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| LING 001-001 | Intro To Linguistics | Martin Salzmann | MW 12:00 PM-01:00 PM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen. Course Online: Synchronous Format Natural Science & Math Sector Registration also required for Recitation (see below) |
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| LING 001-201 | Introduction To Linguistics | Eleftherios Paparounas | R 09:30 AM-10:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-202 | Introduction To Linguistics | Eleftherios Paparounas | R 10:30 AM-11:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-203 | Introduction To Linguistics | Daoxin Li | R 09:30 AM-10:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-204 | Introduction To Linguistics | Daoxin Li | R 10:30 AM-11:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-205 | Introduction To Linguistics | Alexandros Kalomoiros | R 09:30 AM-10:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-206 | Introduction To Linguistics | Alexandros Kalomoiros | R 10:30 AM-11:30 AM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-207 | Introduction To Linguistics | Ugurcan Vurgun | F 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 001-208 | Introduction To Linguistics | Ugurcan Vurgun | F 12:00 PM-01:00 PM | A general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 102-001 | Intro To Socioling | Meredith J Tamminga | MW 01:00 PM-02:00 PM | Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective. Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology, in English and other languages. These techniques will then be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority communities, and the social problems associated with them. Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze the results. | College Quantitative Data Analysis Req. Society Sector |
Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen. Course Online: Synchronous Format Structured,Active,In-Class Learning Registration also required for Recitation (see below) |
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| LING 102-201 | Introduction To Sociolinguistics | Aini Li | R 09:30 AM-10:30 AM | Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective. Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology, in English and other languages. These techniques will then be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority communities, and the social problems associated with them. Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze the results. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 102-202 | Introduction To Sociolinguistics | Aini Li | R 10:30 AM-11:30 AM | Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective. Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology, in English and other languages. These techniques will then be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority communities, and the social problems associated with them. Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze the results. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 102-203 | Introduction To Sociolinguistics | Yiran Chen | F 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective. Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology, in English and other languages. These techniques will then be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority communities, and the social problems associated with them. Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze the results. | Course Online: Synchronous Format Registration also required for Lecture (see below) |
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| LING 106-001 | Intro To Formal Ling: Introduction To Formal Linguistics | Florian Schwarz | MW 10:00 AM-11:30 AM | In this course, we study formal mathematical tools for the analysis of language that help us understand and classify the complex structures and rules that constitute language and grammar. These tools include set theory, formal language and automata theory, as well as aspects of logic, and will be applied to the syntax and semantics of natural language. In addition to learning something about formal tools for analyzing language, this will also enhance your general skills in analytical reasoning. | Formal Reasoning Course | Course Online: Synchronous Format Structured,Active,In-Class Learning |
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| LING 108-301 | Talkin' Black: Talkin Back, Talkin Black: Language, Power, and Identity | Jamiella N Brooks | TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM | Soda, pop, or cokes? Buggy or shopping cart? Y'all, Y'alls, y'all'd've, y'all'd've'f'I'd've? Do you talk black, speak Appalachian - maybe both? Is your vernacular spectacular? Does anyone talk 'normal'? What does your accent say about you? We use language every day, but don't always take the time to stop and talk about the language we use. Language can both be a powerful tool for communication, and also a means to mock and disempower the 'other' (such as using the Southern accent to portray stereotypes). It can be used to draw people in (I'm lookin at you, brotha, sista) and dividing (you ain't from around here, are ya?) And, even if we share the exact same language - or think we do - miscommunications still seem to abound. This course will bring a sociolinguistic perspective to language: how we use it, how we speak and write multiple versions of the same language, and how it reflects our identities, particularly with regards to race, class, gender, and regional backgrounds. We will explore deep questions of language as a medium of communication with consequences and impact in political, social, and personal realms. In addition to producing a research paper, we will also explore codeswitching and codemeshing techniques. This course, open to majors and non-majors, will explore language in social interactions, both as a means for humans to inflict power, but also as a site for deploying resistance. Language, at the intersections of power and identity, is not neutral. This sociolinguistic course will apply linguistic principles to literary forms, to explore how Black novelists such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Ken Saro-Wiwa, M. NourbeSe Philip, bell hooks, and others, incorporate their voices across the Black diaspora to explore the ways that Black voices are expressed - or silenced - when accounting for agency and power relations | Course Online: Synchronous Format | ||||||
