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LING   200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * 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 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SH*303   Niedzielski, Nancy             *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM TBA      Stefanowitsch, Anatol          *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS                      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Language as an object of scientific analysis, focused on how different
languages organize semantic and pragmatic information into simple
sentences.  Topics:  morphology, syntactic categories and constituency,
propositional semantics, tense-aspect-modality, pragmatic information
status, grammatical relations, and voice systems.
Prereq- Ling 200 or permission of instructor.
FOUNDATION COURSE
Also offered as Anth 300.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM SH*207B  Fleck, David                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   306 LANGUAGE & MIND: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of language as a cognitive system.  Includes the expression in
language of linguistic data and thought patterns as evidence for the
cognitive structures and processes that enable people to learn and use
language.
Prereq- Ling 200 or 300 or permission of instructor.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RH*111   Lamb, Sydney                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   340 THEORY & METHODS OF TEACHING ESL         Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introduction to the theory and practice of teaching a second language.
Includes the process of language learning viewed from social,
psychological, and linguistic perspectives, as well as commonly used
teaching "methods," such as the audiolingual method, situational
language teaching, the natural approach, and TPR, among others.
Required for linguistics majors in second language acquisition
concentration.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RH*239   Halmari, Helena                *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   352 INTRO TO SANSKRIT II                     Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course is a continuation of Ling 351, Sans 301 and aims at
developing vocabulary and grammatical skills through reading biblical
prose and poetic texts.
Prereq- Ling 351.
Also offered as Reli 352 and Sans 302.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RH*239   Mitchell, Douglas              *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   395 HIST OF THE ENGLISH LANG                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of 6,000 years of language history. Includes the phonological,
morphological, syntactic, and semantic history of the English language
from its Indo-European origins, through the Anglo-Saxon and Middle
English periods, and up to the present day.  Also offered as ENGL 395.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RH*317   Gerhardt, Cornelia             *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   402 SYNTAX & SEMANTICS                       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of semantic categories and their formal expression in
morphological, syntactic, and lexical units and patterns.
Also offered as Anth 402.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RH*239   Davis, Philip                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   408 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Continuation of Ling 407.
Also offered as Anth 408.
001 TBA     TBA                      Gildea, Spike                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   410 RHETORIC                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Overview of classical series of rhetoric and followed by more intensive
dicussions both of contemporary theories and applications in a wide
variety of disciplines.
Also offered as Anth 412.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM SH*460   Tyler, Stephen                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   413 FORMAL THEORIES OF SYNTAX                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
A survey of current formal theories of syntax:  Government and Binding
Theory, Lexical Functional Grammar, Generalized Phrase Structure
Grammar, and Categorial Grammar.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM RH*239   Halmari, Helena                *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   415 SOCIOLINGUISTICS                         Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Topic:  Issues of language and gender, race and class.  The course will
begin with an overview of contemporary sociolinguistic theory and
methodologies.  We will then examine the linguistic consequences to
speakers of their membership in groups defined in terms of gender,
race and class.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM RH*239   Niedzielski, Nancy             *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   480 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   481 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   482 HONORS PROJECT                           Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   500 LINGUISTIC ANALYIS                       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Ling 300.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM SH*207B  Fleck, David                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   502 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS                     Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Ling 402.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RH*239   Davis, Philip                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   506 COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS                    Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Ling 306.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RH*111   Lamb, Sydney                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   508 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Continuation of Ling 507.
001 TBA     TBA                      Gildea, Spike                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   540 THEORY AND METHODS OF  TEACHING ESL & FO Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
See Ling 340.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM FL*528   Halmari, Helena                *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   550 DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM                  Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Faculty, graduate students, and invited guests meet weekly to present
reports on current research or to discuss current issues in linguistics
and semiotics.
001 TH      04:00PM-05:30PM RH*239   Gildea, Spike                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   552 SEMINAR IN SYNTAX & SEMANTICS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Complex expressions.
001 TBA     TBA                      Davis, Philip                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   553 SEMINAR LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE NEURO-COGNI Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 W       02:00PM-05:00PM RH*239   Lamb, Sydney                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   581 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   582 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   583 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   584 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   585 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   586 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   587 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   588 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   590 TEACHING LINGUISTICS                     Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   591 TEACHING LINGUISTICS                     Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

LING   800 DISSERTATION RESEARCH                    Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

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