16 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 1559New Course in Linguistics1
Effective Date 03/01/2009 New Course in the subject of linguistics.
Effective Date 08/01/2024 An introduction to the study of language relationships and linguistic structures. Topics covered the basic elements of grammatical description; genetic, areal, and typological relationships among languages; a survey of the world’s major language groupings and the notable structures and grammatical categories they exhibit; and the issue of language endangerment.
One year study of a world language or permission of instructor. Credits: 3
LING 2500English as a Global Language3
Effective Date 01/01/2010 This course examines the rise of English, its progress towards filling the need for a global language and the reasons why English has been adopted in this role. We shall pay particular attention to the role English plays in the countries we visit on this voyage as well as its competition with prestigious national and local languages.
Effective Date 10/28/2019 Studies the theory, problems, and methods in teaching English as a second language, with attention to relevant areas of general linguistics and the structure of English.
Effective Date 10/28/2019 Through this course, students focus on teaching oral English as another language, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours. Requisites Student must currently be enrolled in or previously taken LING 3090
Effective Date 05/01/2020 Through this course, students focus on culture in ESL, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours Requisites Student must currently be enrolled in or previously taken LING 3090
Effective Date 05/01/2020 Through this course, students focus on the topic of writing in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. Requisites Student must currently be enrolled in or previously taken LING 3090
Effective Date 08/01/2023 Introduces students to the descriptive grammar of English and applied methods for reasoning about linguistic structure through community-engaged group research introducing linguistics to Virginia High School students. Covers units of sound and phonemic transcriptions, word building and inflection, lexical categories, basic sentence types, common phrase and clause patterns, and syntactic transformations structural analysis and use of evidence.
Effective Date 03/02/2022 Linguistic typologists study the patterns of grammatical forms and relations as they vary and converge across the diversity of the world’s languages. Students in this course examine and critically evaluate definitions, methods and results of typological research, and gain practice analyzing linguistic data through typological lenses. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken LING 4559 topic #1 Linguistic Typology
