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LING2041 - Language in Native America

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Language in Native America
Term
2023A
Syllabus URL
https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&…
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING2041001
Course number integer
2041
Meeting times
MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Meeting location
WILL 29
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Eugene Buckley
Description
This course is an introduction to linguistic perspectives on the languages native to the Americas (their nature and distribution, typological similarities and differences), with an emphasis on North America. The diverse languages of this region will be examined from the point of view of particular linguistic phenomena, such as phonology, morphology, and syntax; and in addition we will study their historical development and their place in culture, society, and thought.
Course number only
2041
Use local description
No

LING2300 - Sound Structure of Language

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Sound Structure of Language
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING2300001
Course number integer
2300
Meeting times
MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Meeting location
TOWN 311
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Rolf Noyer
Description
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.
Course number only
2300
Cross listings
LING5300001
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No

LING5300 - Sound Structure of Language

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Sound Structure of Language
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING5300001
Course number integer
5300
Meeting times
MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Meeting location
TOWN 311
Level
graduate
Instructors
Rolf Noyer
Description
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.
Course number only
5300
Cross listings
LING2300001
Use local description
No

LING9950 - Dissertation

Status
A
Activity
DIS
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Dissertation
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING9950001
Course number integer
9950
Registration notes
Perm Needed From Department
Level
graduate
Description
Dissertation Credit
Course number only
9950
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No

LING9900 - Masters Thesis

Status
A
Activity
MST
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Masters Thesis
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING9900001
Course number integer
9900
Registration notes
Perm Needed From Department
Level
graduate
Description
Credit for working on a Masters Thesis with a faculty advisor
Course number only
9900
Use local description
No

LING6960 - Pragmatics Workshop

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Pragmatics Workshop
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING6960001
Course number integer
6960
Meeting times
W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Meeting location
WLNT 313C
Level
graduate
Instructors
Anna Papafragou
Description
Pragmatics Workshop
Course number only
6960
Use local description
No

LING5620 - Quantitative Study of Linguistic Variation

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Quantitative Study of Linguistic Variation
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING5620001
Course number integer
5620
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Meeting location
WLNT 326C
Level
graduate
Instructors
Meredith J Tamminga
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to hone their statistical, computational, and organizational skillsets while conducting original linguistic research on data gathered in continuing fieldwork in the speech community. Topics include forced alignment and vowel extraction, auditory and automated variable coding, the application of linear and logistic regression, and techniques for effective data visualization.
Course number only
5620
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No

LING5520 - Syntax II

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Syntax II
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING5520001
Course number integer
5520
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Meeting location
WLNT 326C
Level
graduate
Instructors
Martin Salzmann
Description
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.
Course number only
5520
Use local description
No

LING5320 - Phonology II

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Phonology II
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING5320001
Course number integer
5320
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Meeting location
WLNT 326C
Level
graduate
Instructors
Eugene Buckley
Description
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.
Course number only
5320
Use local description
No

LING5500 - Introduction to Syntax

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Introduction to Syntax
Term
2022C
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING5500001
Course number integer
5500
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Meeting location
BENN 407
Level
graduate
Instructors
Beatrice Santorini
Description
This course is an introduction to current syntactic theory, covering the principles that govern phrase structure (the composition of phrases and sentences), movement (dependencies between syntactic constituents), and binding (the interpretation of different types of noun phrases). Although much of the evidence discussed in the class will come from English, evidence from other languages will also play an important role, in keeping with the comparative and universalist perspective of modern syntactic theory.
Course number only
5500
Cross listings
LING2500001, LING2500001
Use local description
No
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