View FALL TERM SCHEDULE LINGUIST600A Principles of Generative Syntax - Michiya Kawai A graduate level Introduction to principles of generative
syntax for building the foundation for research on syntax. We examine
how some of the major issues for current syntactic research are
evolved, and investigate how they have been handled in various
theoretical frameworks. LINGUIST 819A Seminar in Sociolinguistics - Jeff Tennant This course offers students the opportunity to explore the
research literature on a range of topics related to the study of
language and society, including sociolinguistic theory and research
methodology, the ethnography of speaking, the role of social variables
(such as age, socio-economic status and sex/gender) in language
variation and change, bilingualism and language contact, and language
policy and planning. Students will be encouraged to carry out an
empirical analysis of a set of language data as part of their course
project, but they may also elect to do a critical synthesis of the
literature on a specific sociolinguistic issue. The concepts studied
will be illustrated using examples drawn from various languages, but
the primary focus will be on sociolinguistic aspects of French, Spanish
and English. The language of instruction will be English; however the
graduate program in which a student is enrolled may require that she or
he submit all written work in French or in Spanish. Where the
student's program imposes no such requirement, the student may choose
to write in any of these three languages. View WINTER TERM SCHEDULE LINGUIST620B Empirical issues in theoretical phonology
-David Heap LINGUIST 800B Interfaces and L2 acquisition - Elena ValenzuelaGraduate Linguistics Courses 2007-08:
Fall Term 2007:
Winter Term 2008:
Thursday 9:30-12:30 in UC 317
A range of readings are used to examine development of phonological
theory over a number of decades, from the early generative linear approaches
to more recent non-linear alternatives. The emphasis is on the dynamics
which drive change from one model to another, as well as the advantages
and disadvantages of different approaches in accounting for linguistic
facts. Students explore a range of datasets from various languages to
illustrate phonological processes and cross-linguistic typological patterns.
LINGUIST 660B Computational Linguistics - Robert E. Mercer
A variety of structures found in natural language
text (included syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic structures) will be
introduced and computational methods used to uncover these structures
will be investigated. The course will provide the necessary background.
Various tools and techniques will be presented. The student
will research a topic of interest and present the findings in a
presentation and a term paper. Other exercises will be given.
Friday 10:30- 1:30 UC207
Course description TBA
Western Linguistics
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