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Adolescents are arguably the most creative age group in our society. They are the leaders in linguistic change, introducing innovations that eventually spread to the entire population. Not only do adolescents create new speech styles such as "valley girl" and "cholo", and new forms such as the quotative "I'm like", they also accelerate the phonetic changes that differentiate regional and ethnic dialects. This seminar will explore the diversity and creativity of adolescent language, and the role of adolescents in linguistic and social change.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Eckert, P. (PI)
LINGUIST 65: African American Vernacular English (AFRICAAM 21, CSRE 21)
The English vernacular spoken by African Americans in big city settings, and its relation to Creole English dialects spoken on the S. Carolina Sea Islands (Gullah), in the Caribbean, and in W. Africa. The history of expressive uses of African American English (in soundin' and rappin'), and its educational implications. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
LINGUIST 90: Teaching Spoken English
Practical approach to teaching English to non-native speakers. Teaching principles and the features of English which present difficulties. Preparation of lessons, practice teaching in class, and tutoring of non-native speaker.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Geda, K. (PI)
LINGUIST 121B: Crosslinguistic Syntax
Course description: A data-driven introduction to the study of syntax through the investigation of a diverse array of the world's languages, including but not limited to English. Emphasis is on understanding how languages are systematically alike and different in their basic sentence structure. The course focuses on building up syntactic argumentation skills via the collective development of a partial formal theory of sentence structure, which attempts to model native speaker knowledge. Satisfies the WIM requirement for Linguistics and the WAY-FR requirement. Prerequisites: none (can be taken before or after Linguistics 121A). The discussion section is mandatory.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-FR
Instructors:
Harizanov, B. (PI)
;
Nadathur, P. (TA)
LINGUIST 150: Language in Society
How language and society affect each other. Class, age, ethnic, and gender differences in speech. Prestige and stigma associated with different ways of speaking and the politics of language. The strategic use of language. Stylistic practice; how speakers use language to construct styles and adapt their language to different audiences and social contexts. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units to be eligible for Ways credit
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
D'Onofrio, A. (PI)
LINGUIST 188: Natural Language Understanding (CS 224U, LINGUIST 288)
Project-oriented class focused on developing systems and algorithms for robust machine understanding of human language. Draws on theoretical concepts from linguistics, natural language processing, and machine learning. Topics include lexical semantics, distributed representations of meaning, relation extraction, semantic parsing, sentiment analysis, and dialogue agents, with special lectures on developing projects, presenting research results, and making connections with industry. Prerequisites: one of
LINGUIST 180,
CS 124,
CS 224N,
CS224S, or
CS221; and logical/semantics such as
LINGUIST 130A or B,
CS 157, or
PHIL150
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
MacCartney, B. (PI)
;
Potts, C. (PI)
;
Caswell, I. (TA)
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Instructors:
MacCartney, B. (PI)
;
Potts, C. (PI)
;
Caswell, I. (TA)
;
Huang, B. (TA)
;
Monroe, W. (TA)
;
Pai, S. (TA)
;
li, J. (TA)
LINGUIST 195A: Undergraduate Research Workshop
Designed for undergraduates beginning or working on research projects in linguistics. Participants present and receive feedback on their projects and receive tips on the research and writing process.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Glass, L. (PI)
LINGUIST 198: Honors Research
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
;
Bresnan, J. (PI)
;
Clark, E. (PI)
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Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
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Bresnan, J. (PI)
;
Clark, E. (PI)
;
Condoravdi, C. (PI)
;
Eckert, P. (PI)
;
Frank, M. (PI)
;
Gribanov, V. (PI)
;
Jurafsky, D. (PI)
;
Kay, M. (PI)
;
Kiparsky, P. (PI)
;
Lassiter, D. (PI)
;
Levin, B. (PI)
;
Manning, C. (PI)
;
Pereltsvaig, A. (PI)
;
Peters, S. (PI)
;
Podesva, R. (PI)
;
Potts, C. (PI)
;
Rickford, J. (PI)
;
Sumner, M. (PI)
;
Wasow, T. (PI)
;
Zwicky, A. (PI)
LINGUIST 199: Independent Study
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
;
Bresnan, J. (PI)
;
Clark, E. (PI)
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Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
;
Bresnan, J. (PI)
;
Clark, E. (PI)
;
Condoravdi, C. (PI)
;
Eckert, P. (PI)
;
Frank, M. (PI)
;
Gribanov, V. (PI)
;
Hubbard, P. (PI)
;
Jurafsky, D. (PI)
;
Kay, M. (PI)
;
Kiparsky, P. (PI)
;
Lassiter, D. (PI)
;
Levin, B. (PI)
;
Manning, C. (PI)
;
Pereltsvaig, A. (PI)
;
Peters, S. (PI)
;
Podesva, R. (PI)
;
Potts, C. (PI)
;
Potts, K. (PI)
;
Rickford, J. (PI)
;
Sag, I. (PI)
;
Sumner, M. (PI)
;
Wasow, T. (PI)
;
Zwicky, A. (PI)
LINGUIST 205B: Advanced Phonetics
In this course, we will read and discuss literature relating broadly to issues of attention in speech perception. This course will illuminate the complexity of speech perception, identify where we are as a field in understanding human behavior with respect to speech perception, pinpoint specific areas of research that might be informed by considering attention, and to understand the impact an attentional component in current models would have on the structure and organization of language and on our current understanding of linguistic experience.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Sumner, M. (PI)
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