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Introduction to Phonology, Fall 2014
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Introduction to the current research questions in phonological theory. Topics include: metrical and prosodic structure; features and their phonetic basis in speech; acquisition and parsing; phonological domains; morphology; and language change and reconstruction. Activities include problem solving, squibs, and data collection. The year-long Introduction to Phonology reviews at the graduate level fundamental notions of phonological analysis and introduces students to current debates, research and analytical techniques. The Fall term reviews issues pertaining to the nature of markedness and phonological representations - features, prosodies, syllables and stress - while the second term deals with the relation between the phonological component and the lexicon, morphology and syntax. The second term course will also treat in more detail certain phonological phenomena.

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Linguistics
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Kenstowicz, Michael J.
Date Added:
01/01/2014
Introduction to Syntax, Fall 2003
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Introduction to theories of syntax underlying work currently being done within the lexical-functional and government-binding frameworks. Organized into three interrelated parts, each focused upon a particular area of concern: phrase structure; the lexicon; and principles and parameters. Grammatical rules and processes constitute a focus of attention throughout the course that serve to reveal both modular structure of grammar and interaction of grammatical components. This course is concerned with the concepts and principles which have been of central significance in the recent development of syntactic theory, with special focus on the "Government and Binding" (GB) / "Principles and Parameters" (P&P) / "Minimalist Program" (MP) approach. It is the first of a series of two courses (24.951 is taught during the Fall and 24.952 is taught in the Spring). This course deals mostly with phrase structure, argument structure and its syntactic expression, including "A-movement". Though other issues (e.g. wh-movement, antecedent-contained deletion, extraposition) may be mentioned during the semester, the course will not systematically investigate these topics in class until 24.952. The goal of the course is to understand why certain problems have been treated in certain ways. Thus, on many occasions a variety of approaches will be discussed, and the (recent) historical development of these approaches are emphasized.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
DeGraff, Michel
Date Added:
01/01/2003
Language Processing, Fall 2004
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Seminar in real-time language comprehension. Models of sentence and discourse comprehension from the linguistic, psychology, and artificial intelligence literature, including symbolic and connectionist models. Ambiguity resolution. Linguistic complexity. The use of lexical, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, contextual and prosodic information in language comprehension. The relationship between the computational resources available in working memory and the language processing mechanism. The psychological reality of linguistic representations.

Subject:
Linguistics
Psychology
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Gibson, Edward Albert Fletcher
Date Added:
01/01/2004
Language and Its Structure I: Phonology, Fall 2010
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24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are structured, how and why they may differ from each other. The course also aims to provide you with analytical tools in phonology, enough to allow you to sketch the analysis of an entire phonological system by the end of the term. On a non-linguistic level, the course aims to teach you by example the virtues of formulating precise and explicit descriptive statements; and to develop your skills in making and evaluating arguments.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Kenstowicz, Michael
Date Added:
01/01/2010
Language and Mind, January (IAP) 2003
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This course will address some fundamental questions regarding human language: (1) How language is represented in our minds; (2) how language is acquired by children; (3) how language is processed by adults; (4) the relationship between language and thought; (5) exploring how language is represented and processed using brain imaging methods; and (6) computational modeling of human language acquisition and processing.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Literature
Psychology
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Gibson, Edward Albert Fletcher
Date Added:
01/01/2003
Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics, Spring 2005
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Introduction to fundamental concepts in semantic and pragmatic theory. Basic issues of form and meaning in natural languages. Ambiguities of structure and of meaning. Compositionality. Word meaning. Quantification and logical form. Contexts: indexicality, discourse, and presupposition. Literal meaning vs speaker's meaning. Speech acts and conversational implicature meaning.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
von Fintel, Kai
Date Added:
01/01/2005
Language and its Structure II: Syntax, Fall 2003
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Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. This course will acquaint you with some of the important results and ideas of the last half - century of research in syntax. We will explore a large number of issues and a large amount of data so that you can learn something of what this field is all about. From time to time, we will discuss related work in language acquisition and processing. The class will emphasize ideas and arguments for these ideas in addition to the the details of particular analyses. At the same time, you will learn the mechanics of one particular approach (sometimes called Principles and Parameters syntax). Most of all, the course tries to show why the study of syntax is exciting, and why its results are important to researchers in other language sciences. The class assumes some familiarity with basic concepts of theoretical linguistics, of the sort you could acquire in 24.900.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
Social Science
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Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Pesetsky, David Michael
Date Added:
01/01/2003
The Lexicon and Its Features, Spring 2007
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This course provides an overview of the distinctive features which distinguish sound categories of languages of the world. Theories which relate these categories to their acoustic and articulatory correlates, both universally and in particular languages are covered. Models of word recognition by listeners, features, and phonological structure are also discussed. In addition, the course offers a variety of perspectives on these issues, drawn from Electrical Engineering, Linguistics and Cognitive Science.

