LING - Linguistics

Central concepts of linguistics: linguistic categories and structure (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics). Note: May not be taken by students with credit in LING 111.

An introduction to cross-disciplinary and applied areas in linguistics (e.g. language change, language acquisition, language in society). Pre/corequisite: LING 101.

Central concepts of linguistics: linguistic categories and structure (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) with special attention to Canadian Indigenous languages. Restricted to CILLDI program students. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in LING 101.

A study of recent developments in particular sub-areas of linguistics. Can be repeated twice when topics vary.

Exploration of morphological and syntactic phenomena found in English and other languages of the world. Prerequisite: LING 101.

Recognizing, transcribing, and producing speech sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet; problems in phonetic analysis; elementary acoustic phonetics; techniques for describing the sound system of an unfamiliar language. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar. Prerequisite: LING 101.

Recognizing, transcribing, and producing speech sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet; problems in phonetic analysis; elementary acoustic phonetics; techniques for describing the sound system of Canadian Indigenous languages. Prerequisite: LING 101 or 111. Restricted to CILLDI program students. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in LING 205.

Morphological structure and meaning in Canadian Indigenous languages, including how best to represent lexical meaning and form in a dictionary, how new words might be coined, and how these languages with their complex morphology and verb systems might be taught to adult learners. Prerequisite: LING 101 or LING 111. Restricted to CILLDI program students. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in LING 308 or 309.

Types of sentence and discourse patterns in Canadian Indigenous languages; attention to real language use across different genres (e.g. traditional stories, conversation, personal narratives, oratory and ceremony) so that CLC students can go on to collect and transcribe samples of language in context rather than word lists or sentences in isolation. Prerequisite: LING 101 or LING 111. Restricted to CILLDI program students. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in LING 308 or 309.

An examination of local and global factors affecting the vitality of languages: how language endangerment arises, how linguistic and cultural diversity suffers, and how linguists can respond. Students cannot receive credit for both LING 224 and 324.

A study of recent developments in particular sub-areas of linguistics. Can be repeated twice when topics vary.

Basic principles of word formation and structure across languages. Prerequisites: LING 101, 204, and 310.

Basic principles of syntactic analysis and an introduction to theoretical approaches. Prerequisites: LING 101 and 204.

Basic principles of phonological analysis across languages: representation of sounds and sound changes. Prerequisites: LING 101 and 205.

A study of recent developments in particular subareas of linguistics with special attention to the Indigenous languages of Western Canada. Prerequisite: LING 111 or consent of Department. Restricted to CILLDI program students.

Analysis of selected approaches to the study of discourse including conversational analysis, narrative structure, text analysis. Prerequisite: LING 101. Not offered every year.

An examination of phonological, syntactic, lexical, and semantic variation in language systems in connection with extra-linguistic factors such as individual, social, or demographic differences. Prerequisite: LING 101. Not offered every year.

Basic issues in first language acquisition: theories, research methods, and major findings. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar. Prerequisite: LING 101, LING 204 and 205 recommended. Not open to students with credit in CSD 211 or 311.

Application of linguistics to theoretical issues in second-language acquisition: properties of language, problems of languages in contact, psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism. Prerequisite: LING 101. Recommended: LING 204.

A neurolinguistic approach to the representation and processing of linguistic structures in the brain; patterns of language breakdown resulting from damage to the brain. Prerequisites: LING 101 and 204, or consent of Department. Not offered every year.

The role of language and linguistics in the understanding of human information processing and the nature of mental representations. Prerequisite: LING 101.

History and typology of writing systems and how different writing systems influence the reading process. Prerequisite: LING 101.

An introduction to Indigenous languages of North, Central and South America, including linguistic, cultural and sociopolitical aspects. Prerequisite: LING 101.

Issues and methods in the revitalization of endangered languages in Canada and around the world. Prerequisite: LING 101 and 224.