| LING 110-001 | The History of Words | Beatrice Santorini | TR 01:30 PM-03:00 PM | It is sometimes said that every word has its own history. But there are also general factors affecting how words change over time. In this course, we explore both aspects of the history of words. On the one hand, we explore the ways in which the saying is true, by investigating taboo words, euphemisms, shibboleths, doublets, folk etymology, idioms, paradigm gaps, reanalysis, and other word-specific processes. On the other hand, we discuss the general factors, such as regular sound change (for instance, the Great Vowel Shift), word frequency, and others, as time and interest permit. | Crse Online: Sync & Async Components | ||||||
| LING 150-001 | Key Language Structure: Keys To Language Structure (And How To Use Them) | Donald A Ringe | TR 01:30 PM-03:00 PM | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of sentence structure in a "pretheoretical" framework, demonstrating that any natural human language must have certain structures and must choose the rest from a restricted universal set. The textbook, which was written for this course, discusses each set of structures with examples from six languages: English, Spanish, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Mandarin, and Navajo. The instructor will add languages from among those with which the students are familiar, within the limits of his competence. This course will help students not only to learn foreign languages, but also to improve their own writing skills, by making the structures that they must use more explicit and intelligible. | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING150001 | |||||
| LING 151-401 | Language and Thought | John C. Trueswell | This course describes current theorizing on how the human mind achieves high-level cognitive processes such as using language, thinking, and reasoning. The course discusses issues such as whether the language ability is unique to humans, whether there is a critical period to the acquisition of a language, the nature of conceptual knowledge, how people perform deductive reasoning and induction, and how linguistic and conceptual knowledge interact. | PSYC151401 | Course Online: Synchronous Format | ||||||
| LING 170-301 | Exp Approaches in Lang: Experimental Approaches To the Study of Language | Gareth Roberts | CANCELED | Controlled experiments are a key element of empirical research, and they play an increasingly important role in the study of language and communication. This course will be divided into two halves. In the first half, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of how to conduct an experiment, along with a basic introduction to statistical methods. The emphasis will be on understanding the basic logic of experimental design, but special lectures will focus on the application of particular methods to the study of language. In the second half, classes will become more like lab meetings as students develop their own experimental projects from the ground up. At the end of the semester they will write up these projects as papers. | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING170301 | |||||
| LING 210-001 | Intro To Language Change | Donald A Ringe | TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | This course covers the principles of language change and the methods of historical linguistics on an elementary level. The systematic regularity of change, the reasons for that regularity, and the exploitation of regularity in linguistic reconstruction are especially emphasized. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of languages, both familiar and unfamiliar. The prerequisite for the course is any course in phonetics or phonology, or Ling 001, or permission of the instructor. Note that this course does NOT satisfy any sector requirement. | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING210001 | |||||
| LING 230-401 | Sound Structure of Lang | Rolf Noyer | MW 03:30 PM-05:00 PM | An introduction to phonetics and phonology. Topics include articulatory phonetics (the anatomy of the vocal tract; how speech sounds are produced); transcription (conventions for representing the sounds of the world's languages); classification (how speech sounds are classified and represented cognitively through distinctive features); phonology (the grammar of speech sounds in various languages: their patterning and interaction) and syllable structure and its role in phonology. Prerequisite: A prior course in linguistics or permission of instructor. | LING503401 | Course Online: Synchronous Format | |||||
| LING 302-401 | Linguistic Field Methods | Jianjing Kuang Julie Legate |
MW 11:00 AM-12:00 PM F 08:00 AM-09:00 AM |
Instruction and practice in primary linguistic research, producing a grammatical sketch and a lexicon through work with a native-speaker consultant and some reference materials. Consultant work is shared with LING 502. | LING502401 | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING302401 | ||||
| LING 404-001 | Morphology I | David Scott Embick | TR 12:00 PM-01:30 PM | This course will explore some issues concerning the internal structure of words. After a brief introduction to some basic terms and concepts, we will discuss the interaction of morphology with phonology. We will look both at how morphology conditions phonological rules and how phonology conditions morphology. Then we will turn to the interaction of syntax and morphology. We will look at some problems raised by inflectional morphology, clitics and compounds. The main requirement for the class will be a series of homework exercises in morphological analysis and a short paper at the end of the semester. | Contact Dept Or Instructor For Classrm Info Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 420-301 | Structure of A Language: Structure of A Language: Welsh | Gareth Roberts | MW 02:00 PM-03:30 PM | Course Online: Synchronous Format | |||||||
