2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

MODERN LANGUAGES ANO LINGUISTICS 261LINGUIST 4LB3 ADVANCED PHONETICS, LINGUIST 4XX3 TOPICS' IN LINGUISTIC THEORYPHONOLOGYANDMORPHOLOGY . , Issues in·dlfferent aspects of linguistic Theory arid Advanced Philology.This .course examines advanced issues in phonetics, phonology and mor- Consult the Department for the topic to be offered. .phology, seeking to evaluate current theory and to address data that fall, .. Seminar (two hours); one term'beyond the explanatory capacities of those paradigms. The course is data Prerequisite: LINGUIST 3103 or 3M03oriented; with material taken from several languages of the Caucasus. Cross-list: ANTHROP4XX3 'Three lectures; One term ,. LINGUIST 4XX3maybe repeated,if on a different topic, to a total.Of six units.Prerequisite: Nine units of L-inguisticsor Linguistic Anthropology above Level I Offered in alternate years. .Cross-list: ANTHROP 4LB3This course is administered by)l1e Department of Modern LanguagesAntirequisite: ANTHROP 4LA3, LINGUIST 4LA3and Linguistics.This course is administered by the Department of Modern Languages . LINGUIST 4Z03" TOPICS IN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS'and Linguistics.Topics include: First Language Acquisition;, Brain and Language. ConsultLINGUIST 4LC3 ADVANCED SYNTAX ANDSEMANTICS the Department for the topic to be offere9.This course examines advanced issues in syntax and semantics, seek- Seminar {two hours); one term .ing to evaluate current theory and to address data that fall beyond the Prerequisite: LINGUIST 3B03 or PSYCH 38B3explanatory capacities of those paradigms. The course is data oriented, Cross:-list: PSYCH 4Z03with material taken' from several languages of the Caucasus. . LINGUIST 4Z03 may be repeated, if on a different topic, to/a total of six units.Three lectures; one·term . ' .' Offered,in alternate'years.PrereRuisite: Nine units of Linguistics or Linguistic Anthropology above Level I This course is administered' by the Department of Modern Languages"Cross-list: ANTHROP 4LC3 . and Linguistics. 'Antirequisite: ANTHROP 4LA3, LlNGUIST'4LA3 LINGUIST 4ZZ3 APPRG>ACHES TO.DISCOURSEThis course is administereCJ by the Department of Mqdern Languages This course offers an overview of different approaches to the analysil?and LinguisticS. '. ot discourse, including speech act theory, 'interactional sociolinguistics,LINGUIST 4M03 , PIDGINS AND CREOLES ethnography of communication, pragmatics, conversation analysis, andA survey of the structure .(grammar and vocabulary), g'enesis, 'evolution critical discourse analysis~ ,and social history of the languages that developed as, a result of Euro- Three hours (lectures and di$cussron); one termpean expansion to Africa, the. Americas, Asia and the Pacific. Emphasis- Prerequisite: Registration in Level III or IVota program in Communicationwill be placed on the Atlantic (Caribbean an~ West African) creoles. Studies or Linguistics or permission.of the Program Counsellor for Com-Seminar (two hours); one term '. rnunicatjori Studies. .Prerequisite: LINGUIST 3XQ3 Cross-list: CMST 4[03Offered' on an irregular rotation basis.Enrolment is limited to 25 students.L1NGUIST4N03 ENGLISHAS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE . This course is administered by CommLlvnication Studies.This course explores issues ariSing from the status of English as alanguage of international communication, including: the rise of English as,a global language, world Englishes, linguistic power, consequences formultilingualsocieties,espeCially minority languages.Seminar (two hours); one term "Prerequisite: LINGUIST 3X03Offered on an irregular rotation basis. 'LINGUIST 4R03 . CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION.. Students will explore the links between language and culture and learnskills necessary t6 be intermediaries between cultures. Topics include:,. ,communication between' genders, the cognitive role. of metaphor, languageand: perception, emotions across cultures,culture arid advertising,body language and cultutal stereotyping.Seminar (two hours); one term,. 'Prerequisite: LINGUIST 1A03, 1AA3 and six units ofLinguisfics aboveLevell; or permission of the DepartmentCross-list: CMST 4R03Not open to students with credit in LINGUIST 4BB3, TOPICS IN THE APPLI­CATION OF LINGUISTICS, if the topic was Cross-Cultural'Communication.Offereq on an irregular rotation basis.LINGUIST 4S03 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONThis course offers an introduction to contemporary. interpersonal communicationtheories and research. Topics include: small group communi­'cation,. persuasive commUnication, argumentation strategies, .conflictresolution and computer mediated, intercultural; interna,tional and politicalcdrilmunicatiol).' . , "Seminar (two hours); one term' ,Prerequisite: LINGUIST 1 A03, 1AA3 and six units of Linguistics above, ,.Level I; or permission of the DepartmentCross-list: CMST 4S03 .Not open to students with credit in LINGUIST 4BB3,TOPICS IN THE APPLI­CA TlON OF LINGUISTICS, if the topic was Interpersonal Communication.Offered on an irregular rotation basis.LINGUIST 4T03 FORENSIC LINGUISTICSThis course examines issues arising from the language-law intertace, includ~ing: speaker/a4thor identification; interpretation and transcription of policeinterrogations, witness statements, trial discourse; written legal language.Seminar (two ,hours); one termPrerequisite: LINGUIST 3X03Cross~list: CMST 4T03Not open to students with credit in LlNGLJlST 4BB3, TOPICS IN THEAPPLlCjJ. TION 'OF LINGUISTICS, if the topjc was Forensic Linguistics.Offered on an irregular rotation basis.Courses in Polish are administered within the Department of Modern Languagesand Linguistics of the Faculty of Humanities. For information and counselling,pleas~ c,?ntact the departmental office, Togo Salmon Hall, Room 613.Notes:1. Students should note th?t the Department has classified its Polishlanguage courses under the following categories:Introductory Level Language CoursesPOLlS-H 2A03,2AA3 . .Intermediate Level Language Courses', POLISH 3A03, 3AA3 . .'A(:Ivanced Level Lang,uage CoursesPOLISH 4A03, 4AA32. POLISH 2A03 and 2AA3 are' open only to students with' no priorknowledge of Polish. Students with some,knqwledge of written andoral Polish are advised to enrol in POLlSH3A03 or 3AA3. Studentswith'a good corrimand of Polish should enrol in POLlSH4A03 0(4AA3.3. Courses are offered on a three-year rotation basis .. Students shouldconsult the timetable for available courses.CoursesIf no prerequisite is listed; the course is open.POLISH 2A03 BEGINNER'S POLISH IAn introduction 'to basic conversational~md written Polish, teaching the skillsof listening, speaking, and writing. The sequel to this course is POLISH 2AA3.Four hours; one term .Antirequisite: POLISH 1 Z03Not open to students with a. prior kq.owledge of Polish.The 'Department reserves the right to place students in the course 'mostappropriate to. their abilities.Offered on a three-year rotation basis. Offered in 2005-2006.Enrolment is, limited..' POLISH 2AA3 BEGINNER'S POLISH II ,A course designed tofurther the 'student's command of oral and writtenPolish. The sequel to this cOl,lrseis POLISH 3A03.Four hours; one term ,Prerequisite: One of POLISH 1 Z03, '2A03 or permission of the DepartmentAntirequisite: POUSH 1 ZZ3 ,The Department reserves the' right to place students in the course mostappropriate to their abilities ..Offered on a three-year rotation' bC3.sis~ Offered in 2005~2006.Enrolment is J/mited.