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09S: 10A Within the last two decades monologue-based performance has become a popular and widely practiced theatrical genre. Latino/a solo performers, in particular, have taken center stage. This seminar focuses on how these practitioners embody and perform a wide range of political identities bounded by race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. We will examine the ways in which they participate in the production and/or deconstruction of Latino identity through their live bodies on stage. Herrera.
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All terms: Arrange Students wishing to pursue intensive supervised study in some aspect of Latino Studies should consult the appropriate member of the LALACS faculty to design and carry out an independent study project. Students are required to submit a short description proposal to the program office in the term prior to doing the independent study. This course fulfills the 'culminating experience' requirement for all majors who do not complete the Honors Program.Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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All terms: Arrange Guidance in the selection of a topic and in research and writing will be provided by the student's thesis adviser. Only students accepted into the Honors Program may take this sequence.
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08F, 09S, 09F, 10S: 12 An introduction to the scientific description of human language. The course teaches methods of analyzing languages' sound systems (phonology), word structure (morphology), sentence patterns (syntax), and systems of meaning (semantics and pragmatics). Some important implications of linguistics for the study of human cognition and cultural behavior will be discussed. This course is a prerequisite for all majors in linguistics. Open to all classes. Dist: QDS. The staff.
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09W: 10A Human language is one of the most spectacular of the brain's cognitive capacities, one of the most powerful instruments in the mind's tool kit for thought, and one of the most profound means we as a species use in social, emotional, and cultural communications. Yet the break-neck speed and seemingly "effortless" way that young children acquire language remain its most miraculous characteristic. We will discover the biological capacities and the important social, family, and educational factors that, taken together, make this feat possible and establish the basic facts of language acquisition, involving children's babbling, phonology, early vocabulary, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse knowledge, as well as their early gestural and pragmatic competence. Prevailing theoretical explanations and research methods will be explored. We will dispel myths of how bilingual children acquire two languages from birth. We will leave our hearing-speaking modality and explore the world of language acquisition in total silence-regarding the acquisition of natural signed languages-as innovative lens into the factors that are most key in acquiring all language. Critically, we will evaluate the efficacy of how language is presently taught to young children in schools in light of the facts of human language acquisitiOpen to all classes. Dist: SOC. Nelson.
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08F: 10 09X: 10A In 08F, Words. This course explores all aspects of this most familiar unit of language. Among the questions we will address are: How exactly can we-or dictionary-makers-describe the precise meaning of a word Is this even possible How can two politicians honestly differ about the meaning of the word "lie" How can a word's meaning change over time How and why are words borrowed from one language into another How do our brains think of the words we want so fast Why do we sometimes mishear song lyrics What makes a word part of slang or a specialized vocabulary How do children learn their first words-and how do they learn tens of new words a day at their peak of vocabulary acquisition around agOpen to all classes. Ernst. In 09X, Language in South and South East Asia. This course will survey aspects of the current linguistic environment of the complex South and Southeast Asian regions, concentrating on what aspects of language structure and use either distinguish the regions or bind them together. Topics to be addressed include: geographical position and genealogical classification of languages; sound and grammatical systems; writing systems; sociolinguistic issues (e.g., politeness, stylistic variation); language as a marker of ethnic identity and language policies of regional governments. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; Wcult: NW. Peterson.
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09W: 10A The field of sociolinguistics deals with the ways in which language serves to define and maintain group identity and social relationships among speakers. In this course we will consider such topics as regional and social variation in language; the relationship of language and ethnicity, sex and gender; language and social context; pidgin and creole languages; language endangerment and the fate of minority languages in the US and other countries; language planning, multiculturalism and education. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Stanford.
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09X: Arrange The development of English as a spoken and written language as a member of the Indo-European language family, from Old English ( Beowulf), Middle English (Chaucer), and Early Modern English (Shakespeare), to contemporary American English. Topics may include some or all of the following: the linguistic and cultural reasons for 'language change,' the literary possibilities of the language, and the political significance of class and race.Open to all classes. Dist: SOC. Otter.
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10S: 10 This course is an introduction to speech physiology, articulation, and the acoustic analysis of speech. Students will acquire knowledge of the experimental and computational techniques that are relevant for investigating the production of speech. This includes equipment functioning, data collection and recording techniques, techniques for analyzing speech acoustics, analysis of data from a variety of languages. Prerequisite: Linguistics 1. Dist: TAS. The staff.
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