24.966J Laboratory on the Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech ( ) (Same subject as 6.542J , HST.712J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 2-2-8 Lecture: MW11-12.30 ( 36-144 ) Experimental investigations of speech processes. Topics: measurement of articulatory movements; measurements of pressures and airflows in speech production; computer-aided waveform analysis and spectral analysis of speech; synthesis of speech; perception and discrimination of speechlike sounds; speech prosody; models for speech recognition; speech development; and other topics. Recommended prerequisites: 6.002 or 18.03. L. D. Braida, S. Shattuck-Hufnagel
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24.967 Topics in Experimental Phonology ( ) Prereq: 24.961 , 24.963 , or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Experimental techniques to test predictions drawn from current phonological theory. Includes a survey of experimental methodologies currently in use, an introduction to experimental design and analysis, and critical consideration of how experimental results are used to inform theory. A. Albright, E. Flemming
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24.968J Speech Communication ( ) (Same subject as 6.541J , HST.710J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-1-8 Survey of human speech communication with special emphasis on the sound patterns of natural languages. Acoustic theory of speech production; physiologic and acoustic descriptions of phonetic features, prosody, speech perception, speech respiration, and speech motor control. Applications to recognition and generation of speech by machine and to speech disorders. Recommended prerequisite: mathematical background equivalent to 6.003. L. D. Braida, R. E. Hillman, S. Shattuck-Hufnagel
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24.969 Workshop in Phonology and Morphology ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 An intensive group tutorial/seminar for discussion of research being conducted by participants. No auditors are allowed. A. Albright, M. Kenstowicz
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24.970 Introduction to Semantics ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: WF1-2.30 ( 32-D461 ) Basic issues of form and meaning in formalized and natural languages. Conceptual, logical, and linguistic questions about truth. Reference, modal, and intensional notions. The role of grammar in language use and context-dependency. Ambiguities of structure and meaning, and dimensions of semantic variation in syntax and the lexicon. I. Heim
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24.973 Advanced Semantics ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Current work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar. K. von Fintel
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24.979 Topics in Semantics ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: MW1.30-3 ( 66-160 ) Seminar on current research in semantics and generative grammar. Topics may vary from year to year. Fall: K. von Fintel, S. Iatridou Spring: D. Fox, M. Hackl
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24.981 Topics in Computational Phonology ( ) Prereq: 24.961 or permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: M10-1 ( 32-D461 ) Exploration of issues in the computational modeling of phonology: finding generalizations in data, formalisms for representing phonological knowledge, modeling grammar acquisition, and testing phonological theories by means of implemented models. Experience using and developing models, including preparing training data, running simulations, and interpreting their results. No background in programming or machine learning is assumed. A. Albright
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24.992 Survey of General Linguistics ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: T2-5 ( 24-110 ) Reading and discussion of certain important papers in syntax, semantics, and phonology designed to familiarize the student with central ideas in current linguistic research. Organization of discussion is primarily in the hands of seminar participants. E. Flemming, I. Heim, N. Richards
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24.993 Tutorial in Linguistics and Related Fields ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged Consult department Individual or small-group tutorial in which students, under the guidance of a faculty member, explore the interrelations with linguistics of some specified area. Consult Department Headquarters
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24.ThG Graduate Thesis ( , , , ) Prereq: - Units arranged Consult department Program of research and writing of thesis, to be arranged by the student with supervising committee. Staff
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24.UR Undergraduate Research ( , , , ) Prereq: None Units arranged [P/D/F] TBA. 24.URG Undergraduate Research ( , , , ) Prereq: None Units arranged TBA. Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information consult the departmental coordinators. Linguistics: E. Flemming Philosophy: I. Singer
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21L.000J Writing About Literature ( , ) (Same subject as 21W.734J) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: MW2.30-4 ( 1-277 ) Intensive focus on the reading and writing skills used to analyze literary texts such as poems by Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare or Langston Hughes; short stories by Chekhov, Joyce, or Alice Walker; and a short novel by Melville or Toni Morrison. Designed not only to prepare students for further work in writing and literary and media study, but also to provide increased confidence and pleasure in their reading, writing, and analytical skills. Students write or revise essays weekly. Enrollment limited. Fall: W. Kelley Spring: I. Lipkowitz
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21L.001 Foundations of Western Culture: Homer to Dante ( ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: MW1-2.30 ( 1-150 ) +final Studies a broad range of texts essential to understanding the two great sources of Western conceptions of the world and humanity's place within it: the ancient world of Greece and Rome and the Judeo-Christian world that challenged and absorbed it. Readings vary but usually include works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristotle, Plato, Virgil, St. Augustine, and Dante. Enrollment limited. more information ... H. Eiland
