printer friendly pageLINGUIST 83N: Translation
Preference to Freshman. What is a translation? The increased need for translations in the modern world due to factors such as tourism and terrorism, localization and globalization, diplomacy and treaties, law and religion, and literature and science. How to meet this need; different kinds of translation for different purposes; what makes one translation better than another; why some texts are more difficult to translate than others. Can some of this work be done by machines? Are there things that cannot be said in some languages?
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Kay, M. (PI)
LINGUIST 105: Phonetics (LINGUIST 205A)
Phonetics is the systematic study of speech. In this class, we will learn about the physical gestures and timing involved in the articulation of spoken language and about the resulting acoustic signal that is decoded into linguistic units by the human auditory system. The class is structured into two parts: A practical lab component, and a class component. This course highlights both the complexity of the physical nature of producing spoken language, and the highly variable acoustic signal that is interpreted by listeners as language. By the end of this course, you should: (1) Understand the process of preparing an utterance to articulating it; (2) Understand the basic acoustic properties of speech; (3) Provide detailed phonetic transcriptions of speech; (4) Produce and understand the gestures involved in nearly all of the world's speech sounds, and (5) Understand the ways this knowledge can be used to advance our understanding of spoken language understanding by humans and machines.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Sumner, M. (PI)
;
Glowka, A. (TA)
LINGUIST 130A: Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (LINGUIST 230A)
Linguistic meaning and its role in communication. Topics include logical semantics, conversational implicature, presupposition, and speech acts. Applications to issues in politics, the law, philosophy, advertising, and natural language processing. Those who have not taken logic, such as
PHIL 150
or 151, should attend section. Pre- or corequisite: 120, 121, consent of instructor, or graduate standing in Linguistics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR
LINGUIST 150: Language and 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: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Pratt, T. (PI)
LINGUIST 155K: Seminar in Sociolinguistics: Applied Sociolinguistics -- Tryna Make a Difference (LINGUIST 255K)
In this new course, we will explore how sociolinguistic research and principles can be used to make a positive difference in society, especially for speakers of vernacular varieties, who are often stymied in schools, courtrooms, job searches, doctor¿s visits, apartment searches and so on. We will focus especially on language and the law, and language in education, drawing on some brand new texts, but also on recent and ongoing research and experimentation at Stanford and elsewhere. (Our schedule will include some visiting lecturers from other universities.)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Rickford, J. (PI)
;
Lake, E. (TA)
LINGUIST 180: From Languages to Information (CS 124, LINGUIST 280)
Extracting meaning, information, and structure from human language text, speech, web pages, social networks. Methods include: string algorithms, edit distance, language modeling, the noisy channel, naive Bayes, inverted indices, collaborative filtering, PageRank. Applications such as question answering, sentiment analysis, information retrieval, text classification, social network models, chatbots, sequence alignment, spell checking, speech processing, recommender systems. Prerequisites:
CS103,
CS107,
CS109.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Jurafsky, D. (PI)
;
Cheng, J. (TA)
;
Dozat, T. (TA)
...
more instructors for LINGUIST 180 »
Instructors:
Jurafsky, D. (PI)
;
Cheng, J. (TA)
;
Dozat, T. (TA)
;
Farhangi, A. (TA)
;
Garcia, G. (TA)
;
Hamilton, W. (TA)
;
Jia, R. (TA)
;
Musa, R. (TA)
;
Park, K. (TA)
;
Plattner, C. (TA)
;
Pyke, J. (TA)
;
Shen, K. (TA)
;
Tang, S. (TA)
;
Voigt, R. (TA)
;
Wang, L. (TA)
LINGUIST 191: Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language (LINGUIST 291)
Methodology and techniques for teaching languages, using concepts from linguistics and second language acquisition theory and research. Focus is on teaching English, but most principles and techniques applicable to any language. Optional 1-unit seminar in computer-assisted language learning.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Hubbard, P. (PI)
;
Rylance, C. (PI)
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:
Jasbi, M. (PI)
LINGUIST 197A: Undergraduate Research Seminar
Senior capstone seminar. Joint readings in an annually varying topic, exploring the implications and importance of linguistic research for other domains of knowledge or practice.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
Instructors:
Jurafsky, D. (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)
...
more instructors for LINGUIST 198 »
Instructors:
Anttila, A. (PI)
;
Bresnan, J. (PI)
;
Clark, E. (PI)
;
Condoravdi, C. (PI)
;
Degen, J. (PI)
;
Eckert, P. (PI)
;
Frank, M. (PI)
;
Gribanov, V. (PI)
;
Harizanov, B. (PI)
;
Jurafsky, D. (PI)
;
Kay, M. (PI)
;
Kiparsky, P. (PI)
;
Lassiter, D. (PI)
;
Levin, B. (PI)
;
Manning, C. (PI)
;
Peters, S. (PI)
;
Podesva, R. (PI)
;
Potts, C. (PI)
;
Rickford, J. (PI)
;
Sumner, M. (PI)
;
Wasow, T. (PI)
;
Zwicky, A. (PI)
Filter Results: