Details about a selection of courses that the Department of Linguistics offers.
LIN 105B: Sign Language Linguistics
An exploration of topics in linguistics of signed languages, including clinical aspects of hearing loss, sociolinguistics in Deaf communities, and linguistic models of signed languages. Prior ASL knowledge is welcomed but not required.
LIN 161: Global Sociolinguistics
An overview of the interconnections between language variation and social processes in a wide range of contexts.
LIN 205: Morphological Processing
What is a word? A look at current theories of morphological (de)composition, how typological diversity challenges our basic assumptions, and how research in psycholinguistics can explain how humans produce and comprehend complex forms in real time.