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LING 1100
FWS: Language, Thought, and Reality

In this course the students learn the skill of writing at the university level. Instructors offer themes for their courses within their own special areas of expertise.   view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Words and Pictures

  • 17745 LING 1100   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

LING 1101
Introduction to Linguistics

Overview of the science of language, especially its theoretical underpinnings, methods, and major findings. Areas covered include: the relation between sound and meaning in human languages, social variation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5828 LING 1101   LEC 001

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  •  5829 LING 1101   DIS 201

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  •  5830 LING 1101   DIS 202

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  •  7533 LING 1101   DIS 203

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  •  5831 LING 1101   DIS 204

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  •  8070 LING 1101   DIS 205

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  •  8071 LING 1101   DIS 206

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  • 16784 LING 1101   DIS 207

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  • 16785 LING 1101   DIS 208

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LING 1104
WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 1104, PHIL 1911, PSYCH 1104

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8034 LING 1104   SEM 101

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    • TBA

    • Swallow, K

LING 1132
Elementary Sanskrit II

An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as soon as possible. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 1332, SANSK 1132

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5315 LING 1132   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: LING 1131 or permission of instructor.

LING 1170
Introduction to Cognitive Science

This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind.  Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  7384 LING 1170   LEC 001

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LING 2215
Psychology of Language

Provides an introduction to the psychology of language. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena. Covers a broad range of topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2150, PSYCH 2150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7722 LING 2215   LEC 001

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LING 2223
Language and the Law

This course addresses topics including origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism, and language rights. It introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8464 LING 2223   LEC 001

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LING 2248
Native American Languages

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2240, AIIS 6240, LING 6248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16866 LING 2248   LEC 001

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  • If you are unable to enroll because this class is full, please add yourself to the waitlist and attend the first day of class to see if space becomes available.

LING 2252
Intermediate Sanskrit II

Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2352, SANSK 2252

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7548 LING 2252   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: LING 2251 or permission of instructor.

LING 3302
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

This course is an introduction to both phonetics (the study of the physical properties of the sounds of human language) and phonology (the organization and patterning of those sounds). The first part of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5430 LING 3302   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: LING 1101 or permission of instructor.

  •  6002 LING 3302   DIS 201

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  •  6003 LING 3302   DIS 202

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LING 3314
Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 6314

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7189 LING 3314   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: completion of or concurrent enrollment in LING 3302; or permission of instructor.

  •  7190 LING 3314   DIS 201

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  •  9606 LING 3314   DIS 202

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LING 3316
Old Norse II

Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 3316

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5481 LING 3316   LEC 001

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LING 3322
History of Romance Languages II

Further study of historical developments in the Romance languages will be interleaved with readings of significant Romance texts from the 9th to 13th centuries, both notarial and literary. Topics covered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ROMS 3220

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17919 LING 3322   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisites: ROMS 3221 or permission of instructor.

LING 3390
Independent Study in Linguistics

Independent study of linguistics topics not covered in regular curriculum for undergrads. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9408 LING 3390   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7359 LING 3390   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Cohn, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7188 LING 3390   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Diesing, M

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7513 LING 3390   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Murray, S

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9409 LING 3390   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Nussbaum, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7360 LING 3390   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Rooth, M

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9410 LING 3390   IND 608

    • TBA

    • Tilsen, S

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16931 LING 3390   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Whitman, J

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16932 LING 3390   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Zec, D

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16933 LING 3390   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LING 4424
Computational Linguistics

Computational models of natural languages. Topics include tree syntax and treebank databases; broad-coverage probabilistic grammars; finite state generative phonology; computational semantics; computational ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4240, CS 4744

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8068 LING 4424   LEC 001

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LING 4425
Pragmatics

What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6425, PHIL 4720, PHIL 6720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7821 LING 4425   LEC 001

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LING 4457
Homeric Philology

Language of the Homeric epics: dialect background, archaisms, modernizations. Notion of a Kunstsprache: its constitution, use, and internal consistency. Phonological and morphological aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 4457, GREEK 7457, LING 6457

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16170 LING 4457   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: ability to read Homeric Greek.

