Faculty of Arts and Science
Linguistics 1100/Indigenous Studies 1100
Language and Culture in Indigenous America
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Overview of language and culture in Indigenous communities, with an emphasis on North America. Topics may include: language structure, language in cultural and social domains, language and writing, language contact, and language and time. No prior knowledge is required.
Equivalent:First Nations' Transition 1850 (Introduction to North American Indigenous Languages) (prior to 2020/2021);
Native American Studies 1850 (Introduction to North American Indigenous Languages) (prior to 2020/2021);
Indigenous Studies 1850/Linguistics 1850 (Introduction to North American Indigenous Languages) (prior to 2020/2021)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Introduction to Linguistics I: Phonetics and Phonology
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the study of language, part one. Production and perception of speech sounds (phonetics) and sound systems (phonology) in English and other languages. Basic principles of sound change (historical phonology).
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Linguistics 2475/Indigenous Studies 2475
Symbols in Society: An Introduction to Semiotics and Culture
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the foundational concepts of semiotic theory and its application to various cultural and communicative contexts. Special emphasis is placed on Indigenous languages and cultures, highlighting their rich oral narrative traditions, metaphorical frameworks, and unique sign systems.
Prerequisite(s):One of Indigenous Studies 1000, Indigenous Studies 1100/Linguistics 1100, English 1900, French 1000, Japanese 1000, Latin 1000, Spanish 1000, or Anthropology 1000
Equivalent:Indigenous Studies 2850/Linguistics 2850 (Symbols in Society: An Introduction to Semiotics and Culture) (prior to 2026/2027)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Introduction to Linguistics II: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the study of language, part two. Internal structure of words and word formation processes (morphology). Basic sentence and phrase structure (syntax). Analysis of word and sentence meaning (semantics).
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Linguistics 2750/Indigenous Studies 2750
Language Revitalization
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the issues of language endangerment, revitalization, and maintenance, with a special focus on the methods and techniques that help ensure the vitality of Indigenous languages.
Prerequisite(s):One course (3.0 credit hours) in Linguistics
Equivalent:Native American Studies 2850/Linguistics 2850 (Sustainable Language Revitalization) (prior to 2020/2021);
Native American Studies 3850 (Indigenous Language Endangerment and Revitalization) (prior to 2020/2021)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Linguistics 3240/Psychology 3240
Psychology of Language
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The study of how language is processed in the mind. Topics include language production and comprehension, language acquisition, bilingualism, and language disorders. Special emphasis will be placed on the developmental aspects of psycholinguistics.
Prerequisite(s):One of Psychology 2110 or Psychology 2330 AND
One of Psychology 2030, Sociology 2130, Statistics 1770, or Psychology 3450/Health Sciences 3450
Recommended Background:
One of Psychology 2330, Psychology 2800, Linguistics 2300, or Linguistics 2600
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Linguistics 3405/Psychology 3405
First Language Acquisition
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to first language acquisition. Topics include: research methods; phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and communicative development; language acquisition in special circumstances (deafness, blindness, mental retardation, autism); bilingual language acquisition.
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300 AND
Linguistics 2600
Recommended Background:
A 2000-level course in Psychology
Lib Ed Req:Social Science
Practical Phonetics
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
A practical course in phonetics with an emphasis on transcription and pronunciation of the entire International Phonetic Alphabet. Topics include: the functions of the speech organs; speech production and articulation; analysis of speech sounds, stress and intonation; suprasegmental phenomena. Use of the language laboratory.
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Sociolinguistics
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the social significance of linguistic variation, including the relation between language and social class, social mobility, social networks, age, sex and gender.
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300 AND
Linguistics 2600
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Linguistics 3740/Indigenous Studies 3740
Second-Language Teaching and Learning
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the learning of languages in youth and adulthood. Concepts underlying the language pedagogy in the field of second-language acquisition, with a special focus on teaching polysynthetic and agglutinating Indigenous languages. Techniques required for language sustainability and maintenance that can further the revitalization and maintenance of a wide variety of languages. Combination of theoretical insights with practical applications. Aimed at future language teachers and language learning researchers.
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300 AND
Linguistics 2600
Equivalent:Indigenous Studies 3850/Linguistics 3850 (Second-Language Teaching and Learning) (prior to 2026/2027)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Linguistics 3760/Indigenous Studies 3760
Seminar in Language, Culture, and Cognition (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The complex interconnections between language, culture, and cognition within the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics. Topics ranging from linguistic relativity to the linguistics of narratives. Case studies drawn from a variety of languages, predominantly Indigenous languages of the Americas, Asia, and Australia.
Prerequisite(s):Indigenous Studies 1100/Linguistics 1100 AND
Linguistics 2300 AND
Linguistics 2600
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Seminars in Linguistics (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Senior seminars involving original research on or in-depth study of topics in linguistics, or the advanced study of an individual language or language family. Offerings vary depending upon student interest and available faculty.
Prerequisite(s):Linguistics 2300 AND
Linguistics 2600 (Additional prerequisites may be specified, including any recommended background, for individual offerings)