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446./546. Introduction to Language Change. (3) Bybee,
Croft
(Also offered as ANTH 416.) Theories and methods of comparative
and historical linguistics, emphasizing change in
English, Indo-European and Native American languages.
Prerequisite: 304.
447./547. Old English. (3 to a maximum of 6) ∆
(Also offered as ENGL 447./547.) An introduction to the
grammar, syntax, and phonology of Old English. Prepares
students for more advanced studies in this and later periods.
449./549. Middle English Language. (3)
(Also offered as ENGL 449./549.) Comprehensive study
of Middle English dialects and the development of Middle
English from Old English. Prepares students for Middle
English literature.
460./560. Child Language. (3) John-Steiner, Morford
(Also offered as PSY 422.) Theories, methodologies and
findings in child language from birth to late childhood.
Emphasizes implications of child language data for linguistic
and psycholinguistic theories. Topics: biological foundations;
pre-linguistic communication; phonological, syntactic, semantic
and pragmatic development; bilingualism.
Prerequisite: LING/PSY 367.
469L./569L. Experimental Psycholinguistics. (3) Morford
(Also offered as PSY 469L.) Laboratory course in psycholinguistics;
review of classic issues and research. Provides an
opportunity to learn basic research methods in experimental
psycholinguistics and gain skills necessary to conduct independent
research.
Prerequisites: 367 or PSY 367.
490./590. Topics in Linguistics. (1-3 to a maximum of
12) ∆
Special topics motivated by expertise of instructor and interest
of students.
495. Undergraduate Problems. (1-6) ∆
For original individual study project approved by instructor.
Maximum of 6 hrs. creditable to linguistics major or minor.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
498. Reading and Research for Honors. (3)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
499. Honors Thesis. (3)
Prerequisite: 498.
502. Generative Theories of Phonology. (3) Bybee,
Smith
The basic organizational units of phonology: features, segments,
syllables, words, suprasegmentals, tone, stress and
intonation. Topics: natural phonological processes, diachronic
changes, and typological variation involving these units.
Prerequisite: 304 or 504 or SPAN 545.
503. Usage-based Phonology. (3) Bybee, Smith
The nature of phonological representations in the lexicon
and the interaction of morphology, syntax, and language use
with phonology. Topics: underspecification, lexical phonology,
cognitive phonology, rules, schemas, and productivity.
Prerequisite: 304 or 504 or SPAN 545.
504./304. Phonological Analysis. (3) Smith
(Also offered as ANTH 517.) Phonetic principles and phonological
theory, descriptive analysis of phonological systems,
transcriptional practice, and problems from selected
languages.
Prerequisite: 303 or SPAN 350.
505. Survey of Phonetic Theory. (3) Smith
Advanced topics in phonetics. Acoustic and articulatory study
of sounds in different languages; phonetic universals; models
of speech production and perception; prosody; relation
between phonetics and phonology.
Prerequisites: 304 or 504 or SPAN 545.
506./406. Introduction to Experimental Phonetics. (3) Smith
Introduction to experimental methods used in the study of
speech. Laboratory exercises in computer-based measurement
of acoustic and aerodynamic data. Acoustic theory
illustrated by sounds in diverse languages. Introduction to
speech technology.
Prerequisite: 303 or SPAN 350.
512./412. Morphology. (3) Axelrod, Bybee
An introduction to principles underlying structure of words
and paradigms in languages of different types. How word
structure reflects cognitive organization and how it is affected
by child language acquisition and historical change.
Prerequisite: 322 or 522 or SPAN 351.
513./413. Linguistic Field Methods. (3) Axelrod, Gorbet
(Also offered as ANTH 512) Practice in transcribing from
oral dictation, phonemic analysis, introduction to problems
of morphology.
Prerequisites: (304 or 504 or SPAN 350) and (322 or 522).
{Offered upon demand}
515./415. Native American Languages. (3) Axelrod
(Also offered as ANTH 515.) Survey of Indian languages of
North America, with special emphasis on languages of New
Mexico. Particular languages and such issues as classification;
language structure; relationship of languages and cultures;
and language loss, maintenance and preservation.
521. Formal Syntactic Theories. (3) Axelrod, Croft
The study of universals of syntax from a generative or formal
perspective. Description of cross-linguistic phenomena in at
least two formal theories, such as Government and Binding,
Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar or Lexical Functional
Grammar.
Prerequisite: 322 or 522.
522./322. Grammatical Analysis. (3) Axelrod, Gorbet
Principles of morphological and syntactic analysis and
introduction to functional and formal theories of grammar.
Descriptive analysis of grammatical structures and problems
from a variety of languages.
Prerequisite: 292 or SIGN 305 or SPAN 351.
523. Functional Syntactic Theories. (3) Axelrod, Croft,
Travis, S. Wilcox
(Also offered as ANTH 513.) Description and explanation of
morphological, syntactic, and discourse phenomena, both
in language-specific and typological perspective, in terms of
their cognitive representations and the cognitive and interactional
processes in which they function.
Prerequisite: 322 or 522 or SPAN 351.
525./425. Semantic Analysis. (3) Axelrod, Croft, Travis
An introduction to the study of sentence and word level
meaning in the languages of the world, emphasizing the role
of speaker and hearer, linguistic and extralinguistic context,
lexical semantics, and grammatical meaning.
Prerequisite: 292 or SIGN 305 or SPAN 351.
529./429. Discourse Analysis. (3) Axelrod, Travis
Introduction to the relationship of morphosyntax to the
structure of discourse in the languages of the world. Topics:
method and theory in the analysis of spoken and written discourse;
basic notions such as topic, focus and cohesion.
Prerequisite: 322 or 522 or SPAN 351.
531./331. Language in Society. (3) Axelrod
Introduction to sociolinguistics. Topics: social dialects, societal
multilingualism, language contact, language attitudes,
language policy and planning, the role of language in binding
and defining communities.
Prerequisite: 101 or 292 or 440.
532./432. Spanish-English Bilingualism. (3)
(Also offered as LLSS 545.) An introduction to issues in
bilingualism with emphasis on Spanish and English in the
Southwest. Topics: language maintenance and shift, language
policy and education, borrowing and codeswitching,
first and second language acquisition, language attitudes.
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.