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Minor in Linguistics
The
Department of English and Department of Foreign Languages offer
a minor in Linguistics to undergraduates majoring in any field,
including English and Foreign Languages. The minor is designed
to investigate the structure and function of language as a cognitive
and behavioral science. Among students likely to be attracted
to this minor are those who expect to pursue graduate study in
linguistics, those interested in foreign languages or English
as a second language, and those interested in communication sciences.
Students
who minor in linguistics will:
- Study
the formal structure of language organization on phonological,
syntactic, semantic, and discourse levels.
- Examine
modes of linguistic argumentation as a type of scientific
inquiry.
- Understand
the systematic variation of language in its social context.
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Explore
the applications of linguistic knowledge.
The
undergraduate B.A. minor requires the successful completion
of five courses in representative areas of linguistics.
| 1. |
one
of the following: |
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ENG
210 |
Introduction
to Languages and Linguistics |
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ENG
524 |
Introduction
to Linguistics |
| 2. |
one
of the following: |
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ENG
324 |
Modern
English |
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ENG
325 |
Spoken
and Written Traditions of American English Dialects |
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3. |
one
of the following: |
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COM
315 |
Phonetics |
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COM
335 |
Speech
and Language Development |
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FL
260 |
Linguistics
for Teachers of Second Language |
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ENG
329 |
Language and Social Interaction (pending approval) |
| 4. |
one
of the following: |
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ANT
254 |
Language
and Culture |
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ENG
525 |
Variety
in Language |
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ENG
326 |
History
of the English Language |
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ENG
327 |
Language
and Gender |
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ENG
494 |
Special
Topics in Linguistics |
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ENG
491 |
Honors
Seminar (where relevant) |
| 5. |
one
of the following: |
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PHI
331 |
Philosophy
of Language |
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CSC
502 |
Computational
Linguistics |
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ENG
523 |
Language
Variation Research Seminar |
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ENG
527 |
Critical
Discourse Analysis |
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ENG
528 |
Language
Change Research Seminar |
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ENG
532 |
Narrative Analysis |
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or
an additional course from groups 3 and 4 |
Any
substitutions for courses listed above must be approved in writing
by the coordinator of the linguistics program.
The
minor is administered by the present Coordinator of the Linguistics
Minor, Dr. Walt Wolfram. Linguistics faculty, including Dr.
Dave Herman, and Dr. Erik Thomas will serve as an advisory committee
to the coordinator.
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