temporal information they predicate over eventualities in discourse. Theories of event structure and their intereaction with tense and aspect. Computational models.
LIGN 245
Computational Corpus Linguistics Introduction to computational corpus tools for performing empirically-grounded linguistic investigations. Annotated and unannotated corpora; annotation schemes. Searching using regular expressions. UNIX tools. The PERL programming language. Publically-available language processing systems.
LIGN 246
Natural Language Processing in LISP An introduction to the Common LISP programming language in the context of developing computational linguistics technology. Basic computational methods for morphological, syntactic, and semantic processing. Representing lexical and world knowledge. No previous programming experience is assumed.
LIGN 248
Morphology (4) Theories of word structure are examined and confronted with data from a variety of languages. Topics may include: the distinction between derivational and inflectional morphology, the morphology/phonology interface, and the morphology/syntax interface. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 250
Historical Linguistics (4) Introduction to the concepts and methodology of historical linguistics. Topics covered include the nature of language change, genetic and areal relationships, the comparative method, and internal reconstruction.
LIGN 255
Statistics for Linguists (4) Overview of specific statistical procedures for linguistic analyses of experimental and non-experimental data. Topics covered include: variance, standard deviation, probability, z-scores, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square, correlation, regression, trend analysis, magnitude estimation, nonparametric tests, post-hoc tests, transformations of data, and displaying data.
LIGN 270
Psycholinguistics (4) Issues of natural language processing in relation to one or more of the following levels of linguistic analysis: phonetics, phonology, the lexicon, morphology, syntax, semantics, information structure, or discourse. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 272
Topics in Neurolinguistics (4) Issues of language representation and neural instantiation that arise in studies of neural imaging, language disorders, multilingualism and second language acquisition, animal communication, and the origins and evolution of language. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 278
Research in Second Language Acquisition (4) This course will investigate topics in second language acquisition including the critical period, the processing and neural representation of language in bilinguals, theories of second language acquisition and creolization, exceptional language learners, and parallels with first language acquisition.
LIGN 292
Topics in Research in Progress (0-4) Presentation and discussion of research in progress. May be repeated.
LIGN 293
Research Practicum (0-4) Gathering and interpreting data, formulating research questions and hypotheses, making the predictions of hypotheses explicit, finding relevant evidence, and organizing research results into suitable form for presentation in abstracts, talks, and research papers. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 295
Professional Development in Methodology of Language Teaching (0-2) Skills, techniques, issues, and principles relevant to the methods and pedagogy involved in the teaching and learning of a foreign language and the successful transition to a professional career. Readings, discussions, and demonstrations of techniques. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 296
Directed Research (1-8) Individual research. May be repeated for credit.
LIGN 299
Doctoral Research (1-8) Directed research on dissertation topic for students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. Prerequisite: admission to candidacy. May be repeated for credit.
LIGN 502
Apprentice Teaching of Linguistics (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in the department's linguistics courses, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. The student must be serving as a teaching assistant in a LIGN course to receive credit.
LIGN 503
Apprentice Teaching of American Sign Language (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in American Sign Language, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 504
Apprentice Teaching of French (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in French, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 505
Apprentice Teaching of German (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in German, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 506
Apprentice Teaching of Italian (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in Italian, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 507
Apprentice Teaching of Spanish (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in Spanish, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 508
Apprentice Teaching of Language/Directed Study (1-4) The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in language directed study, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 509
Apprentice Teaching, Head Teaching Assistant (1-4) The course, designed for a graduate student serving as Head Teaching Assistant in the Linguistics Language Program, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.

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Course	Description	Comments
LIGN 200 Research Forum (2)	A forum for discussion of current issues.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U only.)
LIGN 210 Laboratory Phonetics (4)	Readings and laboratory work in acoustic and articulatory phonetics and speech perception. Experimental design and methodology. Phonetic explanation in phonology. Students will gain hands-on experience with laboratory equipment.	Prerequisite: LIGN 110 or equivalent.
LIGN 211A Introductory Phonology (4)	Introduction to the study of the sound patterns of language. Rules and representations, lexical phonology, segmental processes, autosegmental phonology.
LIGN 211B Nonlinear Phonology (4)	This course will introduce topics in prosodic phonology and morphology, (including syllable structure, stress, and reduplication). These topics will be investigated within constraint-based phonology.	Prerequisite: 211A or equivalent.
