This course studies the historical development of language through time and space, examining the internal mechanisms and external influences involved in language change. Change will be examined at all levels: orthographic, phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and lexical. The course will also to investigate a variety of topics related to the phenomenon of language change; language classification; comparative linguistics; the reconstruction of linguistic systems; the social context of language change.

The focus will be on intensive study of problems and issues that do not fall under linguistics course headings. These may have an interdisciplinary emphasis, or they may concentrate on some special topics of current research. All topics will be subject to review by the director of the program. May be repeated under different subtitle to a maximum of six credits.

This course is an advanced survey of current areas of research in linguistic anthropology. Topics include language and thought, cultural difference in linguistic interactions, the ethnography of communication, ritual uses of language and identify and cultural poetics.

This course examines the phonetics of natural language, including both the articulation and acoustics of speech sounds and suprasegmental units. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English.

Linguistics Capstone is a common Capstone experience shared by all Linguistics majors. It is designed to provide an opportunity for majors to develop a personalized research project and to gain valuable organizational and research experience. This course allows majors to explore the various content areas and scholarly approaches represented in Linguistics, in order to enhance their understanding of the value of work across subdisciplines. Students will also explore the typical conventions used in linguistics and, driven by interest, in particular subfields.

Study of special problems in linguistics under the direction of an instructor in the linguistics program.

Study of special problems in linguistics under the direction of an instructor in the linguistics program.

Study of special problems in linguistics under the direction of an instructor in the linguistics program.

Study of special problems in linguistics under the direction of an instructor in the linguistics program.

Study of special problems in linguistics under the direction of an instructor in the linguistics program.