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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.

Introduction to the field of phonology and the sound patterns of human language. Emphasizes the development of analytic skills through problem sets. Includes discussion of recent developments in phonological theory, particularly Optimality Theory.

Introduction to syntactic theory, with implications for universal grammar and grammatical theory in general. Topics include theories of phrase structure, the form and functioning of transformations, grammatical relations, anaphora and control, word order problems, universals of grammar, relations between grammatical theory and learnability, language acquisition. Honors option may be available. Prerequisite: LINGUIST 201.

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How does a poem differ from a recipe for chocolate-chip cookies? Are ads a form of literature? What resources does a language provide to its speakers that enable them to create works of literature? These are among the topics that this course will address, using examples from English and a variety of other languages. Some prior coursework in linguistics is recommended but not a formal prerequisite.

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How do speakers use the grammar of their native language to produce sentences? How are complex thought/messages conveyed? This course will examine psycholinguistic theories of language production, highlighting questions such as: why are some speech errors common and other exceedingly rare? How are utterances prosodically encoded? How are words assessed and syntactically structured? What is the relation between language and thought? Prerequisites: LINGUIST 201.

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