LIGN 213 Issues in Phonology (4)	Current theoretical issues.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 214 Topics in Phonetics (4)	Advanced topics in phonetic sciences. Subjects will vary, and may include speech perception, acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics.	Prerequisite: LIGN 210. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 215 Topics in Phonology (4)	Descriptive and theoretical problems in phonology. Discussion of work in progress and/or theoretical consequences of alternative analyses.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 221A Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4)	This course introduces basic syntactic phenomena and argumentation via the Government and Binding Theory of the 1980s. The phenomena, including NP-Movement, Binding, and Wh-Movement, have been important in the development of Generative Grammar and remain central to current generative frameworks.
LIGN 221B Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4)	This course continues to develop Principles and Parameters Theory, as introduced in 221A. It concentrates on A-bar dependencies and the Binding Theory. Focus will be on testing theoretical proposals and understanding the role of theoretical alternatives, underlying assumptions, and the empirical results upon which these theoretical proposals are based.
LIGN 221C Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4)	A basic introduction to the theory of Cognitive Grammar, which claims that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a continuum of symbolic structures. Among the topics examined are semantic structure, grammatical classes, constructions, rules, clause structure, and reference-point phenomena.
LIGN 222 Theories of Grammar (4)	Introduction to a particular grammatical theory.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 223 Current Issues in Principles in Parameters Theory (4)	This course examines recent developments in Principles and Parameters Theory. Topics include fundamental work that led to the Minimalist Program and more recent developments in this tradition.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 224 Lexicalist Theories of Grammar (4)	Introduction to conceptual issues and representational apparatus of lexicalist theories of grammar. Focus on empirical argumentation from numerous languages for lexicalist assumptions. Particular attention to lexical semantics, morphology, and syntax.
LIGN 225 Topics in Syntax (4)	Descriptive and theoretical problems in syntactic analysis. Theoretical consequences of alternative analyses.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 230 Formal Semantics (4)	Theories of semantic structure. The relation of meaning to grammar, and how it is to be accommodated in an overall model of linguistic organization. The application of formal semantics to the description of natural language.
LIGN 231 Cognitive Semantics (4)	Introduction to conceptualist accounts of semantic structure. Survey of basic phenomena, including frames, metaphor, metonymy, construal, categorization, image schemas, and mental space organization. Examination of selected descriptive and theoretical proposals.
LIGN 235 Topics in Semantics (4)	Advanced material in special areas of the study of meaning and its relation to formal aspects of human language.	As subject matter varies, the course may be repeated for credit.
LIGN 236 Language Universals and Linguistic Typology (4)	Introduction to the typological study of language, contrasting alternative approaches to research in language universals. Main topics covered: cross-linguistic approach to language study (sampling: universal generalizations, hierarchies); explanations for language universals; the role of cross-linguistic analyses in linguistic theory.
LIGN 237 Functional Linguistics (4)	A sequel to LIGN 221A-C presenting fundamental assumptions of functional linguistics and comparing functionalism with other major theories of syntax. Goals: to expand students' knowledge of theoretical approaches to fundamental grammatical phenomena; to practice constructing arguments based on empirical evidence.
LIGN 238 Topics in Cognitive Linguistics (0-4)	(Same as Cognitive Science 238) Basic concepts, empirical findings, and recent developments in cognitive and functional linguistics. Language viewed dynamically in relation to conceptualization, discourse, meaning construction, and cognitive processing.	As topics vary, may be repeated for credit.
LIGN 239 Information Structure and Discourse (4)	This course will examine major information-structural categories (topic, focus, etc.) and the relationships between these categories, semantic roles, and grammatical functions. The course will also examine the status of information structure within the architecture of a linguistic theory.	Prerequisite: LIGN 221A, 221B, 221C, 221D, or consent of instructor.
LIGN 240 Field Methods (4)	Techniques of discovering the structure of a language through elicitation of data from native speaker consultants. Phonemic, morphemic, and syntactic analysis.	Prerequisite: LIGN 110 or equivalent.
LIGN 241 Fieldwork (4)	Fieldwork continuing the research of the previous quarter; student-directed elicitations on topics of interest.	Prerequisite: LIGN 240.
