Seminars focusing on topics in linguistics and discourse studies. Topics will This is a seminar course focusing on a variety of special topics in Rhetoric that examine the relationships among thought, expression, and understanding within specific social and cultural situations. Topics will vary by semester. Consult detailed course descriptions available from the Department each semester for details. May be repeated for credit. Spring 2008: Methods for the study of change in language, including the comparative method, internal reconstruction, and typological reconstruction. Problems in distant linguistic relationships and the propagation of languages; language contact, language birth, language death. Prerequisite: an elementary knowledge of phonetics or phonology, such as a course in which a certain amount of phonetic transcription was practiced.
Seminars focusing on topics in linguistics and discourse studies. Topics will This is a seminar course focusing on a variety of special topics in Rhetoric that examine the relationships among thought, expression, and understanding within specific social and cultural situations. Topics will vary by semester. Consult detailed course descriptions available from the Department each semester for details. May be repeated for credit. Spring 2008: Methods for the study of change in language, including the comparative method, internal reconstruction, and typological reconstruction. Problems in distant linguistic relationships and the propagation of languages; language contact, language birth, language death. Prerequisite: an elementary knowledge of phonetics or phonology, such as a course in which a certain amount of phonetic transcription was practiced.
