• 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 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5025: Second Lang Acquisition

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course overviews the goals of and approaches to the study of second language acquisition (SLA), covering the historical foundations of the field, its relationship to linguistics, methodologies used to elicit and analyze learner data, and major theories of SLA. Themes include the effects of language instruction, social factors, individual learner differences, input, and interaction on the acquisition of additional languages. Students engage with the primary research literature, collect and analyze learner data, and develop final projects on SLA topics. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5030: 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 4020.
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• LING 5035: Pragmatics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course examines how language senders and receivers use context to jointly construct meaning out of an utterance. Key aspects include determining which aspects of meaning are explicit (i.e., semantic) and which are implicit (i.e., pragmatic), investigating how context both constructs and is constructed by discourse, and exploring the role of intentions in conveying meaning. The main topics are the semantics/pragmatics boundary, implicature, reference, presupposition, speech acts, dynamic semantics, and information structure. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5060: Language and the Brain

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Emphasis on how language is organized in the brain with an examination of the linguistic and neuroanatomical underpinnings of how language can systematically break down in a variety of individuals. Additional focus on how individuals process language and information, and on mechanisms for motivation and memory that subtend second language acquisition. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5170: L2 Research Design

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  An introduction to the aims and procedures of quantitative research, including, research designs, and basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5190: Psycholinguistics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course surveys core issues in the field of psycholinguistics. Throughout the course we will study how humans understand and produce language in real-time and how these complex abilities develop in infant and adult language learners. Topics may include sounds (categories and speech perception), words (lexical access), sentences (structural ambiguity; dependency resolution), and their development. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5200: Structure Selected Lang

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Investigation of the linguistic structure of a selected language. Phonology, morphology, syntax, and/or lexicon. Knowledge of the language is not required. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in LING 1069 OR LING 1200 OR ENGL 1200.
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• LING 5210: Field Methods

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course investigates a language that is unfamiliar to both students and the instructor. In the course, we will discover and provide a description of some aspects of the language. Topics addressed may include phonological inventory, morphological processes, basic sentence structure and paradigms. Prerequisites: (LING 4010 AND LING 4020) OR (LING 6010 AND LING 6020).
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