| source City University of New York (X) |
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department Linguistics (X) |
Nature and structure of human language in relation to other communication systems. Evolution and acquisition of language; dialects and styles; language and culture; speech and writing. Comparison of traditional and recent theories of language.
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Origin and evolution of language. Dialects, languages, language families. Relationships between languages and language families. Processes involved in language classification. Linguistic change. The comparative method and its use in historical reconstruction.
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The study of language as it is used by various social groups. Language and gender, language and culture, language and thought, Creole languages, Black English, linguistic change.
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Language as a cultural institution. Relation to other aspects of culture and society. Behavior patterns in speech. Language, symbolism, and thought. Use of linguistic models.
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Analysis of the sound systems of natural languages. Phonetics and phonology. Relation of phonology to vocabulary and syntax.
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Analysis of the sentence structure of natural languages. Sentence and discourse. Relation of syntax to semantics and phonology. Traditional and recent theories of syntactic analysis.
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Analysis of the meaning of words and sentences. Relation of semantics to vocabulary, syntax, and discourse. Traditional and recent theories of meaning.
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Introduction to the principles, history, and accomplishments of natural language processing from the perspective of the structure of human language. Overview of the techniques used by natural language processing to deal with the phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of natural languages. Interaction between ideas in the philosophy of language and developments growing out of natural language processing. Applications of natural language processing to a wide range of real-world contexts.
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This course will offer an introduction to the field of linguistics, providing students with the basic terms, discourse and concepts related to the scientific study of language. Topics will include the nature of human language; the brain and language; the social and chronological history of language. Students will learn phonology, syntax, lexicon, and non-verbal communication, and apply the principles of linguistics to their chosen fields, and to their own emerging linguistic competency and bilingualism.
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This course provides an introduction to contrastive analysis of Spanish and English and develops an understanding of how the two languages are used as communication systems. The course focuses on carrying out descriptions of the two languages, noting similarities and differences, and predicting possible problems when a speaker of Spanish studies English and vice versa. The linguistics subsystems of both languages will be campared and contrasted. Students will specifically study the sound systems and their rules, the spelling patterns of words, word forms and grammar rules, sentence construction and word order, vocabulary words and sentence meaning, and the socio-cultural linguistic conventions appropriate to various situations.
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This course will offer an introduction to the field of linguistics, providing students with the basic terms, discourse and concepts related to the scientific study of language. Topics will include the nature of human language; the brain and language; the social and chronological history of language. Students will learn phonology, syntax, lexicon, and non-verbal communication, and apply the principles of linguistics to their chosen fields, and to their own emerging linguistic competency and bilingualism.
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This course provides an introduction to contrastive analysis of Spanish and English and develops an understanding of how the two languages are used as communication systems. The course focuses on carrying out descriptions of the two languages, noting similarities and differences, and predicting possible problems when a speaker of Spanish studies English and vice versa. The linguistics subsystems of both languages will be campared and contrasted. Students will specifically study the sound systems and their rules, the spelling patterns of words, word forms and grammar rules, sentence construction and word order, vocabulary words and sentence meaning, and the socio-cultural linguistic conventions appropriate to various situations.
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This course will explore the nature of bilingualism, both as a societal and an individual human phenomenon. It will include the study of language domains, language acquisition and language loss, the psychological, cognitive, legal, and sociological implications of living with two languages, and the educational and economic aspects of bilingualism. Students will have the opportunity to practice applied linguistics by integrating class materials with first-hand observations of bilingual communities and individuals, and applying theories and empirical evidence to an in-depth study of a bilingual individual.
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This course will focus on the process of language acquisition in normally developing children, from infancy to school age. Theories of language acquisition are explored, including those that are behavioral, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic. Students will learn about the developmental stages of language, and learn how to research, record, and interpret the theories. Students will study the relationship between oral and written language as well as language differences related to bilingualism and dialects.
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The nature of language -its forms and uses. A survey of linguistic analysis. Language as data in psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other social sciences.
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Survey of linguistic science, with special attention to descriptive and applied linguistics.
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Cultural meanings of language in use and the interrelations between linguistic behaviors and cultural practices.
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Study of speech, language, and communication skills in typically developing children. Exploration of gender, multicultural, multilinguistic, and socioeconomic variations in language development. Analysis of the processes involved in language learning and use and the foundations of language and literacy from infancy through the school-age years to complex language development over the lifespan.
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The interrelationship of language and culture, with particular reference to the data of unwritten languages as these apply to the reconstruction of ethno-history, the analysis of cultural change, folklore, folk taxonomies, and ethnic classifications.
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The nature of bilingualism as a societal and as an individual human phenomenon; linguistic and applied linguistic issues will be included. Psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and educational aspects of bilingualism will be covered.
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Speech and language within the context of anthropology. Language as a cultural resource.
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Study of speech, language, and communication skills in typically developing children. Exploration of gender, multicultural, multilinguistic, and socioeconomic variations in language development. Analysis of the processes involved in language learning and use and the foundations of language and literacy from infancy through the school-age years to complex language development over the lifespan.
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The how and why of language change, studied historically and comparatively. Topics covered wil linclude changes in meaning, sound change, development of grammatical forms, language families, and the comparative methods.
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Language as a social phenomenon: language, dialect, and social l evels; linguistic communities and language styles; varieties, loyalties. Maintenance, change; study of dialect use and attitudes thereto; language ethnography; and bidialectalism and second languag/dialect learning.
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African languages and language families, their characteristics and development, including pidgin and Creole languages. Analysis of relations of language to ethnicity and identity. The contributions of African languages to general linguistic theory.
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