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Abnormal Language, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Introduction to the linguistic study of language pathology, concentrating on experimental approaches and theoretical explanations. Discussion of Specific Language Impairment, autism, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, normal aging, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, hemispherectomy and aphasia. ... More »
Advanced Natural Language Processing, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course is a graduate introduction to natural language processing - the study of human language from a computational perspective. It covers syntactic, semantic and discourse processing models, emphasizing machine learning or corpus-based methods and algorithms. It also covers applications of these ... More »
Advanced Phonology, Spring 2005
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Abstract: This course focuses on phonological phenomena that are sensitive to morphological structure, including base-reduplicant identity, cyclicity, level ordering, derived environment effects, opaque rule interactions, and morpheme structure constraints. In the recent OT literature, it has been claimed that ... More »
Argument Structure and Syntax, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Detailed investigation of the major issues and problems in the study of lexical argument structure and how it determines syntactic structure. Empirical scope is along three dimensions: typology, lexical class, and theoretical framework. The range of linguistic types include English, Japaneses, Navajo, ... More »
E-MELD Workshop 2006
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Abstract: The 2006 E-MELD (Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data) workshop on digital language documentation is entitled 'Tools and Standards-the State of the Art.' This annual E-MELD workshop marks the culmination of the 5-year E-MELD project; thus one goal of the workshop is to review digital ... More »
Exploring the English language
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Abstract: How has the English language changed over the course of the last 500 years? What are the social and political contexts that have affected how these changes have come about? This unit will consider the development of the English language from the 15th to the 19th century.
Foundations of Cognition, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Advances in cognitive science have resolved, clarified, and sometimes complicated some of the great questions of Western philosophy: what is the structure of the world and how do we come to know it; does everyone represent the world the same way; what is the best way for us to act in the world. Specific ... More »
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
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Abstract: Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding language. This unit looks at how language is understood by taking an interdisciplinary ... More »
George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics
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Abstract: PolySci 179: Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Spring 2007. Distinguished guest speakers discuss political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
How language works - The cognitive science of linguistics
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Abstract: Students studying linguistics and other language sciences for the first time often have misconceptions about what they are about and what they can offer them. They may think that linguists are authorities on what is correct and what is incorrect in a given language. But linguistics is the science of ... More »
Intro to Logic: Conclusion
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Abstract: We saw three stages of logics: Propositional logic, with formulas like ? Predicate logic, where the same statement was phrased as ?. This introduced the idea of variables, which ranged over atomic propositions. First-order logic, which included quantifiers; the above statements were superceded with the ... More »
Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2004
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Abstract: This class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be learning (in many different ways) that human language is a surprisingly intricate -- yet law-governed and fascinating mental system. In the first 2/3 of the class, we will study ... More »
Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2005
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Abstract: This core-curriculum lingusitics class will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Topics include the intricate system that governs language, how it is acquired, the similarities and differences among languages, and how spoken (and signed) language relates to written ... More »
Introduction to Philosophy of Language, Spring 2006
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Abstract: Examination of views on the nature of meaning, reference, truth, and their relationships. Other topics may include relationships between language and logic, language and knowledge, language and reality, language and acts performed through its use. No knowledge of logic or linguistics presupposed.
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2001
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Abstract: A first course in psychology: how we think, see, feel, learn, talk, act, grow, fear, like, love, hate, lust, and interact. The great controversies: nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self and society. Largely experimental and social psychology, with relevant ideas from biology, ... More »
Introduction to Syntax, Fall 2003
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Abstract: 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 ... More »
Language and its Structure II: Syntax, Fall 2003
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Abstract: 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. ... More »
Language and Linguistics
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Abstract: examines the mental and physical aspects of speech, why foreign speakers pronounce words differently from native speakers, how we learn language, why languages change, how changes spread through populations, endangered languages, dialects, and sign language.
Language and Thought, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Subject examines the many interrelationships between language and thought. Do people who speak different languages think differently? Does learning new languages change the way you think? Do polyglots think differently in different languages? Are some thoughts unthinkable without language? Subject discussion ... More »
Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language, Fall 2004
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Abstract: 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 ... More »