Marianne Huijsmans
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts - Linguistics Dept
- huijsman@ualberta.ca
Courses
LING 111 - Intro to Linguistic Analysis for Language Revitalization
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.
LING 211 - Phonetics of Indigenous Languages
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.
LING 309 - Syntax
Basic principles of syntactic analysis and an introduction to theoretical approaches. Prerequisites: LING 101 and 204.
LING 361 - Language Revitalization
Issues and methods in the revitalization of endangered languages in Canada and around the world. Prerequisite: LING 101 and 224.
LING 401 - Semantics
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.
LING 460 - Practicum in Language Documentation and Revitalization
Practical application of skills to on-going language documentation and revitalization projects. Prerequisite: LING 361 or 362.
LING 515 - Field Methods
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.