Major Concentration Linguistics (36 credits)

Program Requirements

Required Courses (18 credits)

• LING 201 Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Primarily for students intending to take further courses in linguistics. Topics include: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Students will be introduced to techniques of linguistic analysis.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Clayards, Meghan; Baier, Nicholas (Fall) Goad, Heather; Baier, Nicholas (Winter)

  • Fall and Winter

  • No prerequisite.

• LING 330 Phonetics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Transcription, identification, and production of speech sounds. Introduction to the acoustic properties of speech sounds, acoustic analysis of speech, and auditory phonetics.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Torreira-Martinez, Francisco (Fall) Sonderegger, Morgan (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: LlNG 201

• LING 331 Phonology 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to phonological theory and analysis.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Goad, Heather (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: LING 330.

• LING 360 Introduction to Semantics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to the rudiments of semantics, focusing on those aspects of meaning that are invariant across contexts and the ways in which the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituents.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Gillon, Brendan S (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: LING 201 and PHIL 210

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 370.

• LING 371 Syntax 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Linguistics : Introduction to the study of generative syntax of natural languages, emphasizing basic concepts and formalism: phrase structure rules, transformations, and conditions on rules.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Baier, Nicholas (Fall) Shimoyama, Junko (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: LING 201.

• PHIL 210 Introduction to Deductive Logic 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Philosophy : An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Summer 2018

  Instructors: Hallett, Michael Frank (Fall) Martin, Andre (Summer)

  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

18 credits in Linguistics (LING) chosen according to the student's interests. At least 9 of these credits must be at the 400/500 level.

Only 3 credits at the 200 level may count towards complementary credits.