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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.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
  • Tags: CGSC Core CL: 100 level LING Core Course

  • LING  115.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Catherine Fortin 🏫 👤
  • Size:20
  • M, WLeighton 426 12:30pm-1:40pm
  • FLeighton 426 1:10pm-2:10pm

  • LING  115.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
  • Size:20
  • T, THWeitz Center 235 1:15pm-3:00pm

  • LING  115.01 Spring 2026

  • Faculty:Catherine Fortin 🏫 👤
  • Size:20
  • M, WLeighton 426 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FLeighton 426 12:00pm-1:00pm

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