11 courses with the subject LING, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LING 101Arabic Language
4-WSP Arabic is spoken in various regional dialects throughout the Arab world. This class introduces Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the commonly understood language used in all media and in the academic and intellectual community. While not the “street language” of any particular country, MSA provides an excellent grounding towards fluency in any dialect in the Arab world. Those wishing to go further will be directed to an intensive Arabic program within the Arab world. Liberal Arts.
0 or 2-S26 Prepares students with basic Swahili skills (survival mode). Introduces basic grammar, vocabulary, and conversational skills as used in East Africa. Focus is on hearing and speaking. Does not meet a General Education requirement. Houghton East Africa. Liberal Arts credit.
We might ask, “Why choose to learn te reo Maori (the Maori language) if one is only in New Zealand for four months?” The answer lies in the close proximity of language and culture. Te reo Maori and tikanga Maori (Maori culture) are intertwined, so learning te reo Maori allows students to access 209 ea o Maori (the Maori world) and Maori worldviews. As students compare tikanga Maori with other cultures within New Zealand and overseas, they’ll develop an understanding of the central roles of language, culture, place, and heritage in shaping identity and in giving direction and meaning to life. International Business Institute Affiliated Off-Campus Opportunity (11-week summer program) The International Business Institute is designed to give students in economics, business management, and related areas a distinctive opportunity for a term of study that incorporates the international dimension of these fields in an experiential context overseas. The program is 10 weeks long and includes periods of residence in key global locations. Recent sites visited have been India, Hungary, Belgium, Austria, Czech, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, the UAE, and Taiwan. Students are generally eligible after successful completion of their junior year. Under certain circumstances, sophomores and graduating seniors will be considered for admission. (Prerequisites: one year of economics, both micro and macro elements; one course in accounting or finance; one course in management; one course in marketing) 209
4-WSP Prepares students with general conversational skills. Vocabulary limited to words commonly used in rural village life in East Africa. Focus on hearing and speaking Kiswahili. Meets one General Education Global Competence Requirement. Houghton East Africa. Liberal Arts.
0–4-F&S An onsite language-learning experience. This may be through informal or formal learning. Informal learning requires an approved testing procedure. May be part of a Study Abroad option or an independent experience. Prior approval by the student’s advisor is required as part of the INCL major or departmental advisor for INCL minor or Concentration. Liberal Arts
3-WSP Explores the sociology of language, focusing on language use patterns in multilingual societies worldwide: language maintenance and death; language attitudes; internal and external language change; development of pidgins and creoles; endangered languages; and language documentation, development, and revitalization. Fulfills part of General Education Global Competence requirement. Liberal Arts.
3-F&S Introduction to the theory and practice of articulatory phonetics. Students learn to produce, perceive, and transcribe with symbols all sounds known to be used in human language; intensive drill in definition, recognition, production, and transcription of the full range of sounds used in human speech. Liberal Arts.
3-F&S Explores sound systems of the world’s languages with a focus on identifying and analyzing phenomena including consonants, vowels, syllables, tone, intonation, stress, length of consonants and vowels, organization of sound systems, and how sounds affect one another. Examination includes detailed discussion of discovery procedures and theoretical perspectives, which provide an analytical framework. Liberal Arts. Pre/Corequisite: LING 322 or permission
3-F&S Explores grammar in the world’s languages from a functional and typological theoretical perspective, focusing on techniques for identifying, understanding, and analyzing the variety of grammatical patterns attested throughout the world. Provides a solid grounding in major issues of syntactic theory concerning linguists today. Liberal Arts.
