| source University of Toronto, Mississauga (X) |
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department Linguistics (X) |
Lectures on fundamental principles with illustrations from English and from a broad spectrum of other languages. Practice in elementary analytic techniques. [
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A general-interest course on language. The structure of language; the social and psychological aspects of language; how language changes over time, with special reference to the history of English. Also origin of language, writing systems, and language acquisition. [
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An analysis of English words, the history of their development and the variation in their use across the English-speaking world. Topics include the history and structure of words, the relation between sound and spelling, dialect variation and the development of dictionaries. [
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How the English language works: students analyze a wide variety of English grammatical structures and learn how they vary across dialects and change through time. [
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An introductory survey of comparative methods in linguistics. How are languages
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Developments in linguistic theory sprouted diverse approaches to linguistic analysis of literature, from early formalism and structuralism to cognitive linguistics and functional linguistics. Survey of major trends and issues in linguistic poetics includes essential readings, such as works of R. Jakobson, M.A.K. Halliday, R. Barthes, and practice in linguistic analysis of literary texts. [
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Investigation of the sounds most commonly used in languages from an articulatory and acoustic point of view, with practice in their recognition and production. [
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This course explores the nature and organization of phonological systems (ie. the sound structure of languages) with practical work in analysis. [
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This course explores the nature and organization of morphological systems (word formation rules, organization of paradigms, etc.) with practical work in analysis. [
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This course explores the nature and organization of syntactic systems; their relation to semantic systems and the linguistic organization of discourse; practical work in analysis. [
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This course provides an introduction to the study of meaning in natural language and its relation to syntactic structure and discourse context. Topics include assertion, presupposition, and implicature; thematic roles; predication, quantification, and scope; and the representation of discourse structure. [
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The study of the relationship between language and society with the goal of understanding social structure through language; major themes are multilingual societies, including pidgin and creoles, and social interaction through speech. (Given by the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics) [
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An introduction to linguistic variation and its social implications, especially the quantitative study of phonological and grammatical features and their correlations with age, sex, ethnicity and other social variables. [
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This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See
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This course examines cross-linguistics typological features found in the languages of the world. Special attention is given to describing phonological, morphological or syntactic patterns found cross-linguistically. The goal of the course is to draw on the range of variation in order to uncover language universals. [
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Basic issues in current phonological theory. Problems focusing on analysis and theory. (Students who want to pursue graduate studies in linguistics are strongly advised to include this course in their program.). [
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An introduction to the foundations and formal framework of current generative grammar, concentrating on Chomsky's Minimalist theory. (Students who want to pursue graduate studies in linguistics are strongly advised to include this course in their program.). [
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The aim of the course is to provide an in-depth description of the phonetic and phonological system of English with special emphasis on prosodic aspects (word and sentence stress, rhythm and intonation). The course also discusses dialect differences in sound structure, and issues in the acquisition of the English phonological system. [
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Ways in which women and men differ in their use of language and in their behaviour in conversational interaction: ways in which language reflects cultural beliefs about women and men. [
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This course examines language acquisition by different populations: first language acquisition by normal, deaf and impaired children; first language re-acquisition by aphasic patients; second language acquisition by children and adults. The question that we will ask is the following: what are the similarities and differences across acquisition contexts? Comparative theoretical approaches will be examined in order to gain an insight into the following topics: evidence for innate linguistic endowment, the stages in the development of grammar, the role of input. An important component will be the analysis of both spontaneous corpora and experimental work. [
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This course examines simultaneous and successive second (and multiple) language acquisition by young children. We will look at relevant factors that influence language acquisition in early ages such as the types of languages to be acquired, the nature of the input, the age of the onset of exposure. [
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This course will provide a historical perspective on the study of languages with a focus on processes of phonetic, morphological, syntactic and semantic evolution, on methods of historical reconstruction, such as the comparative method and internal reconstruction, and on major sound laws. [
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This course examines languages recently created by means of contact between languages of different socio-economical status. Analysis of these new languages is of particular interest to linguistic theory since it offers insight on the construction of linguistic systems, language evolution and on how language is acquired in such a context. Emphasis is given to the description and analysis of French-based pidgins and Creoles spoken in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean region. [
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This course offers students the opportunity to become familiar with the primary research methods used in sociolinguistic studies, with how sociolinguistics helps to understand the properties of Canadian French, and with the pedagogical implications arising from sociolinguistic research on Canadian French. This course will contain a research-based component. [
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This course explores the linguistic features and characteristics of major Romance languages such as French, Italian, Spanish and Romanian. Attention will be given to the phonological, morphological and syntactic components of the languages to be studied, with emphasis on both similarities and differences. [
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