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Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2000
Linguistics (LING)

Rice Course Schedule as of 05/15/2001. This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar (reg@rice.edu).

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LING 200   INTRO TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LANGUAG Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introduction to concepts and terminology in the scientific study of language.
Includes sound systems (phonology), construction of words (morphology),
organization of words in the sentence (syntax), meaning (semantics), and
information flow (pragmatics), as well as a survey of interdisciplinary uses of
linguistics such as historical linguistics (archaeology), dialectology
(sociology), and language acquisition (psychology, cognitive sciences, and
language teaching). FOUNDATION COURSE.  Also offered as ANTH 200.
001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Niedzielski, Nancy        Enr: 24 Max: NA

LING 301   PHONETICS                                Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introductory study of sound as it relates to speech and sound systems in the
world's languages.  Speech sounds are examined in terms of production
mechanisms (articulatory phonetics), propagation mechanisms (acoustic
phonetics), and perception mechanisms (auditory phonetics).  Include a basic
introduction to Digital Signal Processing.
Ling 200 or permission of instructor.
001 SH 307 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Niedzielski, Nancy        Enr: 14 Max: NA

LING 305   HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS                   Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Exploration of the nature of language change in its phonological,
morphological, syntactic, semantic, and sociocultural aspects, using the
perspective of language acquisition.  Includes techniques of internal and
comparative reconstruction of proto-languages.  Also offered as ANTH 305.
Ling 200, 300, or 301 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Copeland, James E.        Enr:  Max: NA

LING 312   OLD ENGLISH                              Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Also offered as Engl 312.
Permission of instructor.
001 HZ 117 - MW 03:00PM - 04:30PM       Mitchell, E. Douglas      Enr:  Max: NA

LING 313   LANGUAGE AND CULTURE                     Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Investigation of the relation between linguistic form and language and language
and thought, language and worldview, and language and logic.  Also offered as
Anth 313.
001 SH 207B - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Tyler, Stephen A.         Enr: 14 Max: NA

LING 330   CORPUS LINGUISTICS                       Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Investigation of the nature of linguistic representations from corpus-based
analysis as compared to more traditional methodologies. Includes the collection
of individual text data (or the exploration of existing text sources), the use
of various text analysis programs (e.g. concordance software), and the
production of lexical, syntactic, semantic, discourse, or cultural analyses of
selected texts, using computer-based methods. Also offered as LING 530.
001 SH 307 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Barlow, Michael           Enr: 0 Max: NA
                                        Barlow, Michael

LING 351   INTRO TO SANSKRIT I                      Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Also offered as Sans 301.
001 SH 303 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM      Mitchell, E. Douglas      Enr:  Max: NA

LING 406   COGNITIVE STUDIES - LING & ANTH          Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Exploration of the nature of language change in its phonological,
morphological, syntactic, semantic, and sociocultural aspects, using the
perspective of language acquisition.  Includes techniques of internal and
comparative reconstruction of proto-languages.   Also offered as LING 305.
Prereq- Ling 200, 300, or 301 or permission of instructor.
001 SH 352A - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Staff                     Enr: 3 Max: NA

LING 407   FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Techniques and practice in the observation, analysis, and recording of a human
language.  Also offered as Anth 407.
001 SH 562 - M 03:00PM - 05:00PM
SH 56 Davis, Philip W.          Enr: 3 Max: NA

LING 409   SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Research methods in linguistics.
Prereq- Ling 300 or permission of instructor.
001 SH 303 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Englebretson, Robert      Enr: 0 Max: NA

LING 411   NEUROLINGUISTICS:                        Credits 3.00  Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of language and the brain.  Includes the organization of the brain (e.g.,
the localization of speech, language, and memory functions), hemispheric
dominance, and the pathologies of speech and language associated with brain
damage.  Also offered as Anth 411
001 SH 352A - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Lamb, Sydney              Enr: 15 Max: NA

LING 481   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

LING 482   HONORS PROJECT                           Credits 3.00  Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

LING 490   DISCOURSE ANALYSIS                       Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Examination of linguistic, social, and cultural constraints on the structure
and interpretation of discourse.
001 SH 303 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Englebretson, Robert      Enr:  Max: NA

LING 501   PHONETICS                                Credits 3.00  Fall 00
See Ling 301.
Prereq: LING 200 or permission of instructor.
001 SH 562 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Niedzielski, Nancy        Enr: 1 Max: NA

LING 505   HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS                   Credits 3.00  Fall 00
See Ling 305.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Copeland, James E.        Enr:  Max: NA

LING 507   FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Fall 00
See Ling 407.
001 TBA - TBA                           Davis, Philip W.          Enr: 2 Max: NA

LING 513   LANGUAGE AND CULTURE                     Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Investigates the relation between language and thought, language and worldview,
and language and logic.  Also offered as Anth 513
001 SH 207B - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Tyler, Stephen A.         Enr: 0 Max: NA

LING 530   CORPUS LINGUISTICS                       Credits 3.00  Fall 00
See Ling 330.
001 SH 307 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Barlow, Michael           Enr: 2 Max: NA

LING 550   DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM                  Credits 1.00  Fall 00
Faculty, graduate students, and invited guests meet weekly to present reports
on current research or to discuss current issues in linguistics.
001 TBA - TH 04:00PM - 05:30PM          Staff                     Enr: 4 Max: NA

LING 551   SEM IN LING THEORY GRAMMATICALIZATION    Credits 3.00  Fall 00
No description
001 TBA - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM           Davis, Philip W.          Enr:  Max: NA

LING 554   SEMINAR IN SEMANTIC THEORY               Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Advanced lexical semantic description and the semantics of grammatical
constructions. Theoretical and descriptive constructs from cognitive grammar,
construction grammar, event grammar, and other approaches. Eclectic deployment
and integration of available ideas with focus on empirical coverage.
001 TBA - TH 02:30PM - 04:00PM          Kemmer, Suzanne E.        Enr:  Max: NA

LING 581   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits   Fall 00
no description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: NA

LING 583   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits   Fall 00
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: NA

LING 585   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Fall 00
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

LING 587   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: NA

LING 588   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits   Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: NA

LING 590   TEACHING LINGUISTICS                     Credits   Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: NA

LING 610   SEMINAR: TOPICS IN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY  Credits 3.00  Fall 00
Exploration and analysis of a range of theories, issues and problems in foreign
language instruction.  Areas of inquiry include:  the nature of language
acquisition, pedagogical methods, instructional technologies, development of
teaching materials, and testing/assessment.Required for all graduate language
teaching assistants.  Also offered as Fren 610
001 HUM 118 - T 03:30PM - 06:00PM       Barlow, Michael           Enr: 1 Max: NA
                                        Kecht, Maria-Regina
                                        Kecht, Maria-Regina

LING 800   DISSERTATION RESEARCH                    Credits 3.00  Fall 00
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 5 Max: NA



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