Spring 2017

Words as a gateway to the human mind. How words are stored, comprehended and retrieved. How words are constructed. Words and concepts. Words and social constructs. The processing and the acquisition of words in normal and atypical children and adults.

Empirical study of the sounds and structures of human language;syntax and semantics; language change; linguistic universals.

Language within cognitive science: speech physiology and acoustics, language acquisition, reading, language disorders, perception and mental representation of words, linguistic diversity and computer analysis of speech.

Study of human linguistic competence and technologies that simulate it. Grammar, parsing, text generation; semantics, pragmatics, sense disambiguation; phonetics, speech synthesis, speech recognition.

Introduces students to the fundamentals of Arabic-English translation and offers analytical, linguistic and cross-cultural factors affecting interpreting and translation.

A survey of topics in phonetics and phonology.

Introduces the breadth of possible communication disorders with a particular focus on the duties of the professionals who assist people with these disorders. Explores both the diagnostic criteria and common interventions for disorders such as Language Impairment, stuttering, swallowing, and dementia.

Study of language as a complex natural system that requires elaborate mental computation.

Advanced study of topics in syntax.

Universal characteristics of child language; stages of acquisition of phonology, syntax, semantics; processes and dimensions of development; psychological mechanisms; communicative styles.

Experimental and theoretical aspects of how spoken and written language is produced and understood, learned during childhood, and affected by brain damage.

Principles of cognitive development, learning, and motivation applied to the development of literacy; includes tutoring a child 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: PSYC 336L.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of the honors thesis. Registration is restricted to honors students.

Investigation of selected topics in linguistics.

b: Application of advanced multivariate statistical methods to linguistic research.

Traditional views of phonology; generative phonology; current developments in phonological research and theory.

Principles and comparison of modern theories of grammar with special reference to syntax.

Current linguistic approaches to the semantics of natural language; analysis of concepts of meaning and reference.

Familiarization with articulation, transcription, production, and acoustic analysis of the speech sounds found in the world's languages. Also speech technology, perception, and disorders. Includes laboratory exercises.

Using hands-on techniques, we study the role of linguistic knowledge and the procedures that implement it in computational systems that process natural language.

Current issues in psycholinguistic theory.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.