This course is for students who would like to design their own acquisition experiment - or play a primary role in an ongoing research project. Students will be asked to make presentations at every stage from theoretical background, hypothesis, early pilot design, and then carry out at least a pilot.. Students are invited to speak to the professor before enrolling.

Fundamentals of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, with a particular emphasis on the application of experimental results to theoretical problems in phonetics and phonology. Topics also include the components of models of speaking and listening, from the feature up to the phrase. Students carry out experiments investigating aspects of speaking or listening in the phonetics laboratory.

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Introduction to some basic mathematical concepts and techniques central to linguistic theory. Set theory, logic and formal systems, modern algebra, automata theory, and model theory. Applications to syntax, phonology, semantics. No prior mathematics assumed.

How does a child choose one grammar from a million possible grammars? How are grammar and thought alike and not alike. Stresses the child's use of an inborn linguistic mechanism to produce creative sentences. Acquisition of syntax and semantics from the one-word stage through complex utterances. Linguistic principles as a window to unconscious principles of mind. Recent discoveries in the area of complex syntax. Students learn to search naturalistic data and do a small experiment. Prerequisite: LINGUIST 201.

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Introduction to the basic methodology and results of modern linguistics. Focus on developing, evaluating, and improving hypotheses concerning the structure of the language user's unconscious linguistic knowledge. Investigation of sentence structure (syntax), sound structure (phonology), word structure (morphology), and meaning (semantics). (Gen.Ed. R2)

This course builds upon the training and background received in Linguistics 510 (Introduction to Semantics) and introduces undergraduate students to some more advanced topics and issues in formal semantic theory. Students will gain a broadened understanding of semantic theory, its formal tools, and the variety of natural language phenomena they can insightfully analyze. In addition, students' engagement with the field of semantics will be deepened, through critical discussion of primary sources, as well as through the completion of a final research project.

Fundamentals of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, with a particular emphasis on the application of experimental results to theoretical problems in phonetics and phonology. Topics also include the components of models of speaking and listening, from the feature up to the phrase. Students carry out experiments investigating aspects of speaking or listening in the phonetics laboratory.