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21L.002 Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World ( ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Complementary to 21L.001. A broad survey of texts, literary, philosophical, and sociological, studied to trace the growth of secular humanism, the loss of a supernatural perspective upon human events, and changing conceptions of individual, social, and communal purpose. Stresses appreciation and analysis of texts that came to represent the common cultural possession of our time. Enrollment limited. more information ... H. Eiland
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21L.003 Reading Fiction ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: TR9.30-11 ( 56-167 ) or MW9.30-11 ( 56-180 ) or TR9.30-11 ( 66-154 ) Introduces prose narrative, both short stories and the novel. Examines the construction of narrative and the analysis of literary response. Enrollment limited. more information ... Fall: I. Lipkowitz Spring: S. Alexandre, R. Perry
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21L.004 Reading Poetry ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://web.mit.edu/lit/www/21L.004/21L.004.html You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: WF10-11.30 ( 56-167 ) or MW3.30-5 ( 14N-325 ) Emphasis on lyric poetry in England and the United States. Syllabus usually includes sonnets by Shakespeare, selections from Milton's Paradise Lost , individual poems by Donne, Keats, Dickinson, Frost, Eliot, Langston Hughes, Lowell, and Plath. Enrollment limited. more information ... Fall: J. Hildebidle, N. Jackson Spring: Staff
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21L.005 Introduction to Drama ( ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: MW1-2.30 ( 1-134 ) A study of the history of theater art and practice from its origins to the modern period, including its roles in non-Western cultures. Special attention to the relationship between the literary and performative dimensions of drama, and the relationship between drama and its cultural context. Enrollment limited. more information ... Staff
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21L.006 American Literature ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: MW1-2.30 ( 1-135 ) Studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. Considers novels, essays, films, and poems, focusing on efforts to define and reform a sense of American identity amidst increasing awareness of cultural diversity. Readings usually include works by Hawthorne, Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Dickinson, Frost, Faulkner, Maxine Kingston, and Amy Tan. Enrollment limited. more information ... Fall: Staff Spring: J. Hildebidle
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21L.007 World Literatures ( ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://web.mit.edu/lit/www/21L.007/21L.007.html Introduces students to a coherent set of textual and visual materials drawn from different geographical regions, languages, artistic genres, and historical periods. The focus may vary but usually cuts across national boundaries. Includes non-English works read in translation and examines different kinds of writing, both fiction and nonfiction. Pays special attention to such issues as identity formation, cultural contact, exploration, and exile. Previously taught topics include contemporary writing from Africa and South Asia, the impact of the discovery of the New World, and Caribbean literature. more information ... M. Fuller
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21L.008J Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies ( ) (Same subject as 24.912J , SP.417J , 21A.114J , 21H.106J , 21M.630J , 21W.741J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: W1-2.30 ( 4-145 ) Recitation: M1-2.30 ( 4-145 ) or M EVE (7-8.30 PM) ( 4-145 ) Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students. more information ... T. DeFrantz, S. Alexandre, C. Capozzola
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21L.009 Shakespeare ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: TR11.30-1 ( 56-167 ) or TR3.30-5 ( 1-273 ) +final Focuses on a close reading of six to eight of Shakespeare's plays, as well as their adaptation for stage and/or film. Selected texts cover the range of genres in which Shakespeare wrote (i.e. history, comedy, tragedy, and romance). Plays vary between sections and from term to term, and have recently included Henry IV Part 1, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest. Enrollment limited. more information ... Fall: P. Donaldson, S. Raman Spring: P. Donaldson
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21L.011 The Film Experience ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-3-6 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: T4,T EVE (7 PM) ( 3-270 ) Lab: T EVE (8-10 PM) ( 3-270 ) Recitation: R3 ( 2-146 , 2-105 ) or R4 ( 2-146 , 2-105 , 2-139 ) +final An introduction to narrative film, emphasizing the unique properties of the movie house and the motion picture camera, the historical evolution of the film medium, and the intrinsic artistic qualities of individual films. Syllabus changes from term to term, but usually includes such directors as Griffith, Chaplin, Renoir, Ford, Hitchcock, De Sica, and Fellini. more information ... Fall: D. Thorburn Spring: M. Marks
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21L.012 Forms of Western Narrative ( ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: TR3.30-5 ( 14N-112 ) Examines forms of storytelling that have developed in Western cultures from Homer to the present. Emphasis on literary and cultural issues; the emergence of different narrative genres and media; story forms as anthropological artifacts. Syllabus varies but usually includes folk tales, and authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Cervantes, Laclos or Tolstoy, Poe, and at least one film. more information ... J. Buzard
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21L.013J The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture (New) ( ) (Same subject as 21A.113J , 21M.013J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Lecture: MW11-12.30 ( 14W-111 ) Explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. Provides a better understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Explores great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten. Readings will also include selections from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural. Writing assignments will range from web-based projects to analytic essays. No previous experience in music is necessary. Projected guest lectures, musical performances, field trips. more information ... C. Shadle, M. Fuller, J. Howe
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