Issues and methods in the documentation of endangered languages, from community collaboration, to recording speakers, to the preparation and deposit of documentary data in permanent collections. Prerequisite: LING 204 and 205.

The theories and methods used in making dictionaries and describing lexical items, including the creation of bilingual lexica for language documentation. Prerequisite: LING 101.

Independent study of a particular sub-area of linguistics. Normally offered as a reading course and directed research practicum through special prior arrangement. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

A study of recent developments in particular sub-areas of linguistics. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Normally offered only as a reading course through special arrangement.

Issues and methods involved in the experimental study of language production, comprehension, and acquisition. Prerequisites: Any two of LING 308, 309 or 310. Recommended: a course in elementary statistics.

An overview of natural language semantics across languages at both the lexical and clause levels. Topics covered include sense, reference, features, compositionality, semantic roles, logical form, categorization, and conceptualization. Prerequisite: LING 309. Not offered every year.

Research relating to a student's honors project in linguistics. Normally offered as a research practicum through special prior arrangement. Note: Required for and restricted to BA Honors students in Linguistics in their final year.

Principles and methods in the study of language change. Prerequisite: LING 310. Not offered every year.

A survey of similarities, differences, tendencies, and universals in the phonological, morphological, and syntactic patterns of different languages. Prerequisite: LING 309. Not offered every year.

Issues and methods in the analysis and interpretation of co-speech/co-sign bodily behaviours (i.e. gestures, gaze and posture shifts, facial expressions) in face-to-face conversational interaction. Prerequisite: LING 314 or consent of Department. Not offered every year.

Introduction to prosody, i.e. the rhythm and melody of speech (e.g. stress and accentuation), including functions of prosody, basics of its linguistic analysis and practical skills for conducting experimental prosody research. Prerequisite: LING 205 or consent of the department.

Linguistic characteristics of language disorders across special populations of children. Theoretical issues in linguistic approaches to developmental language disorders. Prerequisite: LING 319; 309 recommended.

An overview of data, theories and methodologies in the study of phonological development, including L1 and L2 production and perception. Prerequisite: LING 310.

An examination of the development, maintenance, and cross-generational transmission of minority languages spoken primarily in the home. Prerequisites: One of LING 319 or 320, or consent of the Department.

Overview of the historical development and current issues in the investigation of speech perception. Prerequisite: LING 205 or PSYCH 357. Note: Not open to students with credit in PSYCH 455, or PSYCH 405 Topic: Speech Perception.

Practical application of skills to on-going language documentation and revitalization projects. Prerequisite: LING 361 or 362.

Advanced study of a particular sub-area of linguistics. Normally offered as a reading course and directed research practicum through special prior arrangement. Prerequisite: LING 375 and Consent of Instructor.

A course designed to explore recent developments in particular areas of linguistic theory. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Normally offered only as a reading course through special arrangement.

Issues and methods involved in the experimental study of language production, comprehension, and acquisition. Recommended: A course in elementary statistics. Note: Not open to students with credit in LING 400.

Requires a literature review, devising research methodology, writing and defending a project proposal. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Note: Required for BA Honors students in Linguistics in their final year.

Directed Honors thesis. Prerequisites: LING 402 and 501 and consent of Department. Note: Required for and restricted to BA Honors students in Linguistics in their final year.

Directed Honors thesis. Prerequisites: LING 402 and 501 and consent of Department. Note: Required for and restricted to BA Honors students in Linguistics in their final year.

Directed Honors thesis. Prerequisites: LING 402 and 501 and consent of Department. Note: Required for and restricted to BA Honors students in Linguistics in their final year.

Current approaches to morphological theory and analysis and their implications for grammatical theory and models of the lexicon. Prerequisite: LING 308 or consent of Department. Note: Not offered every year.

Advanced syntactic analysis and discussion of theoretical approaches in syntax. Prerequisite: LING 309 or consent of Department.

Overview of phonological theory, comparing different approaches to selected theoretical issues. Prerequisite: LING 310 or consent of Department.

