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Linguistic diversity in modern Italy. Social and geographic language variation, multilingualism, and the relationship between language and dialect. Special codes, including youth slang, language and politics, language and bureaucracy. Discussion of language and gender, language and racism, linguistic etiquette within Italian society. Instructor: Fellin
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Acquisition and application of sophisticated information technologies for developing models of language systems and culture. (Computer technologies include PDF, Unicode, Linux operating systems digitizing, XML, HTML, metatagging.) Examination of the controversies concerning the use of technologies in the study and acquisition of languages and culture. Focus on the impact of such technologies on the educational systems of the United States and Europe. Team taught (Linguistics and Computer Sciences specialist.)
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Such topics as mind and body, the nature of thought, perception, consciousness, personal identity, and other minds. The relevance of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to the philosophy of mind. Instructor: Einheuser, Flanagan, or Guzeldere
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A philosophical analysis of problems arising in the study of language and symbolism. Topics include: theories of language, the nature of signs and symbols, theories of meaning, types of discourse (scientific, mathematical, poetic), definition, ambiguity, metaphor. Instructor: Einheuser or Sterrett
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Examination of linguistic structures and their psychological "reality," language and cognition, biological bases, animal communication, language pathologies, nonverbal communication, linguistic universals, and bilingualism. Everyday language phenomena (for example, slips of the tongue) as well as experimental and theoretical research. Emphasis on the research designs, methods and reasoning by which the features of language are assessed. Research proposal required. Instructor: Day
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Explores how traditional and new models of language interpret the capacity for language in its relationship to the neurosciences, the cognitive sciences, and the social sciences. For Focus Program students only. Instructor: Andresen
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Explores how traditional and new models of language interpret the capacity for language in its relationship to the neurosciences, the cognitive sciences, and the social sciences. Instructor: Andresen
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Introduction to methods and principles of historical linguistics, as exemplified by the history of the English language from Proto-Indo-European to the present. Not open to students who have taken English 208S. Satisfies the Criticism, Theory, and Methodology (CTM) for English majors. Instructor: Staff
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Intersections of language and law and legal institutions examined from a comparative approach, i.e., official state language and national identity; freedom of speech and its limitations; language as property
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Ways in which law regulates language and speech, with particular emphasis on offensive speech. Theory and practice of freedom of speech and its limitations; how the legal system treats obscenity, profanity and ¿indecent¿ speech, defamation, and hate speech. Emphasis on why these forms of speech are considered offensive, with reference to sociological, anthropological, and political explanations for restrictions on offensive speech. Studies language as property in form of copyright, trademark, and trade secrets law. Comparative approach, considering how different societies have dealt with these difficult issues. Instructor: Newcity
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