5 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 101Introduction to Linguistics1098
Not Regularly Offered. This course provides an overview of the study of language, its structures, and its organization. This course introduces the student to the field of linguistics, including the subfields of morphology, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. We will also address insights from linguistics that apply to first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and language variation and change.
Not Regularly Offered. This course provides a study of speech sounds and their patterns. In particular, we look at how human speech sounds are produced and how they function together as a system. We learn and use the International Phonetic Alphabet to describe and analyze speech sounds. We explore the sound systems of a wide range of languages and will make applications to speech pathology, dialectology, learning languages and linguistics theory. Classes will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and problem solving in groups.
Not Regularly Offered. This course is about the intersection between language and society. The way we speak varies based on geographical region, gender, socio-economic status, profession, age, ethnicity, social group, level of formality, and sexual preference. We also vary our language based on our audience. These variations have profound (and often unnoticed) impacts on people’s perceptions of each other and the creation and maintenance of stereotypes and power relations. In this course, we study language variations according to the aforementioned factors through readings, case studies, and reflections on real-life situations in all parts of the world. Students will learn how sociolinguistics research is conducted, and will become familiar with the theories and major findings of research studies in this field. We will also consider some of the educational, political, and social repercussions of language variations. Students will learn to conduct a small research project in the field based on their specific interests. This course counts toward the Spanish, French, and Italian majors and minors and the Linguistics minor as well as toward the International Studies major and minor. It would also be relevant for Sociology or Education (ESL) majors.
Not Regularly Offered. This course introduces students to the field of second language acquisition (SLA) from various theoretical perspectives. We will discuss features of the second language (L2) learner (age, aptitude, memory abilities, motivation, etc.) and his/her environment (classroom, immersion, naturalistic setting, study abroad, etc.) and the L2 learning process including linguistic factors and processes and social dimensions that influence L2 learning. As we deal with these topics, we will also look at the implications of SLA findings for the teaching of second languages and discuss current classroom practices. Students will read scholarly articles and learn to conduct a small research project on an aspect of second language acquisition of their choice. This course counts toward the Spanish major and the Linguistics minor and fulfills the (RW) research writing requirement.
Not Regularly Offered. This course is an introduction to psycholinguistics, the study of the psychological processes involved in language acquisition, representation, comprehension, and production. We will explore how language behavior illuminates our understanding of the mind and brain, and how properties of the mind and brain influence language. To this end, we will cover topics such as speech perception, word and sentence processing, speech production, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, and language use of special populations (e.g., deaf signers, aphasics). You will learn about the key findings and central debates in these areas as well as the tools and methods used in psycholinguistic research. By the end of the course, you will have developed a better understanding of the nature of language, how language is used, how our language skills develop, and how our language skills can be impaired. This course counts towards the minor in Linguistics and the majors in Spanish, French, and Italian. It is also appropriate for students in Psychology and Education.
