2003-2004 UAF Catalog: Linguistics

	2003-2004 UAF Catalog Course Descriptions
	Degrees and Programs Index
	Linguistics LING 101 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring Nature of Language (3+0) h The study of language: systematic analysis of human language and description of its grammatical structure, distribution, and diversity. Also available via Independent Learning. LING 216 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Languages of the World (3+0) h A comprehensive survey of the world's languages past and present. Topics include genetic relationships among languages, linguistic change, language universals, language classification, and language families, as well as the interaction of culture and language. (Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 303W,O (3 Credits) Spring Language Acquisition (3+0) (Cross-listed with ED 303W,O) Theories of the acquisition and development of first and second languages, including consideration of biological and sociocultural factors. Survey of traditional and contemporary theories, and implications for pedagogy and public policy. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; COMM 131X or 141X. Recommended: LING 101.) LING 308W,O (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Language and Gender (3+0) s (Cross-listed with ANTH 308W,O and WMS 308W,O) Examination of relationships between language and gender, drawing on both ethnographic and linguistic sources. Topics include power, socialization and sexism. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; COMM 131X or 141X.) LING 318 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (3+0) h Scientific study of human speech sounds, mechanism of their production, and sound systems of languages. (Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.) LING 320 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Introduction to Syntax and Morphology (3+0) h Study of principles and processes of sentence and word construction in language. (Prerequisites: LING 101 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 340W (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Aspects of Bilingualism (3+0) h Cognitive, linguistic, sociopolitical, and educational aspects of bilingualism at both the individual and societal levels, including factors contributing to language maintenance and language shift. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X, LING 101, or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 402 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Second Language Acquisition (3+0) (Stacked with LING 602) Central issues in second language acquisition research. Includes a critical review of SLA theories and research. (Prerequisites: LING 101 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 410O (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Theory and Methods of Second Language Teaching (3+0) (Stacked with LING 610) Theory and practice of teaching a second language, including methodological approaches, second language acquisition theory, materials, and testing. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 420 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Semantics (3+0) h (Stacked with LING 620) A systematic exploration of the nature of meaning in human language. Focus is on historical and contemporary approaches to understanding problems of reference, categorization, and lexical relationships in meaningful contexts. (Prerequisite: LING 101 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 430 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Historical Linguistics (3+0) h (Stacked with LING 630) Introduction to comparative and historical linguistics: methods of linguistic reconstruction, historical change, genetic relationships, dialectology. Includes Indo-European and Alaskan languages. (Prerequisite: LING 318. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 431 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Field Methods in Descriptive Linguistics (3+0) h (Stacked with ANTH 632 and cross-listed with ANTH 432) Introduction to general issues in language field work and to issues specific to working with little studied and/or endangered languages in particular. Training in techniques of linguistics field work commonly used to determine the grammar of an unknown and/or unwritten language. Topics will include: definition of research problem and research program; considerations in selecting consultants; ethics and responsibilities involved in field work and human research; data elicitation, analysis, reporting and interpreting, archiving. Students will work intensively with a primary consultant who is a native speaker of a non-Indo-European language. (Prerequisites: LING 318, LING 320, or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 450O (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Language Policy and Planning (3+0) s (Stacked with LING 650) Consideration of minority languages, including Alaskan Native Languages, in light of their histories, current status, and factors affecting future maintenance. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 482 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Seminar in Linguistics (3+0) Current issues in various subfields of linguistics including semantics and pragmatics, discourse analysis, bilingualism, lexicography, language philosophy, and issues within a particular language or language group, e.g. Eskimo phonology, Athabascan morphology. May be repeated once. (Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 601 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Principles of Linguistic Analysis (3+0) Provides experience in working with various languages to determine systematic principles of transcribing and organizing sounds; isolating morphemes; categorizing words into semantic categories; and understanding narrative and other rhetorical structures. For students whose specialty is other than Linguistics who could benefit from a graduate-level introduction to linguistic methods. (Next offered: 2003-04.) LING 602 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Second Language Acquisition (3+0) (Stacked with LING 402) Central issues in second language acquisition research. Includes a critical review of SLA theories and research. (Prerequisites: LING 101 or LING 601; graduate standing; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 603 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Phonetics and Phonology (3+0) A scientific approach to the study of human speech sounds and the mechanism of their production (phonetics), as well as the exploration of the fundamental concepts of the sound systems of languages (phonology) and theories which allow for the analysis of real language data. (Next offered: 2003-04.) LING 604 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Morphology and Syntax (3+0) The study of how meaning is encoded in words in languages of the world. Morphological and morphophonemic processes, lexical categories, derivation and inflection, productivity, tense, aspect, mode, case, concord, valence changes, and morphological typologies. Similarities and differences among languages in the grammatical devices used to signal relations between nouns and verbs, negation, comparison, and attribution. (Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 610 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Theory and Methods of Second Language Teaching (3+0) (Stacked with LING 410O) Theory and practice of teaching a second language, including methodological approaches, second language acquisition theory, materials, and testing. (Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 620 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Semantics (3+0) h (Stacked with LING 420) A systematic exploration of the nature of meaning in human language. Focus is on historical and contemporary approaches to understanding problems of reference, categorization, and lexical relationships in meaningful contexts. (Prerequisite: LING 101, graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 621 (3 Credits) Spring, Alternate Summer, As Demand Warrants Cultural Aspects of Language Acquisition (3+0) (Cross-listed with ED 621) An expended view of the ways in which individuals become socialized into particular patterns of first and second language and literacy. The ongoing acquisition of both oral and written language(s) from early childhood through adult life. Topics will include: the cultural dimensions of language development; the relationship between communication and culture; bilingualism; the role of language in the transmission of sociocultural knowledge. LING 630 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Historical Linguistics (3+0) (Stacked with LING 430) Introduction to comparative and historical linguistics: methods of linguistic reconstruction, historical change, genetic relationships, dialectology. Includes Indo-European and Alaskan languages. (Prerequisite: LING 318. Next offered: 2004-05.) LING 650 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Language Policy and Planning (3+0) (Stacked with LING 450O) Consideration of minority languages, including Alaskan Native Languages, in light of their histories, current status, and factors affecting future maintenance. (Next offered: 2003 - 04.) LING 652 (3 Credits) Alternate Year Linguistics Applications (3+0) An in-depth investigation of linguistic problems in selected languages. Includes phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic issues. Students will produce a grammatical sketch of a language. (Prerequisites: LING 318, 320 and 601; or relevant coursework. Next offered: Fall 2003.) LING 660 (3 Credits) Fall or Spring Internship Apprenticeship to a language teacher or a linguist doing fieldwork. Maintain a log and portfolio of work. If teaching, the goal is to develop appropriate lesson plans and do mentored teaching. If doing fieldwork, the goal is to develop appropriate materials for teaching. (Prerequisites: ANL/LING 652 and LING 610.)
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