Fall 2025 GRADUATE COURSES:
LIN 505: Linguistic Morphology | TR 9:30 - 10:45 | Carrier
This course examines word structure in natural language. It compares current theoretical approaches to the analysis of inflection, derivation, and compounding, and identifies the dimensions of typological variation in each of these domains. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English. Prerequisite: LIN 221, LIN 305
LIN 508: Discourse Analysis | MWF 11:00 - 11:50 | Barrett
This course is an introduction to the methods used in various approaches to discourse and textual analysis. The approaches examined include Speech Act Theory, Conversation Analysis, Ethnographic Discourse Analysis, Discourse Pragmatics, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Variation Analysis, and Critical Discourse Analysis. Special attention is given to practice experience analyzing both spoken and written discourse. Prerequisite: Lin 221 or LIN 222 or SOC 101 or ANT 220.
LIN 517: Introduction to Speech Perception | TR 2:00 - 3:15 | McGowan
The focus will be on intensive study of problems and issues that do not fall under linguistics course headings. These may have an interdisciplinary emphasis, or they may concentrate on some special topics of current research. All topics will be subject to review by the director of the program. May be repeated under different subtitle to a maximum of six credits. Prerequisite: Lin 221
LIN 517: 2nd Lang Acquisition | T 3:30 - 6:00 | A. Brown
The focus will be on intensive study of problems and issues that do not fall under linguistics course headings. These may have an interdisciplinary emphasis, or they may concentrate on some special topics of current research. All topics will be subject to review by the director of the program. May be repeated under different subtitle to a maximum of six credits. Prerequisite: Lin 221
LIN 518: Advanced History of English | T 2:00 - 4:30 | Giancarlo
This course explores the development of English from its roots in Indo- European, through Old, Middle, and Early Modern English(es), culminating with a review of the English languages of today. It focuses on the phonological, grammatical, and lexical changes of the language, as well as on the social contexts of the rise and spread of English as a contemporary world language. Special emphasis is given to a linguistically informed understanding of how the language has changed in response to political and historical pressures. Fulfills the ENG Early Period requirement. Provides ENG Major Elective Credit and ENG Minor credit.
LIN 527: Language Investigations, Sanskrit | MWF 10:00 - 10:50 | A. Byrd
This course presents a focused investigation of an individual language or a set of languages (in a language family or other defined grouping, e.g., connected by geopolitical area), examining genetic and typological features of the language(s) from a structural, historical, and/or sociolinguistic perspective. The course may be taken twice for up to six (6) credits under different subtitles. Prerequisite: LIN 221 and LIN 222
LIN 601: Qualitative Research Methods | TR 11:00 - 12:15 | Lauersdorf
Linguistics stands at the intersection of social science, the natural sciences, and the humanities. As such, the investigation of linguistic phenomena requires a mixture of methods drawing on all of these epistemological traditions. This course is a companion to linguistics 611 and will provide an introduction to the full life cycle of conducting linguistics research with an emphasis on qualitative methodologies and the ways in which these methods interface with quantitative approaches.