Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2003
Linguistics (LING)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/03/2003.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some LING courses.
LING 200 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* 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). Also offered as ANTH 200.
001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 45 Max: 40
002 SH 303 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Ross-Hagebaum, Sebastian Enr: 22 Max: 20
LING 305 HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* 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 RH 304 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Copeland, James E. Enr: 17 Max: 0
LING 306 LANGUAGE AND THE MIND Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Study of language as a cognitive system. Linguistic data as evidence for the
cognitive structures and processes that enable people to learn and use
language; how linguistic structure influences concept formation and patterns of
thinking. Also offered as LING 506.
001 HUM 118 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Achard, Michel J. Enr: 17 Max: NA
Lamb, Sydney M.
LING 309 PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Study of human and other animal communication. Also offered as PSYC 309.
001 SH 309 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Martin, Randi C. Enr: 1 Max: NA
LING 315 SEMANTICS: INTRO TO THE STUDY MEANING Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Introduction to basic approaches to the study of meaning in Linguistics and
related fields Includes the cognitive representation of meaning, lexical
categorization, conceptual structures, metaphor/metonymy, meaning change,
pragmatic inference, and the relation of language and mind. Also offered as
PSYC 315.
Prereq- Ling 200 or permission of instructor.
001 SH 207B - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Kemmer, Suzanne E. Enr: 24 Max: 0
LING 317 LANGUAGE AND COMPUTERS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* 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 semantic patterns of English. No
progamming experience required.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Barlow, Michael Enr: 28 Max: 0
LING 394 STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Introduction to modern English grammar, phonology, and semantics. Required for
linguistics majors in second language acquisition concentration.
001 SH 207B - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Shibatani, Masayoshi Enr: 12 Max: 0
LING 402 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* 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 RH 106 - MW 03:00PM - 04:15PM Shibatani, Masayoshi Enr: 6 Max: 0
LING 408 FIELD TECHNIQUES & ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Continuation of Ling 407. Also offered as ANTH 408.
001 TBA - TBA Kemmer, Suzanne E. Enr: 3 Max: 0
LING 410 RHETORIC Credits 3.00 Spring 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Overview of classical series of rhetoric and followed by more intensive
discussions both of contemporary theories and applications in a wide variety of
disciplines. Also offered as ANTH 412.
001 SH 562 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tyler, Stephen A. Enr: 4 Max: NA
LING 421 SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF SPANISH Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Comparative analysis of modern varieties of spanish covering phonetics,
vocabulary, morphosyntax, and pragmatics. Students are required to conduct an
empirical study. Also offered as SPAN 413. Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 RH 302 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 2 Max: 10
LING 424 STUDIES IN HISPANIC LINGUISTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Topic: The Evolution of Spanish. This course surveys the historical development
of dialectal differences in Spanish, the factors that affect the formation of
dialects (geography, social class, gender, etc) prescriptive
accounsts of
Spanish, and the future of Spanish as a world language. Also offered as SPAN
316 and MDST 424.
001 RH 304 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 0 Max: NA
LING 435 TOPICS IN GERMANIC LINGUISTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Topic: Old Icelandic
001 HUM 328 - TTH 03:00PM - 04:15PM Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 13 Max: NA
LING 452 ADVANCED SANSKRIT II Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Continuation of Ling 451. Also offered as SANS 402.
001 TBA - TBA Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 0 Max: 0
LING 480 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Spring 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
LING 482 HONORS PROJECT Credits 3.00 Spring 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
LING 490 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Examination of linguistic, social, and cultural constraints on the structure
and interpretation of discourse.
001 RH 106 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Englebretson, Robert Enr: 11 Max: NA
LING 502 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
See Ling 402.
001 TBA - MW 03:00PM - 04:15PM Shibatani, Masayoshi Enr: 2 Max: 0
LING 508 FIELD TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Continuation of Ling 507.
001 TBA - TBA Kemmer, Suzanne E. Enr: 1 Max: 0
LING 550 DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM Credits 1.00 Spring 03
Faculty, graduate students, and invited guests meet weekly to present reports
on current research or to discuss current issues in linguistics.
001 RH 204 - TH 04:00PM - 05:30PM Staff Enr: 9 Max: NA
LING 553 SEMINAR LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE Credits 3.00 Spring 03
Topic: Agreement and anaphora.
001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Barlow, Michael Enr: 2 Max: 0
LING 581 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
no description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: NA
LING 582 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
LING 583 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
LING 584 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
LING 585 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
LING 586 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
LING 587 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
LING 588 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
LING 591 TEACHING LINGUISTICS Credits Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
LING 800 DISSERTATION RESEARCH Credits Spring 03
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: NA
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