LIGN 242 Discourse Interpretation (4)	A graduate course examining discourse interpretation from a computational perspective. Theoretically principled algorithms for resolving pronominal and other types of reference. The interpretation of ellipsis. Methods for recovering the structure of a discourse and determining its coherence.
LIGN 244 Tense and Aspect (4)	Tense and aspect in natural languages, with an emphasis on the temporal information they predicate over eventualities in discourse. Theories of event structure and their intereaction with tense and aspect. Computational models.
LIGN 245 Computational Corpus Linguistics	Introduction to computational corpus tools for performing empirically-grounded linguistic investigations. Annotated and unannotated corpora; annotation schemes. Searching using regular expressions. UNIX tools. The PERL programming language. Publically-available language processing systems.
LIGN 246 Natural Language Processing in LISP	An introduction to the Common LISP programming language in the context of developing computational linguistics technology. Basic computational methods for morphological, syntactic, and semantic processing. Representing lexical and world knowledge. No previous programming experience is assumed.
LIGN 248 Morphology (4)	Theories of word structure are examined and confronted with data from a variety of languages. Topics may include: the distinction between derivational and inflectional morphology, the morphology/phonology interface, and the morphology/syntax interface.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 250 Historical Linguistics (4)	Introduction to the concepts and methodology of historical linguistics. Topics covered include the nature of language change, genetic and areal relationships, the comparative method, and internal reconstruction.
LIGN 255 Statistics for Linguists (4)	Overview of specific statistical procedures for linguistic analyses of experimental and non-experimental data. Topics covered include: variance, standard deviation, probability, z-scores, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square, correlation, regression, trend analysis, magnitude estimation, nonparametric tests, post-hoc tests, transformations of data, and displaying data.
LIGN 270 Psycholinguistics (4)	Issues of natural language processing in relation to one or more of the following levels of linguistic analysis: phonetics, phonology, the lexicon, morphology, syntax, semantics, information structure, or discourse.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 272 Topics in Neurolinguistics (4)	Issues of language representation and neural instantiation that arise in studies of neural imaging, language disorders, multilingualism and second language acquisition, animal communication, and the origins and evolution of language.	May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
LIGN 278 Research in Second Language Acquisition (4)	This course will investigate topics in second language acquisition including the critical period, the processing and neural representation of language in bilinguals, theories of second language acquisition and creolization, exceptional language learners, and parallels with first language acquisition.
LIGN 292 Topics in Research in Progress (0-4)	Presentation and discussion of research in progress.	May be repeated.
LIGN 293 Research Practicum (0-4)	Gathering and interpreting data, formulating research questions and hypotheses, making the predictions of hypotheses explicit, finding relevant evidence, and organizing research results into suitable form for presentation in abstracts, talks, and research papers.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 295 Professional Development in Methodology of Language Teaching (0-2)	Skills, techniques, issues, and principles relevant to the methods and pedagogy involved in the teaching and learning of a foreign language and the successful transition to a professional career. Readings, discussions, and demonstrations of techniques.	Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 296 Directed Research (1-8)	Individual research.	May be repeated for credit.
LIGN 299 Doctoral Research (1-8)	Directed research on dissertation topic for students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree.	Prerequisite: admission to candidacy. May be repeated for credit.
LIGN 502 Apprentice Teaching of Linguistics (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in the department's linguistics courses, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	The student must be serving as a teaching assistant in a LIGN course to receive credit.
LIGN 503 Apprentice Teaching of American Sign Language (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in American Sign Language, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 504 Apprentice Teaching of French (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in French, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 505 Apprentice Teaching of German (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in German, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 506 Apprentice Teaching of Italian (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in Italian, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 507 Apprentice Teaching of Spanish (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in Spanish, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 508 Apprentice Teaching of Language/Directed Study (1-4)	The course, designed for graduate students serving as teaching assistants in language directed study, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.	May be repeated for credit. (S/U grades only.)
LIGN 509 Apprentice Teaching, Head Teaching Assistant (1-4)	The course, designed for a graduate student serving as Head Teaching Assistant in the Linguistics Language Program, includes discussion of teaching theories, techniques, and materials, conduct of discussion sessions, and participation in examinations, under the supervision of the instructor in charge of the course.