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Your search for courses · during 24FA, 25WI, 25SP · tagged with LING Elective · returned 4 results
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ASLN 111 Writing Systems 6 credits
The structure and function of writing systems, with emphasis on a comparison of East Asian writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) to Western alphabetic systems. Topics covered include classification of writing systems, historical development, diffusion and borrowing of writing systems, and comparison with non-writing symbol systems.
- Spring 2025
- SI, Social Inquiry CX, Cultural/Literature
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LING 135 Introduction to Sociolinguistics 6 credits
There is a complex relationship between language and society. This course examines how language variation is tied to identity and the role of language in human social interaction. We will consider language as it relates to social status, age, gender, ethnicity, and location as well as theoretical models used to study variation. We will also examine how language is used in conversation, in the media, and beyond using ethnography of communication and discourse analysis. You will become more aware of how language is used in your own daily life and will be able to argue sociolinguistic perspectives on language attitudes.
- Fall 2024, Spring 2025
- IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry
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LING 135.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Andrew Bray 🏫
- Size:30
- M, WWeitz Center 132 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWeitz Center 132 12:00pm-1:00pm
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LING 135.00 Spring 2025
- Faculty:Andrew Bray 🏫
- Size:30
- M, WWillis 204 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 204 1:10pm-2:10pm
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LING 145 Dialectology 6 credits
This course explores dialectology, the study of dialects. Participants learn the field’s history before turning to World Englishes, with special attention to the current dialects of American English. We analyze the earliest colonial American English dialects, highlighting language contact with indigenous and other languages, the linguistic impact of the Atlantic slave trade, and subsequent impacts of westward migration. Participants also assess speakers’ perceptions of dialects; analyze dialectal variation as portrayed in media, either accurately or stereotypically; and re-examine what constitutes standard/non-standard dialects, and how ‘standardness’ has changed over time. Not open to students who have taken LING 140.
Not open to students who have taken LING 140
- Winter 2025
- IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry
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Not open to students who have taken LING 140.
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LING 145.00 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Andrew Bray 🏫
- Size:30
- M, WWillis 203 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 203 12:00pm-1:00pm
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LING 219 Sociophonetic Analysis 6 credits
This course introduces participants to sociophonetics, a field of study that weds theories of phonetics (the study of the science of speech) to the methodological approaches of sociolinguistics, and which examines the relationships between linguistic variation and speaker identity. Participants consider the acoustic characteristics of vowels, consonants, and prosody; the variation that occurs across these; and how this variation impacts the production and perception of speech. Working with natural speech data, participants learn to use Praat to assess articulatory variation, and contextualize their findings against the backdrop of previous sociophonetic literature.
Not open to students who have taken LING 117 previously
- Winter 2025
- QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 100-Level Linguistics course with a grade of C- or better. Not open students who have completed LING 117.
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LING 219.00 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Andrew Bray 🏫
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWillis 211 2:20pm-3:20pm