| LING 455-301 | Exps Study of Meaning: Experiments in the Study of Meaning | Anna Papafragou | TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | This course provides an introduction to the experimental study of meaning in natural language. We begin by introducing some basic notions of formal semantics and pragmatics and review relevant technical background. Next we discuss recent developments in studying meaning-related phenomena experimentally, which, in addition to theoretical questions, involve issues in the acquisition and processing of semantic information. In the course of this, we will also introduce the basics of experimental design and relevant psycholinguistic methodology. In addition to readings and homework assignments, students will embark on a small research project (individually or jointly), which will be presented in class at the end of the semester and written up as a term paper. | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING455301 | |||||
| LING 496-001 | Agents and Evolution | Robin L. Clark | The course surveys Evolutionary Game Theory and Agent-Based Models with special reference to language. We will develop systems for modeling various types of language change as well as the dynamics of linguistic micro-variation. Topics include semantic/pragmatic cycles in signaling, the maintenance of conventional meaning, and testing for selection in language change. | Contact Dept Or Instructor For Classrm Info Crse Online: Sync & Async Components |
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| LING 502-401 | Linguistic Field Methods | Jianjing Kuang Julie Legate |
MW 11:00 AM-12:00 PM F 08:00 AM-09:00 AM |
Instruction and practice in primary linguistic research, producing a grammatical sketch and a lexicon through work with a native-speaker consultant and some reference materials. Consultant work is shared with LING 302. Each student will write a final paper on some aspect of the language. | LING302401 | Undergraduates Need Permission Contact Dept Or Instructor For Classrm Info Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 503-401 | Sound Structure of Lang | Rolf Noyer | MW 03:30 PM-05:00 PM | An introduction to articulatory and acoustic phonetics; phonetic transcription; basic concepts and methods of phonological analysis. | LING230401 | Undergraduates Need Permission Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 521-001 | Phonetics II | Mark Yoffe Liberman | MW 09:00 AM-10:30 AM | This is a methodology course, which focuses on how to conduct phonetics research using very large speech corpora. Topics include scripting and statistical techniques, automatic phonetic analysis, integration of speech technology in phonetics studies, variation and invariability in large speech corpora, and revisiting classic phonetic and phonological problems from the perspective of corpus phonetics. | Undergraduates Need Permission Contact Dept Or Instructor For Classrm Info Crse Online: Sync & Async Components |
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| LING 531-001 | Phonology II | Eugene Buckley | TR 12:00 PM-01:30 PM | Second half of a year-long introduction; continues LING 530. Topics to be surveyed include syllable structure and moraic theory; the prosodic hierarchy; the properties and representation of geminates; templatic and prosodic morphology; reduplication and emergence of the unmarked; and metrical phonology (properties of stress, foot typology, and issues of constituency). Emphasizes hands-on analysis of a wide range of data. | Undergraduates Need Permission Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 551-001 | Syntax II | TR 09:00 AM-10:30 AM | The second half of a year-long introduction to the formal study of natural language syntax. Topics to be covered include grammatical architecture; derivational versus representational statement of syntactic principles; movement and locality; the interface of syntax and semantics; argument structure; and other topics. The emphasis is on reading primary literature and discussing theoretical approaches, along with detailed case-studies of specific syntactic phenomena in different languages. | Undergraduates Need Permission Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 571-301 | The Acquistn of Meaning: the Acquisition of Meaning | Anna Papafragou | M 09:00 AM-11:00 AM | This is a seminar on the acquisition of a first language by children. We will discuss the acquisition of the meanings of words and sentences, and the pragmatic and social interpretation of sentences in context. We will also consider how language relates to other cognitive systems and to human social reasoning. Particular emphasis will be placed on discovering the mechanisms children possess that enable them to learn and use language. | Undergraduates Need Permission Crse Online: Sync & Async Components |
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| LING 581-001 | Semantics II | Florian Schwarz | MW 01:00 PM-02:30 PM | The first part of the course expands the system from LING 580 to include intensional contexts. In particular, we discuss analyses of modals, attitude verbs, and conditionals, as well as the scope of noun phrases in modal environments. The second part of the course discusses a selection of topics from current work in semantics, such as the semantics of questions, tense and aspect, donkey anaphora, indefinites, genericity, degree constructions, events and situations, domain restriction, plurality and focus. | Undergraduates Need Permission Course Online: Synchronous Format |
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| LING 607-301 | Topics in Psycholing | Kathryn Schuler | M 02:30 PM-04:30 PM | Topics in Psycholinguistics | Course Online: Synchronous Format | ||||||
| LING 620-301 | Topics in Phonetics: Topics in Phonetics: Syntax-Prosody-Interface | Mark Yoffe Liberman | Topics in Phonetics | Contact Dept Or Instructor For Classrm Info Crse Online: Sync & Async Components |
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| LING 660-301 | Res Sem in Socioling | Meredith J Tamminga | T 09:00 AM-11:00 AM | Students approaching the dissertation level will explore with faculty frontier areas of research on linguistic change and variation. Topics addressed in recent years include: experimental investigation of the reliability of syntactic judgments; the development of TMA systems in creoles; transmission of linguistic change across generations. The course may be audited by those who have finished their course work or taken for credit in more than one year. This course will have different topics each term. | Course Online: Synchronous Format | https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webService=syllabus&term=2021A&course=LING660301 | |||||
| LING 990-040 | Masters Thesis |
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