Analysis of the articulatory, perceptual, and acoustic aspects of speech signal; measuring the acoustic aspects of speech. Prerequisite: LING 310. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Introduction to speech synthesis and speech recognition, with some time allotted to other speech and language technologies. The purpose of this course is to give students background that would be useful for work in the speech technology industry. Prerequisite: LING 205 or consent of Department. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Issues and methods in the analysis and interpretation of co-speech/co-sign bodily behaviours (i.e. gestures, gaze and posture shifts, facial expressions) in face-to-face conversational interaction. Prerequisite: LING 314 or consent of Department. Not offered every year. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Practical experience in linguistic data collection and analysis of the sound and form systems of an unfamiliar language. Prerequisites: LING 308, 309, and 310 or consent of Department. Not offered every year.

Variation in language and language usage in bilingual and cross-linguistic situations. Prerequisite: Consent of Department. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Introduction to prosody, i.e. the rhythm and melody of speech (e.g. stress and accentuation), including functions of prosody, basics of its linguistic analysis and practical skills for conducting experimental prosody research.

Theoretical and practical issues relating to using corpora in linguistic analysis: principles of corpus construction, application of corpus techniques to problems in linguistics, frequency counts, collocational searches, creating databases out of search results. Prerequisites: LING 309 and 310 or consent of department. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Theoretical and implementation aspects of: computational morphology and phonology, part-of-speech tagging, parsing, grammar engineering, lexical semantics, and corpus analysis. Prerequisites: LING 308, 309 and 310; or Consent of Department. Note: Open to senior undergraduates in Linguistics.

Recent theoretical and empirical research on child language acquisition from infancy to adolescence. Topics could include monolingual or bilingual acquisition, and children with typical development or with language disorders. Prerequisite: Consent of Department.

An examination of the development, maintenance, and cross-generational transmission of minority languages spoken primarily in the home. Prerequisites: One of LING 319 or 320, or consent of the Department.

Basic statistical concepts, analysis methods and visualization techniques focusing on linguistic data. Prerequisite: any one of LING 308, LING 309, LING 310 or equivalent, or consent of Department.

Overview of the historical development and current issues in the investigation of speech perception.

A study of recent developments in particular areas of linguistic research. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Formerly LING 443.

Critical examination of selected theoretical issues in phonology. Prerequisite: consent of Department.

Critical examination of selected theoretical approaches to topics in syntax. Prerequisite: consent of Department.

Multivariate statistical methods as applied to linguistic data, and other statistical techniques of interest to linguists. Prerequisite: LING 523 or consent of the Department.

A review of the current theories and research in psycholinguistics. Prerequisite: LING 500.

A survey of the present state of knowledge in speech production and perception. Prerequisite: LING 512 (LING 412 prior to 1997-98). Note: offered in alternate years.

Sociolinguistics of minority/L2 language situations including standard/non-standard variants and societal challenges that accompany bilingualism. Prerequisite: Consent of Department.

In-depth examination of a current grammatical theory. Prerequisite: LING 602 or consent of Department. Note: offered in alternate years.

Current examination of selected theoretical topics in phonology, focusing on issues of representation. Prerequisite: LING 601 or consent of Department. Note: offered in alternate years.

Training in experimental phonetics research methods with emphasis on practical experience. Prerequisite: LING 512 and graduate level Statistics course.

Major theories and issues in second language acquisition and bilingualism research. (Course is cross-listed with MLCS 620). Credit will only be granted for one of LING 620 or MLCS 620. Prerequisite: Consent of Department.

Represents research activity equivalent to 3 units for registration status and fee assessment purposes. Not available for Degree Credit.

Represents research activity equivalent to 6 units for registration status and fee assessment purposes. Not available for Degree Credit.

Represents research activity equivalent to 9 units for registration status and fee assessment purposes. Not available for Degree Credit.

Prerequisite: Consent of Department.