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UCSD Linguistics Courses, Winter 2002

(See Fall 2001 or Spring 2002 courses.)

This schedule is subject to change without notice.

Undergraduate Courses (See all undergrad courses.)

Course	Description	Comments
LIGN 4 Language as a Cognitive System R. Kluender	Introduction to the study of language: differences between animal communication, sign systems, and human language; origins and evolution of language; neural basis of language; language acquisition in children and adults; fundamental issues in language and cognition.	With 2 of LIGN 3, 7, 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 17 Making and Breaking Codes C. Barker	A rigorous analysis of symbolic systems and their interpretations. Students will learn to encode and decode information using progressively more sophisticated methods; topics covered include ancient and modern phonetic writing systems, hieroglyphics, computer languages, and ciphers (secret codes).	Satisfies Marshall College computational skills requirement, Roosevelt and Warren College formal skills requirement and lower-division formal skills requirement for HDP majors.
LIGN 101 Introduction to the Study of Language F. Ackerman	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 105 Law & Language S. Schane	The interpretation of language in understanding the law: 1) the language of courtroom interaction (hearsay, jury instructions); 2) written legal language (contracts, ambiguity, legal fictions); 3) language-based issues in the law (First Amendment, libel and slander).	Elective for majors. May be used as an elective course for the minor in Law & Society.
LIGN 111 Phonology I A. Arvaniti	Why does one language sound different from another? This course analyzes how languages organize sounds into different patterns, how those sounds interact, and how they fit into larger units, such as syllables. Focus on a wide variety of languages and problem-solving.	Prerequisite: LIGN 110. Required for all majors.
LIGN 121 Syntax I J. Moore	What universal principles determine how words combine into phrases and sentences? Introduction to research methods and results. Emphasis on how argumentation in problem-solving can be used in the development of theories of language.	Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Required for majors.
LIGN 140 The Structure of ASL S. Casey	Examination of ASL phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, including linguistic facial expression and uses of physical space in verb agreement, aspectual morphology, and classifier constructions. Discussion of discourse, acquisition, psycholinguistics and historical change.	Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Elective for majors. Required for Language Studies majors with a concentration in ASL.
LIGN 165 Computational Linguistics A. Kehler	An introduction to the fundamental concepts of computational linguistics, in which we study natural language syntax and semantics from an interpretation perspective, describe methods for programming computer systems to perform such interpretation, and survey applications of computational linguistics technology.	Recommended for majors interested in computational applications of linguistics.
LIGN 175 Sociolinguistics A. Backus	The study of language in its social context, with emphasis on the different types of linguistic variation and the principles underlying them. Dialects; registers; sex-based linguistic differences; factors influencing linguistic choice; formal models of variation; variation and change.	Prerequisite: LIGN 101. Particularly recommended for Language & Society majors.

Graduate Courses (See all grad 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 211B Nonlinear Phonology (4) E. Bakovic	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 221B Introduction to Grammatical Theory (4) J. Moore	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 224 Lexicalist Theories of Grammar (4) F. Ackerman	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 240 Field Methods (4) E. Bakovic	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 293 Research Practicum (0-4) A. Arvaniti	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.)

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