Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2022-2023
LING 409 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Long Title: SPECIAL TOPICS
Department: Linguistics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisite(s): LING 200 OR ANTH 200
Description: Special Topics in linguistics. Please contact the department for details on offered topics. SPRING 2023 TOPIC: LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION. This semester's Special Topics course is an introduction to the practical and theoretical aspects of language documentation and description. We will collaborate with a language consultant to document and describe a language with which students are not familiar. The course will focus on collaborative linguist analysis at all levels of linguistic structure, with additional discussion of methodological and ethical aspects of language documentation. Repeatable for Credit.