Subject:
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Flemming, Edward
Gow, David
Shattuck-Hufnagel, Stefanie
Steriade, Donca
Stevens, Kenneth
Date Added:
01/01/2007
Linguistic Studies of Bilingualism, Fall 2012
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This course studies the development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). It focuses on linguistic aspects of bilingualism; models of bilingualism and language acquisition; competence versus performance; effects of bilingualism on other domains of human cognition; brain imaging studies; early versus late bilingualism; opportunities to observe and conduct original research; and implications for educational policies among others. The course is taught in English.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Literature
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Suzanne Flynn
Date Added:
01/01/2012
Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language, Fall 2004
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This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. Data from a broad group of languages is studied for comparison with Japanese. This course assumes familiarity with linguistic theory.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Miyagawa, Shigeru
Date Added:
01/01/2004
Linguistics for Teachers of English
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The primary goals of this text are to acquaint prospective teachers of English with certain aspects of the history, structure, and use of the English Language. Through considering the nature of the English language; how language and culture are interconnected as well as how it is acquired and how and why it changes, readers will come to a fuller understanding of sociolinguistics. This text discusses the nature of language, as well as how it is acquired; how and why languages change, and how the English language in particular has changed (and continues to change); why different varieties of English have developed, and why they continue to be used; how linguists have attempted to account for the (ir)regularities of English; how language and culture are related; and how linguistics can be used as a tool in the classroom. This text presents important topics for English teachers to know: the relationship between “standard” and “nonstandard” dialects, how and why language varies, how we can make informed decisions about what is “right” and “wrong” in language use, and generally how a sound knowledge of how language works can inform and benefit the pedagogical strategies needed to develop as a teacher. Ultimately, I want readers to think about language in ways not thought of before: objectively, passionately, critically, analytically, and logically. This allows readers to move beyond memorization of facts to original thought (which is sort of like the difference between knowing how to add and subtract, and being able to balance a checkbook).

Subject:
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
New Prairie Press
Author:
Carol Russel
Date Added:
12/05/2018
Logic I, Fall 2009
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In this course we will cover central aspects of modern formal logic, beginning with an explanation of what constitutes good reasoning. Topics will include validity and soundness of arguments, formal derivations, truth-functions, translations to and from a formal language, and truth-tables. We will thoroughly cover sentential calculus and predicate logic, including soundness and completeness results.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Glick, Ephraim
Date Added:
01/01/2010
Logic II, Spring 2004
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This course begins with an introduction to the theory of computability, then proceeds to a detailed study of its most illustrious result: Kurt GĚŚdel's theorem that, for any system of true arithmetical statements we might propose as an axiomatic basis for proving truths of arithmetic, there will be some arithmetical statements that we can recognize as true even though they don't follow from the system of axioms. In my opinion, which is widely shared, this is the most important single result in the entire history of logic, important not only on its own right but for the many applications of the technique by which it's proved. We'll discuss some of these applications, among them: Church's theorem that there is no algorithm for deciding when a formula is valid in the predicate calculus; Tarski's theorem that the set of true sentence of a language isn't definable within that language; and GĚŚdel's second incompleteness theorem, which says that no consistent system of axioms can prove its own consistency.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
McGee, Vann
Date Added:
01/01/2004
Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge, Spring 2003
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Relationship between computer representation of knowledge and the structure of natural language. Emphasizes development of the analytical skills necessary to judge the computational implications of grammatical formalisms, and uses concrete examples to illustrate particular computational issues. Efficient parsing algorithms for context-free grammars; augmented transition network grammars. Question answering systems. Extensive laboratory work on building natural language processing systems. 6.863 is a laboratory-oriented course on the theory and practice of building computer systems for human language processing, with an emphasis on the linguistic, cognitive, and engineering foundations for understanding their design.

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Applied Science
Computer Science
Linguistics
Psychology
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
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M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Berwick, Robert
Date Added:
01/01/2003
Philosophy In Film and Other Media, Spring 2004
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Works of film examined in relation to thematic issues of philosophical importance that also occur in other arts, particularly literature and opera. Emphasis on film's ability to represent and express feeling as well as cognition.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Literature
Philosophy
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Singer, Irving
Date Added:
01/01/2004
Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Spring 2010
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This course is the third and final part of our graduate introduction to semantics. The other two classes are 24.970 Introduction to Semantics and 24.973 Advanced Semantics. The semester will be divided into somewhat independent units. One unit will be devoted to conversational implicatures (mainly scalar implicatures) and another to presupposition. In each unit, we will discuss basic concepts and technical tools and then devote some time to recent work which illustrates their application.

