LIN X93 LIN 393 Seminar in Linguistic Topics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Forum for Doctoral Candidates. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only.
Topic 2: Language Acquisition.
Topic 3: Neuropsychology and Language.
Topic 4: Neurolinguistics.
Topic 5: Translation: Theory, History, and Practice. Linguistics 393 (Topic 5) and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 391 (Topic 1: Translation: Theory, History, and Practice) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Speech Play and Verbal Art. Same as: ANT 393.3
Topic 7: Biblical Aramaic.
Topic 8: Linguistics of Signed Languages.
Topic 9: Language Contact. Examine the phenomenon of language contact from both structural and sociocultural angles. Investigate processes and patterns involved in lexical and structural borrowing, formation of new contact varieties such as creoles and mixed languages, role of contact in driving and shaping language change, and dynamics of specific contact zones. Explore the role of discourse strategies and norms, bilingualism, code-switching, and particular sociocultural practices in determining the nature of the contact that takes place and its effects on the languages involved. Linguistics 393 (Topic: Language Contact) and 393 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Topic 10: Metaphor Across Cultures, Genres, and Time. Explore how and why metaphors vary both across and within cultures, across different genres, and through time. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 382 (Topic: Metaphor Across Cultr/Genres), French 381N (Topic: Metaphor Across Cultr/Genres), 381N (Topic 3), Linguistics 393 (Topic: Metaphor Across Cultr/Genres), 393 (Topic 10). Same as: FR 381N.3