Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
Linguistics (LING)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
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LING 200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * 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. Enrollment is limited to 80. Also offered as LING 200 001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 54 Max: 40 LING 205 LANGUAGE & SOCIETY Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II This course treats language as a social phenomenon to show how language, personal identity and institutions of social control inter-relate. The course focuses on linguistic interaction in daily life and how gender, ethnic, class, activity and geographic variation affect language use. 001 KH 101 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Niedzielski, Nancy Enr: 30 Max: 0 LING 300 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II * 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. Also offered as ANTH 300. Prereq- Ling 200 or permission of instructor. FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 SH 305 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 19 Max: NA LING 314 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Review and analysis of major theoretical apporaches to second language acquisition among adults. Major topics covered are: linguistic, cognitive and socioculutal factors in language development, instructured and non-instructed settings, research methodologies, developmemt stages of acauisition. Major emphasis on morphosyntactic development, but attention to phonetics and lexicom too. Enrollment is limited to 20. Also offered as SPAN 414. 001 RH 302 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 2 Max: 10 LING 317 LANGUAGE AND COMPUTERS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Introduction to the relation of computers and natural language. Includes exercises in programming computers to exhibit language-like behavior and using computers to analyze language, as well as an overview of different aspects of computational linguistics (e.g., speech recognition, syntactic parsing, semantic representation, and neural net models) and of the use of corpora and concordance progams to discover syntactic and sematic patterns of English. No progamming experience required. 001 HUM 119 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Barlow, Michael Enr: 29 Max: 0 LING 340 THEORY & METHODS OF TEACHING ESL Credits 3.00 Spring 02 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 SH 207A - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Barlow, Michael Enr: 10 Max: 0 LING 346 HISTORY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 02 This course investigates major developments in the history of Chineses, emphasizing structural changes from Archaic to Modern Chinese. We will examine patters of thought and cultural perceptions as reflected in vocabulary change. Introduction to sound changes in Chinese and the evolution of the writing system. Students are required to have basic knowledge of Chinese or have taken an introductory linguistics course. Also offerd as CHIN 346. Prereq - basic knowledge of CHIN or LING 200 001 FL 412 - TTH 10:00AM - 12:05PM Chen, Lilly C. Enr: 4 Max: 0 LING 352 INTRO TO SANSKRIT II Credits 3.00 Spring 02 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. 001 RH 304 - TTH 03:00PM - 04:30PM Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 3 Max: 0 LING 394 STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Introduction to modern English grammar, phonology, and semantics. Required for linguistics majors in second language acquistion concentration. 001 SH 352A - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Shibatani, Masayoshi Enr: 7 Max: 0 LING 402 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * 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 SH 352A - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Davis, Philip W. Enr: 7 Max: 0 LING 406 COGNITIVE STUDIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND LI Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Relations between thought, language, and culture. Special emphasis given to natural systems of classification and their underlying logical principles. Also offered as ANTH 406. Also offered as ANTH 406 001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 4 Max: NA LING 408 FIELD TECHNIQUES & ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Continuation of Ling 407. Also offered as ANTH 408. 001 SH 562 - F 03:00PM - 04:30PM SH 56 Davis, Philip W. Enr: 1 Max: 0 LING 411 NEUROLINGUISTICS: Credits 3.00 Spring 02 * 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 460 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Lamb, Sydney M. Enr: 9 Max: 0 LING 424 STUDIES IN HISPANIC LINGUISTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Topic: The Evolution of Spanish. This course surveys the historical development of dialectal differences in Spanish, the factors that affect the formation of dialects (geographic, social class, gender, and etc) prescriptive vs. descriptive accounsts of Spanish, and the future of Spanish as a world language. Also offered as SPAN 316 and MDST 424. 001 RH 305 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 3 Max: 0 LING 452 ADVANCED SANSKRIT II Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Continuation of Ling 451. Also offered as SANS 402. 001 TBA - TBA Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 1 Max: 0 LING 480 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Spring 02 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0 LING 482 HONORS PROJECT Credits 3.00 Spring 02 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 500 LINGUISTIC ANALYIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 See Ling 300. 001 SH 305 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 1 Max: 0 LING 502 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 See Ling 402. 001 TBA - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Davis, Philip W. Enr: 2 Max: NA LING 508 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Continuation of Ling 507. 001 SH 562 - F 03:00PM - 04:30PM SH 56 Davis, Philip W. Enr: 3 Max: 0 LING 540 THEORY AND METHODS OF TEACHING ESL & FOR Credits 3.00 Spring 02 See Ling 340. 001 SH 207A - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Barlow, Michael Enr: 1 Max: 0 LING 550 DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM Credits 1.00 Spring 02 Faculty, graduate students, and invited guests meet weekly to present reports on current research or to discuss current issues in linguistics. 001 SH 352A - TH 04:00PM - 05:30PM Staff Enr: 6 Max: 0 LING 552 SEMINAR IN SYNTAX & SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Topic for Spring 2002: Voice. 001 SH 207A - TTH 02:00PM - 03:30PM Shibatani, Masayoshi Enr: 4 Max: 0 LING 556 SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE VARIATION Credits 3.00 Spring 02 Topics in language variation. The topic for Spring 2002 is gender and gender roles. We will look specifically at the types of gender variation cross linguistically, explanations for their presence, and their effect on language change. 001 TBA - TBA Niedzielski, Nancy Enr: 7 Max: 5 LING 581 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 no description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 4 Max: 0 LING 582 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 583 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 584 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 585 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 586 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 587 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 588 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 591 TEACHING LINGUISTICS Credits Spring 02 No description 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 3 Max: 0 LING 611 LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY PRACTICUM Credits 1.00 Spring 02 The course, a continuation of Fren 610, allows students to gain further knowledge and expertise in aspects of Language Methodology by attending a series of workshops on topics such as Technology and Language Learning, Writing, and content-based instruction. Students will also complete assignments that supplement or expand on the material presented in the workshops. Also offered as GERM 611, FREN 611, and SPAN 611. 001 SH 460 - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0 LING 800 DISSERTATION RESEARCH Credits Spring 02 No description. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 6 Max: 0
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