Provides hands-on experience in linguistic analysis. Students elicit language data from the speaker of an unfamiliar language, both in class and individually. Under the guidance of the instructor, students analyze various aspects of the phonology and syntax of the language.

An introduction to North American language families with in-depth study of the unique grammatical properties of several languages within each family, and efforts of contemporary speakers to preserve, revitalize or restore their languages.

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African American English (AAE) is a linguistic variety with set rules governing sentence structure, sound structure, word structure, and meaning. We will investigate five areas related to the structure and use of AAE in social contexts: speech events, components of the grammar, history, educational issues, and representation in the media and literature.

Course offered in Italian in two sections at 400 and 500 levels, with different course requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. The course will present an overview of the many aspects of Italian literary culture during and around the years of the fascist regime: from the hi-brow poetry of Eugenio Montale and Umberto Saba to the cultural debate on pro-fascist and antifascist periodicals, to the ?bestsellers? of the time such as the novels of fascist propaganda, those meant for ?educating? the large public of female readers, the so called ?erotic?

Course offered in Italian in two sections at 400 and 500 levels, with different course requirements for graduate and undergraduate students. The course will present an overview of the many aspects of Italian literary culture during and around the years of the fascist regime: from the hi-brow poetry of Eugenio Montale and Umberto Saba to the cultural debate on pro-fascist and antifascist periodicals, to the ?bestsellers? of the time such as the novels of fascist propaganda, those meant for ?educating? the large public of female readers, the so called ?erotic?

We will explore multiple types of phonological learning in several populations and using several different approaches. Phonological learning includes how infants initially form categorical representations of speech sounds, how listeners learn the phonotactic rules of a language, how both infants and adults learn to recognize boundaries between words in continuous speech, the types of phonological patterns that are more and less difficult to learn, and the phonological knowledge native speakers share about their language.

Testimony of eyewitnesses to crimes is frequently compelling to jurors, but is eyewitness memory reliable? In this course, we will read selections from the primary literature on both basic memory processes and memory in eyewitness situations. Example topics will include memory for faces, the misinformation effect, lineup fairness, and the relationship between confidence and accuracy. Assessment will be based on class participation, a readings journal, a midterm, and a final paper.

This course examines American life in the 1920s and 1930s. We will focus on the dramatic social, cultural, economic, and technological changes experienced by the generations that came of age in these decades, as well as the origins and legacies of the New Deal, the collection of government programs under such intense political debate today.