LING 4492
Honors Research Workshop II

This course provides structure and guidance to students doing an honors thesis in linguistics. The course consists of biweekly meeting of all honors thesis writers with the course instructor. Students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7218 LING 4492   RSC 701

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    • TBA

    • Zec, D

  • Prerequisite: submission of honors thesis application and meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

LING 4494
Honors Thesis Research

Directed honors thesis research for students working on an honors thesis, taken with the student's honors thesis chair or other committee member. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6985 LING 4494   RSC 708

    • TBA

    • Tilsen, S

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7544 LING 4494   RSC 710

    • TBA

    • Weiss, M

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16991 LING 4494   RSC 711

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LING 4712
Topics in the Philosophy of Language

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6634, PHIL 4710, PHIL 6710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms

  • 17280 LING 4712   SEM 101

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LING 6248
Native American Languages

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2240, AIIS 6240, LING 2248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16869 LING 6248   LEC 001

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LING 6314
Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Survey of the basic mechanisms of linguistic change, with examples from a variety of languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 3314

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7448 LING 6314   LEC 001

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  • Graduate Students enroll in this level for Historical Linguistics.

  •  7543 LING 6314   DIS 203

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    • TBA

    • Joseph, A

  • DIS 203 is reserved for graduates only.

LING 6402
Phonology II

A continuation of LING 6401 with a focus on developing research skills. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7512 LING 6402   LEC 001

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LING 6404
Syntax II

A continuation of LING 6403, focusing on syntactic dependencies, including the theory of control, an examination of locality constraints on movement, covert versus overt movement, and the syntax ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7508 LING 6404   LEC 001

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LING 6422
Semantics II

Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6731

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8484 LING 6422   LEC 001

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LING 6425
Pragmatics

What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used?  What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning?  Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4425, PHIL 4720, PHIL 6720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7823 LING 6425   LEC 001

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LING 6457
Homeric Philology

Language of the Homeric epics: dialect background, archaisms, modernizations. Notion of a Kunstsprache: its constitution, use, and internal consistency. Phonological and morphological aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 4457, GREEK 7457, LING 4457

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16172 LING 6457   LEC 001

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LING 6600
Field Methods

Elicitation, recording, and analysis of data from a native speaker of an understudied non-Western language. Provides basic experience in linguistic fieldwork. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16864 LING 6600   SEM 101

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  • 16865 LING 6600   DIS 201

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    • TBA

    • Cohn, A

      Murray, S

LING 6603
Research Workshop

Provides a forum for presentation and discussion of ongoing research, and development of professional skills. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6604

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7192 LING 6603   SEM 101

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  • Requirement for second year linguistics graduate students. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, or a relevant workshop.

LING 6604
Research Workshop

Provides a forum for presentation and discussion of ongoing research, and development of professional skills. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6603

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7909 LING 6604   SEM 101

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  • Requirement for third year linguistics graduate students. Participants must enroll in a concurrent independent study with a special committee member, or a relevant workshop.

LING 6634
Topics in the Philosophy of Language

An investigation of varying topics in the philosophy of language including reference, meaning, the relationship between language and thought, communication, modality, logic and pragmatics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 4712, PHIL 4710, PHIL 6710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Speech Acts and Social Norms

  • 17283 LING 6634   SEM 101

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LING 6635
Indo-European Workshop

An assortment of subjects intended for students with previous training in Indo-European linguistics: problems in the reconstruction of Proto Indo-European, topics in the historical grammars of the various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8390 LING 6635   SEM 101

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LING 6692
Phonetic Data Analysis Workshop

The phonetics data analysis workshop provides students with practice in analysis and visualization of phonetic data, using Matlab, R, and Praat. Experiment design and statistical methods are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 16862 LING 6692   SEM 101

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LING 7702
Directed Research

An independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9400 LING 7702   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Abusch, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7361 LING 7702   RSC 702

    • TBA

    • Cohn, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6986 LING 7702   RSC 704

    • TBA

    • Diesing, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7365 LING 7702   RSC 705

    • TBA

    • Murray, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9399 LING 7702   RSC 706

    • TBA

    • Nussbaum, A

      Zec, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9398 LING 7702   RSC 707

    • TBA

    • Rooth, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7545 LING 7702   RSC 708

    • TBA

    • Tilsen, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9630 LING 7702   RSC 709

    • TBA

    • Whitman, J

  • Phonology reading group with Abby Cohn.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16992 LING 7702   RSC 710

    • TBA

    • Zec, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16993 LING 7702   RSC 711

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

LING 7710
Computational Seminar

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in computational linguistics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Neurolinguistics Seminar

  • 16595 LING 7710   SEM 101

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LING 7712
Syntax Seminar

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in syntax. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6983 LING 7712   SEM 101

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LING 7713
Phonetics Seminar

Addresses current theoretical and empirical issues in phonetics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16863 LING 7713   SEM 101

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