{"id":815,"date":"2023-01-11T21:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:16:49","slug":"undergraduate-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/undergraduate-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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For terms the courses are offered, please consult the<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Schedule of Classes<\/a>. Courses offered are subject to teaching availability.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n LING 110: In a Word (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Words as tools for discovering properties of the human mind. How words are formed of and form various units. Experiments exploring judgments about word interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 115: Language and Society (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Discourse patterns among diverse social groups in institutional and interpersonal settings; interrelationships among language practices and gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity; social structures and cultural values as reflected in language policies and practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n LING 120: American Sign Language I (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Familiarization with ASL and fingerspelling. Covers visual and gestural communication, comprehension through receptive language skills, basic conversational proficiency, general insights into American Deaf culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 150: American Sign Language II (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Increased development of inflectional and non-manual behavior patterns presented with incorporation of selected aspects of Deaf culture and community within receptive and expressive conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 210: Introduction to Linguistics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Empirical study of the sounds and structures of human language; syntax and semantics; language change; linguistic universals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 275: Language and Mind (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Language within cognitive science: speech physiology and acoustics, language acquisition, reading, language disorders, perception and mental representation of words, linguistic diversity and computer analysis of speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 285: Human Language and Technology (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Study of human linguistic competence and technologies that simulate it. Phonetics, vibration and signal processing, speech recognition, neural networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 301: Introduction to Phonology and Morphology (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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A survey of topics in phonology and morphology<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 302: Introduction to Syntax (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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A survey of topics in syntax.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 303: Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Introduction to meaning in natural language and the methods from logic applied to its study.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 307: Linguistic Theory and Communication Disorders (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Introduces the breadth of possible communication disorders with a particular focus on the duties of the professionals who assist people with these disorders.\u00a0 Explores both the diagnostic criteria and common interventions for disorders such as Language Impairment, stuttering, swallowing, and dementia.<\/p>\n

Recommended Preparation:\u00a0LING<\/span> 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 322: Language Contact and Language Acquisition (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The emergence of new languages, spoken and signed, in socio-historical situations, where linguistic input is degraded and insufficient to support the ordinary language acquisition process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 325g: Language and Number (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Analysis of the formal properties of linguistic expressions of number with the goal of understanding the structures that underlie language and numerical reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 380: Languages of the World (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Introduction to the world\u2019s linguistic diversity; number of languages spoken and where; grammatical structure and social function of selected languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 385: Human Language as Computation (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Study of language as a complex natural system that requires elaborate mental computation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 401: Advanced Phonology (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Advanced study of topics in phonology.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 301<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 402: Advanced Syntax (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Advanced study of topics in syntax.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210, LING 302<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 403: Advanced Semantics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Topics in the theory of meaning in natural language.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 303<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 405: Child Language Acquisition (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Universal characteristics of child language; stages of acquisition of phonology, syntax, semantics; processes and dimensions of development; psychological mechanisms; communicative styles.<\/p>\n

Crosslisted as PSYC 405
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\n LING 406: Psycholinguistics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Experimental and theoretical aspects of how spoken and written language is produced and understood, learned during childhood, and affected by brain damage.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210 or PSYC 100<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 407: Atypical Language (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Analysis of atypical language and language pathologies throughout the lifespan and their relevance to current linguistic and cognitive science theory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210 or PSYC 100<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 408: Sociolinguistics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Language and society: theory and methods in sociolinguistics; dimensions of language variation including gender, identity, class, age, region; personal-level interactions to national-level language policies.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 409: Linguistic Structure of English (3 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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An overview of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic structures of English as they relate to the theoretical literature on language acquisition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n LING 410: Second Language Acquisition (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Theories of second language acquisition in children and adults; comparison of first and second language acquisition including psychological, social, and individual factors.<\/p>\n

Prerequisite: LING 210<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 411x: Linguistics and Education (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Practical classroom approaches to children\u2019s language; relationships between writing, reading, and speaking; social and regional dialects; traditional, structural, and generative-transformational grammars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n LING 412: Language and Law (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Linguistic principles which bear on the interpretation of government statutes and the litigation of legal disputes. Speech act theory; ambiguity; courtroom discourse; contracts and advertisements; jury instructions; the Plain Language Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 415: Phonetics (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Familiarization with the articulation and transcription of speech sounds. Also vocal tract anatomy, acoustics, speech technology, non-English sounds, perception. Includes laboratory exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 433: Children’s Learning and Cognitive Development (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Principles of cognitive development, learning, and motivation applied to the development of literacy: includes tutoring a child two hours per week.<\/p>\n

Crosslisted as PSYC 433
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\n LING 450: Forensic Speaker Identification (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Overview of methods used to identify voices on the basis of their characteristic speech patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n PHIL 465: Philosophy of Language (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The nature of communication, meaning, reference, truth, necessity, speech acts, convention, and language.<\/p>\n

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\n LING 466: Word and Phrase Origins (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Introduction to historical-comparative\u00a0word<\/span>\u00a0study; history of ideas concerning language relationships; types of semantic change; hidden metaphors in English\u00a0word<\/span>-stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 467: Language, Linguistics and Mind (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Topics of current interest at the crossroads of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and linguistics.<\/p>\n

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\n LING 480: Linguistic Structures (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Analysis of grammatical structures of an individual language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n LING 485: Field Methodology (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Elicitation techniques and methodological principles; recording and analysis of phonological, syntactic, and semantic structures; practical approaches to procedures used in urban and rural settings.<\/p>\n

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\n LING 490x: Directed Research (1-8 units, max 12)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n LING 497: Honors Thesis (4 units)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Writing of the honors thesis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Registration is restricted to honors students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Investigation of selected topics in linguistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUndergraduate Courses - Department of Linguistics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/undergraduate-courses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Undergraduate Courses - Department of Linguistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/undergraduate-courses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Linguistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-31T20:16:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/undergraduate-courses\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ling\/undergraduate-courses\/\",\"name\":\"Undergraduate Courses - 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