Specific information as to which courses are offered each term and when they meet is published each term in the University’s class schedule. Not all of the courses listed below are offered each year. Those who are not graduate students in this department should seek the instructor’s permission before enrolling in a course.

Field Methods
G61.0044  Prerequisites: an introductory linguistics course and one course in either syntax or phonology. Collins, Gouskova. 4 points.

Linguistics as Cognitive Science
G61.0048  Marantz. 4 points.

Morphology
G61.1029  Marantz. 4 points.

Phonology I
G61.1210  Gafos, Gouskova. 4 points.

Phonology II
G61.1220  Prerequisite:G61.1210 or permission of the instructor. Gafos, Gouskova. 4 points.

Syntax
G61.1310  Baltin, Collins, Kayne. 4 points.

Semantics I
G61.1340  Barker, Szabolcsi. 4 points.

Historical Linguistics
G61.1410  Costello. 4 points.

Sociolinguistics
G61.1510  Blake, Guy, Singler. 4 points.

African American English
G61.1520  Blake. 4 points.

Using Wolfram’s Cellular Automata as Models of Human Communication
G61.1825  Dougherty. 4 points.

Acoustic Phonetics
G61.2110  Davidson. 4 points.

Experimental Techniques in Speech and Phonetics Research
G61.2120  Prerequisites: G61.1210 and G61.2110, or permission of the instructor. Davidson. 4 points.

Laboratory Phonology
G61.2220  Prerequisite:G61.1220 or permission of the instructor. Davidson, Gafos, Gouskova. 4 points.

Syntactic Theory and Analysis
G61.2310  Prerequisite:G61.1310 or permission of the instructor. Baltin, Collins, Kayne. 4 points.

Grammatical Relations in Syntax
G61.2360  Prerequisite:G61.1310 or permission of the instructor. Postal. 4 points.

Semantics II
G61.2370  Prerequisite:G61.1340 or permission of the instructor. Barker, Pylkkänen, Szabolcsi. 4 points.

Indo-European Grammar and Phonology
G61.2410  Costello. 4 points.

Sanskrit Grammar and Phonology
G61.2420  Costello. 4 points.

Languages in Contact
G61.2450  Prerequisite:G61.1410,G61.1510, or permission of the instructor. 4 points.

Indo-European Syntax
G61.2460  Costello. 4 points.

Pidgin and Creole Languages
G61.2510  Singler. 4 points.

African Languages and Caribbean Creoles
G61.2520  Singler. 4 points.

Linguistic Variation
G61.2530  Guy, Singler. 4 points.

Sociolinguistic Field Methods
G61.2540  Blake. 4 points.

Gender and Language
G61.2550  Prerequisite:G61.1510 or permission of the instructor. 4 points.

First-Language Acquisition
G61.2610  Prerequisite:G61.2310 or permission of the instructor. Davidson. 4 points.

Neurolinguistics
G61.2710  Pylkkänen, 4 points.

An Introduction to Computational Modeling of Recursion: Coordination, Subordination, and Embeddings
G61.2820  Dougherty. 4 points.

Problems in the Structure of a Selected Foreign Language
G61.2930  With permission, may be repeated for credit. 4 points.

Seminar in Phonetics
G61.3110  Prerequisites: G61.1210 and G61.2110, or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Davidson. 4 points.

Seminar in Phonology
G61.3210  Prerequisite:G61.1220 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Davidson, Gafos, Gouskova. 4 points.

Theoretical Issues Across Subfields of Linguistics
G61.3220  Prerequisite: background in one of the following: introductory syntax semantics, phonology, or sociolinguistics. 4 points.

Seminar in Syntax
G61.3320  Prerequisite:G61.2310 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Baltin, Collins, Kayne, Marantz, Postal. 4 points.

Seminar in Semantics
G61.3340  Prerequisite:G61.2370 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Barker, Pylkkänen, Szabolcsi. 4 points.

Recurring Themes in Generative Grammar
G61.3350  Baltin, Postal. 4 points.

Seminar in Historical Linguistics
G61.3410  Prerequisite:G61.1410 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Costello. 4 points.

Seminar in Linguistic Reconstruction
G61.3420  Prerequisite:G61.1410 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Costello. 4 points.

Seminar in Sociolinguistics
G61.3510  Prerequisite:G61.1510 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Blake, Guy, Singler. 4 points.

Seminar in Neurolinguistics
G61.3710  Prerequisite: graduate status in linguistics, psychology, or neuroscience, or permission of the instructor. Pylkkänen. 4 points.

Seminar on Computational Models of Language
G61.3820  Prerequisite:G61.1830 or permission of the instructor. With permission, may be repeated for credit. Dougherty. 4 points.

VARIABLE CONTENT COURSES

Directed Reading in Linguistics
G61.3910  Prerequisite: permission of the director of graduate studies. May be repeated for credit. 1-6 points.

Ph.D. Dissertation Research
G61.3930  Prerequisite: permission of the director of graduate studies. May be repeated for credit. 1-6 points.

CROSS-LISTED COURSES

These courses may be counted toward degree requirements as set forth above.

Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology
G14.1040  4 points.

Ethnographic Methods
G14.2700  4 points.

Identity and Language
G14.3392  4 points.

Linguistic Field Methods
G14.3394  4 points.

English

Development of the English Language
G41.2044  4 points.

Philosophy

Philosophy of Language I
G83.2296  4 points.

Psychology

Language Acquisition
G89.2214  3 points.

Seminar in Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
G89.3250  3 points.

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