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IDSC 202 MMUF Research Seminar 2 credits
This seminar develops the skills needed to engage in and communicate advanced research. Each participant will work and present regularly on their ongoing research projects, and participate actively in an ongoing series of workshops and conferences. The seminar will also discuss in depth the nature of academia as institution and culture, and the role of diversity in the production of knowledge and teaching in American higher education. Open only to students with MMUF fellow status.
Must be MMUF Fellow
- Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
- No Exploration
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LING 100 The Noun 6 credits
We've all been taught that nouns are people, places, and things. Yet, these seemingly simple linguistic objects are surprisingly complex. For instance, languages vary in what information (e.g., case, gender, person, number) nouns display. Even within a single language, the form of a noun may change depending on its function within a sentence or its function within a conversation. This course uses contemporary linguistic theories to account for the many varied forms of nouns throughout the world's languages. No familiarity with languages other than English is required.
Held for new first year students
- Fall 2025
- AI/WR1, Argument & Inquiry/WR1
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Student is a member of the First Year First Term class level cohort. Students are only allowed to register for one A&I course at a time. If a student wishes to change the A&I course they are enrolled in they must DROP the enrolled course and then ADD the new course. Please see our Workday guides Drop or 'Late' Drop a Course and Register or Waitlist for a Course Directly from the Course Listing for more information.
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LING 100.01 Fall 2025
- Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm
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LING 115 Introduction to the Theory of Syntax 6 credits
This course is organized to enable the student to actively participate in the construction of a rather elaborate theory of the nature of human cognitive capacity to acquire and use natural languages. In particular, we concentrate on one aspect of that capacity: the unconscious acquisition of a grammar that enables a speaker of a language to produce and recognize sentences that have not been previously encountered. In the first part of the course, we concentrate on gathering notation and terminology intended to allow an explicit and manageable description. In the second part, we depend on written and oral student contributions in a cooperative enterprise of theory construction.
- Winter 2026
- FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
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LING 115.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- T, THWeitz Center 235 1:15pm-3:00pm
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LING 240 Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics 6 credits
Semantics is the study of how speakers interpret what words and constructions mean in a language. Pragmatics is the study of how factors related to context affect interpretations. Topics include lexical semantics, the computation of meaning over syntactic structures, the various interpretations of ambiguous constructions, and the computation of contextually supplied information. Offered at both the 200 and 300 level, coursework will be adjusted accordingly. Register for LING 340 if you have taken LING 216; register for 240 if you have taken a 100-level linguistics course and have not taken LING 216.
- Spring 2026
- FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 100-level LING course with grade of C- or better.
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LING 240.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm
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LING 340 Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics 6 credits
Semantics is the study of how speakers interpret what words and constructions mean in a language. Pragmatics is the study of how factors related to context affect interpretations. Topics include lexical semantics, the computation of meaning over syntactic structures, the various interpretations of ambiguous constructions, and the computation of contextually supplied information. Offered at both the 200 and 300 level, coursework will be adjusted accordingly. Register for LING 340 if you have taken LING 216; register for 240 if you have taken a 100-level linguistics course and have not taken LING 216.
- Spring 2026
- FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
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Student has completed the following course(s): LING 216 with grade of C- or better.
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LING 340.01 Spring 2026
- Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm