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  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Current Issues in Natural Language Processing. Prerequisites: ALPN 500. An investigation of the two methodologies that dominate speech and natural language processing: rule-based and probabilistic system design. The two methodologies will be compared in light of their suitability for language processing applications in syntactic and morphological analysis, speech synthesis and recognition, and text classification and information retrieval. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Text Analysis Tools. Special fee. An introduction to the computer analysis of text for use in research and teaching. Students learn to develop software to search and manipulate written text and transcribed speech. Applications in computer assisted language learning, corpus linguistics, lexicography, and translation are considered. 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Translation Theory. Prerequisites: APLN 500. Special fee. An exploration of the principles involved in providing semantic "equivalents" between two languages, emphasizing the problems of translating a variety of different types of texts which reflect major cross-cultural differences. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Lexicography. Prerequisites: APLN 500. The study of the principles of compiling dictionaries. Topics include: the collection and evaluation of citations, semantic fields, defining, recording pronunciations, and determining usage. Attention will be paid to the differences among different types of dictionaries. Sample dictionaries are examined and students carry out their own lexicographic project. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 The Structure of American Sign Language. Prerequisites: APLN 500. The study of American sign language, or ASL, the manual language of many deaf Americans. This course approaches ASL from a linguistic perspective, examining its semantics, grammar, and "phonology", and comparing ASL with English and other spoken languages. ASL is also compared with other manual languages used in America, including signed English and "total communication". The educational implications of ASL and other manual languages are discussed. 3 hours lecture.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics. Prerequisites: APLN 500. An intensive study in a particular area of applied linguistics to address topics not covered in other courses. Topics reflect current issues in applied linguistics. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits as long as the topic is different. 3 hours lecture.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Independent Study. Prerequisites: Departmental approval. This course allows MA students to explore areas in Applied Linguistics that are not covered in the normal course offerings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 credits.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Independent Study. Prerequisites: Departmental approval. This course allows MA students to explore areas in Applied Linguistics that are not covered in the normal course offerings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 credits.
  • 1.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 1.00 Research Questions in Applied Linguistics. Prerequisites: All other required courses for the M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics. Research on an approved topic or on an approved reading list in Applied Linguistics. For this requirement, students write a paper based on a research topic that they choose or write a response to a research topic provided to them based on readings that they choose. The papers and/or responses will be read and approved by three faculty members. For this final research requirement, students give an oral presentation at a Linguistics Department colloquium. A grade of In Progress (IP) will be used until the research is completed; may be repeated two times.
  • 3.00 Credits

    College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: LINGUISTICS Credits: 3.00 Seminar for Thesis Students in Applied Linguistics. Prerequisites: Departmental approval. A seminar for the M.A. student who is completing a thesis. This seminar is designed to facilitate the writing of the thesis by providing students with an opportunity to discuss their work with a faculty facilitator and other M.A. students. This course will be taken after the other core courses have been completed and a thesis topic has been approved. 3 hours seminar.
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