• LING 3950: Service Learning

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Students will be working individually under the direction of a Linguistics faculty member. Students must make arrangements directly with the faculty member with whom they are interested in working. Approval form is available on Department Website - https://linguistics.utah.edu/graduate/current-students/graduate%20forms.php . Students may only enroll in one section of this course per semester for a maximum of three credit hours to count towards major. Course allows students to use their expertise in Linguistics and/or first/second language skills to provide a variety of services for members of the campus and local communities. Prerequisites: Department Consent.
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• LING 4011: Intermed Phone & Phono

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  An introduction to subcomponents of nonlinear phonology: syllable phonology, prosodic and metrical phonology, autosegmental phonology, and feature geometry. Also treated are phonological interfaces with morphology and syntax, and preliminary comparisons between rule-based and constraint-based models of phonology. Includes an exploration of the phonetic bases for phonological generalizations, as well as the phonetic detail of their expression. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 3010
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• LING 4021: Intermediate Syntax

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course builds on the knowledge and skills attained in LING 4020. The course refines the theoretical framework of LING 4020 and applies it to new linguistic data. Topics may include case assignment, argument structure, movement or issues at the syntax-semantics interface. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 3020
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• LING 4030: Semantics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Introduction to compositional semantics of natural language. Explores how the meaning of phrases, sentences, and discourses are calculated from the meanings of their component parts and the formal syntactic structures in which they are embedded. It may introduce predicate logic, Montague grammar, lambda calculus, the Chomsky Hierarchy, Turing machines, inferences and infinities in natural language. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 3020
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• LING 4130: Intro Historical Ling

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Historical linguistics is about how and why languages change. This course is a hands-on introduction to historical linguistics. Students learn not only the fundamental contents and methods of historical linguistics, but also how to do historical linguistics by working through exercises involving a variety of languages. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1200
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• LING 4981: Special Topics

  1.00 - 4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Variable descriptions. Information on current topics available in Linguistics Office.
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• LING 4999: Honors Thesis/Project

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  For students who are pursuing an Honors degree in Linguistics and are working on their Honors thesis with a Linguistics faculty mentor. Requires approval by the faculty mentor.
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• LING 5012: Advanced Phonology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Current controversies with respect to phonological representation; more on rule-and-derivation versus constraint-based approaches to phonology; the architecture of phonological grammars; including the phonetics/phonology interface; adequacy of competing models with respect not only to synchronic phenomena, but also to phonological change and phonological acquisition. Prerequisites: LING 5011.
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• LING 5022: Advanced Syntax

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Seminar focusing on recent advances in syntax and their background in the literature. Topics may include controversies in Minimalist syntax, including cartography and its alternatives; issues at the syntax-semantics interface; and syntactic studies of less commonly discussed languages. Prerequisites: LING 5021.
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• LING 5024: Child Lang Acquisition

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course is an introduction to child language acquisition, with special attention to first language acquisition. The course discusses the process of language acquisition (both typical and atypical); misconceptions concerning acquisition; properties of the language produced and perceived by children; and accounts of the differences between children and adults in language competence/performance. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1200
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