UWM Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013

College of Letters and Science

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Linguistics inquires into the nature of human language. In modern times, research in linguistics has concentrated on the search for universal properties of human languages in an effort to understand that unique characteristic of human beings, the faculty of language. Recognition of the importance of modern linguistic research continues to grow today, with research results now seen to have implications for numerous additional disciplines, including anthropology, computer science, education, ethnology, psychology, sociology, and speech pathology.

The Linguistics Department provides both a general and an applied option leading to an undergraduate major as well as an option for a minor in linguistics. Many of the courses taught in the Linguistics Department form a required or recommended portion of the curricula of other academic programs.

Course of Study: Linguistics Major

The undergraduate major in linguistics may be obtained by pursuing either the general major option or the applied major option. Students must complete at least 15 upper-division (numbered 300 and above) credits in the major in residence at UWM. The College requires that students attain at least a 2.5 GPA on all credits in the major attempted at UWM. In addition, students must attain a 2.5 GPA on all major credits attempted, including any transfer work. The College also requires students to complete a research experience in their major. Students will complete this requirement in the context of the following courses:

Linguis 420	Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
Linguis 460	Sounds and Sound Systems
Linguis 464	Word and Sentence Structure
Linguis 470	Historical/Comparative Linguistics
Linguis 474	Language Typology and Universals
Linguis 560	Advanced Phonology
Linguis 564	Advanced Syntax

GENERAL LINGUISTICS MAJOR OPTION

Basic requirements (9 cr)

Linguis 350	Introduction to Linguistics	3
Linguis 460	Sounds and Sound Systems	3
Linguis 464	Word and Sentence Structure	3

Special requirements (9 cr). At least three of the following:

Linguis 415	First Language Acquisition	3
Linguis 420	Introduction to Second Language Acquisition	3
Linguis 430	Language and Society	3
Linguis 466	Semantics	3
Linguis 468	Language in Its Various Forms: (Subtitle)	3

Linguis 470	Historical Linguistics	3
Linguis 474	Language Typology	3
Linguis 560	Advanced Phonology	3
Linguis 564	Advanced Syntax	3

Electives (12 cr)

Course work in linguistics and related areas, selected from the approved electives list (see below) in consultation with an advisor in the Linguistics program.

APPLIED LINGUISTICS MAJOR OPTION

Basic requirements (18 cr)

Linguis 350	Introduction to Linguistics	3
Linguis 420	Introduction to Second Language Acquisition	3
Linguis 430	Language and Society	3

Linguis 460	Sounds and Sound Systems	3
Linguis 464	Word and Sentence Structure	3

Anthro/Linguis 570

Issues in Bilingualism

Special requirements (6 cr). At least two of the following:

Linguis 410	Linguistics and Grammar in ESL Education	3
Linguis 415	First Language Acquisition	3
Linguis 432	Urban Dialects	3

Linguis 440	Psycholinguistics	3
Linguis 468	Language in its Various Forms	3
Linguis 565 (426)	Introduction to Adult/University-Level TESOL	3

Linguis 567

Materials for ESL Instruction

Electives (6 cr)

Course work in linguistics and related areas, selected from the approved electives list (see below) in consultation with an advisor in the Linguistics program.

Linguistics Major Approved Electives

All linguistics courses not selected to meet a specific requirement in the track.

All language courses. (Does not include literature courses.)

The following courses offered by other units:

Anthro 105 (360)	Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Anthro 361	Applications in Linguistic Anthropology
Anthro 362	System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction
Anthro 366	Aspects of Linguistic Anthropology
Anthro 641	Seminar in Anthropology (with linguistics subtitle)
Commun 320	Nonverbal Communication
Commun 350	Intercultural Communication
ComSDis 230	Introduction to Phonetics
ComSDis 240	Normal Speech and Language Development
CompSci 132	Introduction to Computers and Programming
CompSci 423	Introduction to Natural Language Processing
CompSci 431 (631)	Programming Languages Concepts
English 211	Aspects of the English Language: (Subtitle)
English 400	Introduction to English Linguistics (jointly offered w/Linguistics)
English 402	Theories of Language and Literature (with language focus)
English 403	Survey of Modern English Grammar
English 407	Introduction to Functional Syntax
French 392	Phonetics
German 45l	Introduction to German Linguistics
German 671	Phonetics
Philos 211	Elementary Logic
Philos 212	Modern Deductive Logic
Philos 511	Symbolic Logic
Philos 512	Methods of Logic: (Subtitle)
Philos 516	Language and Meaning
Philos 517	Special Problems in the Philosophy of Language and Linguistics: (Subtitle)
Russian 511	Russian Phonetics
Russian 515	The Structure of Russian
Spanish 341	Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

Spanish 441	History and Dialects of the Spanish Language
Spanish 443 (340)	Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
Spanish 444 (344)	Spanish Syntax and Morphology
Spanish 446	Hispanic Sociolinguistics

Course of Study: Linguistics Minor

The undergraduate linguistics minor may be obtained by pursuing either the general or the applied option. Students must complete at least 9 upper-division (numbered 300 and above) credits in the minor in residence at UWM. The College requires that students attain at least a 2.5 GPA on all credits in the minor attempted at UWM. In addition, students must attain a 2.5 GPA on all minor credits attempted, including transfer work.

GENERAL LINGUISTICS MINOR OPTION

Linguis 350	Introduction to Linguistics	3
Linguis 430	Language and Society	3

One of the following four courses:

Linguis 415

First Language Acquisition

Linguis 460	Sounds and Sound Systems	3
Linguis 464	Word and Sentence Structure	3
Linguis 468	Language in Its Various Forms: (Subtitle)	3

Electives (9 cr.)
Course work in linguistics and related areas, selected from the approved electives list (see above) in consultation with an advisor in the Linguistics program. Students are encouraged to focus their electives in an area closely aligned with the study of linguistics, including various foreign languages, English, anthropology, philosophy, computer science, and education, among others.

APPLIED LINGUISTICS MINOR OPTION

Linguis 350	Introduction to Linguistics	3
Linguis 420	Introduction to Second Language Acquisition	3
Linguis 430	Language and Society	3
Anthro/Linguis 570	Issues in Bilingualism	3

One of the following five courses:

Linguis 415

First Language Acquisition

Linguis 460	Sounds and Sound Systems	3
Linguis 464	Word and Sentence Structure	3
Linguis 468	Language in Its Various Forms: (Subtitle)	3

Linguis 565

Introduction to Adult/University-Level TESOL

Approved elective (3 cr.)

Korean

For students interested in studying Korean to satisfy the foreign language requirement of the L&S degree, the Asian Studies Certificate, and/or the International Studies major, the Foreign Languages and Literature Department offers a four-semester sequence in Korean.

Courses: Korean (KOREAN)

Courses (LINGUIS)

Faculty

Yea-Fen Chen, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
Indiana University

Roberta Corrigan, Prof., Ph.D.
University of Denver

Garry Davis, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Michigan

Fred Eckman, Prof., Ph.D.
Indiana University

Nicholas Fleisher, Asst. Prof., Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley

Gregory Iverson, Prof., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota

Edith Moravcsik, Prof. Emerita, Ph.D.

Hamid Ouali, Asst. Prof., Ph.D., Chair
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Hanyong Park, Asst. Prof., Ph.D.
Indiana University

Sandra Pucci, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Jessica Wirth, Assoc. Prof. Emerita, Ph.D.

Linguistics (LINGUIS)

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