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Arts and Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Fox, Danny
Date Added:
01/01/2010
SPA203. ¿Qué hacemos con la lengua? Lenguaje, diversidad y derechos humanos
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SPA203 - (For native or near-native speakers.) The grammatical structure of today's standard Spanish. Intensive practice in reading, speaking, and elementary composition.
En SPA203 vamos a explorar la relación entre el lenguaje y la diversidad en el marco de los derechos humanos fundamentales. El título del curso, “¿qué hacemos con la lengua?”, nos pregunta dos cosas: qué tipo de prejuicios perpetuamos por medio del lenguaje y cómo hacer para que la lengua albergue de manera efectiva la diversidad de nuestra sociedad. En un contexto actual, sorprendente estancado en la indiferencia, la ignorancia, el prejuicio y estigmatización de quienes son diferentes bajo excusas de todo signo, urge más que nunca tomar conciencia del mundo diverso en el que vivimos, desarrollar nuestra empatía (tanto en el lenguaje, como en los actos), fomentar la equidad como horizonte deseable para nuestra sociedad y considerar un lenguaje que funcione como herramienta de concientización y de cambio.
Con este impulso como hilo de discusión, en el curso trabajaremos la competencia lingüística y la mejora en la fluidez de español tanto a nivel oral como escrito, con privilegio del registro formal o culto. Pese a esta prioridad, el curso se enmarca en un reconocimiento de nuestra capacidad translingüe (somos poseedores de un continuo lingüístico que abraza lenguas sin separación natural) y ofrecerá una posición autocrítica frente a consideraciones prescriptivas y sesgos elitistas aun prevalentes en la enseñanza de la lengua. Los aspectos gramaticales estudiados estarán basados en las necesidades del grupo y tendrán un carácter eminentemente práctico.
Dedicaremos la primera parte del curso a entender aspectos esenciales de nuestra lengua: la importancia de nuestros nombres, qué características tiene el habla de herencia y qué es translenguar, cuál es el origen del español, qué son los niveles lingüísticos y qué trabajan estos niveles, de qué hablamos cuando hablamos de las variaciones de una lengua (dialectos, registros), y de qué hablamos cuando trabajamos la norma lingüística y el llamado español “neutro”. A continuación, nos plantearemos cómo hacer para que el lenguaje responda a la realidad social. A través de lecturas de textos, visionados de vídeos y debates, revisaremos conceptos fundamentales en nuestra sociedad como son los derechos humanos, la noción de privilegio, la discriminación lingüística (glotofobia y hablismo), cómo se manifiesta el racismo y el sentimiento anti-inmigrante en el lenguaje, que diferencia hay entre lo políticamente correcto y el lenguaje no discriminatorio, qué es el feminismo y que sentido tiene la interseccionalidad, que categorías definen nuestras identidad de género y orientación afectivo-sexual, qué términos deberíamos en casos de discapacidad y neurodiversidad, respectivamente, y por último hasta qué punto nuestra identidad procede de una raíz múltiple. A través de presentaciones, el grupo de clase compartirá su conocimiento o descubrimiento de aquellas comunidades comúnmente silenciadas cuando pensamos en la comunidad hispana y latina.
Se trata de un curso presencial, de asistencia obligatoria, ofertada para hablantes de herencia. Las sesiones y lecturas estarán, fundamentalmente, en español, con excepciones puntuales.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Education
Language Education (ESL)
Linguistics
Literature
Social Science
Sociology
Women's Studies
Material Type:
Syllabus
Provider:
CUNY Academic Works
Provider Set:
Lehman College
Author:
Payán, Juan Jesús
Date Added:
08/08/2022
SPE-29 - Voice & Articulation (Advanced assignment)
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This two-part assignment introduces students to spectrogram reading by asking them (1) to explore a set of spectrograms representing the days of the week, and then (2) record their own spectrogram and add a picture of it to a common "Mystery Spectrograms" folder for use in a subsequent assignment (and also in classroom activities).
NOTE: by the time this assignment is introduced, the students have already learned how to record themselves and save sound files using the Praat software for acoustic analysis. If they are not familiar with the procedure, this tutorial will help:
Making a recording in PRAAT

Subject:
Business and Communication
Communication
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
CUNY Academic Works
Provider Set:
Kingsborough Community College
Author:
Spinu, Laura
Date Added:
02/19/2021
SPE-29 - Voice & Articulation (Intro assignment)
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This assignment is asking students to collaboratively create a database of "good" and "bad" voices for subsequent analysis.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Communication
Linguistics
Social Science
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
CUNY Academic Works
Provider Set:
Kingsborough Community College
Author:
Spinu, Laura
Date Added:
02/19/2021