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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the study of language; its nature, diversity, and structure. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Language as a social phenomenon. Topics include linguistic diversity, language policy, language and identity, language and social structure, speech communities and social networks, the effect of social factors on language variation, linguistic consequences of language contact. GE Credit: Div, SocSci, Wri.—I, II. (I, II.) Bayley, Ramanathan
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; limited primarily to students who have fulfilled their Subject A requirement or have completed course 23. Intensive practice in oral English for undergraduate ESL students. Students will learn to identify and modify features of their pronunciation which limit their ability to communicate clearly. Students will also learn and practice strategies for effective participation in academic tasks. May be repeated once for credit with consent of coordinator. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: admission by placement examination only. Provides undergraduate students whose native language is not English with intensive work in reading and in writing organized, coherent, and grammatically correct paragraphs and short academic essays. (P/NP grading only.)—I. (I.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: admission by placement examination, by successful completion of course 21, or by consent of instructor. Provides undergraduate students whose native language is not English with experience in writing essays in recognized rhetorical modes. Students will also read to develop fluency and critical thinking and will study grammar needed for academic writing. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: admission by placement examination, by successful completion of course 22, or by consent of instructor. Provides undergraduate students whose native language is not English with experience writing persuasive essays related to reading passages. Students will also read for tone, style, context, and assumptions and will study advanced grammar needed for persuasive essays. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 23. Practice in academic writing designed to prepare undergraduate students from language backgrounds other than English for successful academic work. Development of academic writing, critical thinking, and reading skills. Development of clear, accurate language for presenting an effective argument. Open to students from language backgrounds other than English.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Samsel
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: admission by placement examination or consent of instructor. Open to international and ESL graduate students and limited status international undergraduates (Education Abroad Program participants). A multi-skills ESL course designed to help international/ESL students improve their English language skills for successful academic study. Emphasis on writing, speaking, listening, reading, and academic culture. (P/NP grading only.)—I. Lane
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of course 25 if held for it, or consent of instructor. Admission limited to international graduate students. Focuses on writing needed for academic work, including summaries, critiques, research and grant proposals, memos, resumes, and research papers. Includes a review of grammar needed for writing and some focus on reading skills and American vocabulary and idioms. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. Writing skills necessary for upper division courses, including skills crucial to writing lab and project reports, summaries, critiques, abstracts, and responses to exam questions. Includes practice with the syntax, grammar, and vocabulary characteristic of academic writing. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Instruction and practice in reading scientific and technical texts. Techniques for comprehending and analyzing grammatical and organizational patterns. Notetaking skills, summarizing, vocabulary enrichment. (P/NP grading only.)
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Variable—1-5 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Directed group study of topic in English as a Second Language (ESL). May be repeated for credit by consent of the ESL coordinator. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Intended for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Intended for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Introduction to fundamental methods and concepts used in linguistic analysis, focusing on phonetic, phonological, and morphological phenomena. Emphasizes development of analytical skills and appreciation of structural regularities and differences among languages. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 139.—I. Orgun
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Introduction to fundamental methods and concepts used in linguistic analysis, focusing on morphological, syntactic, and semantic phenomena. Emphasizes development of analytical skills and appreciation of structural regularities and differences among languages. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 140.—II. Farrell,
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1 and consent of instructor. Detailed examination of a major contemporary linguistic theory, a major contemporary issue or related set of issues in linguistics, or the structure of a particular language or language family. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. Offered in alternate years.
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or English 3 or University Writing Program 1 or consent of instructor. Survey of present day English grammar as informed by contemporary linguistic theories. The major syntactic structures of English; their variation across dialects, styles, and registers, their development, and their usefulness in describing the conventions of English. (Same course as English 106.) Not open for credit to students who have completed course 104. GE credit: ArtHum.—I. Ward
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 103A. Contemporary phonological theory with emphasis on syllable structure, metrical structure, phonology-morphology interaction, and typological variation in these areas, from the perspective of optimality-theoretic approaches.—II. Orgun
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1. Detailed examination of articulatory and acoustic phonetics.—I. (I.) Orgun
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 103A, 103B. Introduction to the analysis of word structure and the relation of word structure to the lexicon and other grammatical components.—III. Aranovich
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 103B. Introduction to syntactic theory, primarily through the examination of a major theory of syntax, emphasizing theoretical reasoning, argumentation, and problems of theory building in syntax.—I. (I.) Aranovich, Farrell
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses 103A, 103B. Introduction to the linguistic study of the meanings of words and phrases. Survey of the meanings expressed by lexical items and derivational and inflectional morphology, as well as the contribution of argument structure, quantification, and coordination to meaning. GE credit: Wrt.—I. Ojeda
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or Anthropology 4. Survey of the world’s languages, their geographical distribution and classification, both genetic and typological. Illustrative descriptions of several major languages from different geographical areas; pidgins and creoles, lingua francas and other languages of widespread use. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 50. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Wrt.—III.
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 103A, 103B. Description and methods of the historical study of language, including the comparative method and internal reconstruction; sound change, morphological change, syntactic change, semantic change.—II. Benware
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