Linguistic Program Graduate Courses

LING 502 French Linguistics [= FREN 517] (3) (Prereq: FREN 515)
The structure, morphology, and syntax of modern French.

LING 503 Introduction to German Linguistics [= GERM 515] (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Structural and descriptive linguistics applied to the German Language.

LING 504 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics [= SPAN 515] (3)
Phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern Spanish.

LING 505 Interdisciplinary Topics in Linguistics (3)
Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. May be repeated with different suffix.

LING 505P / PSYC 598: Psychology of Reading
Section 1 TTh 12:30-4:45 (Instructor: Morris)

LING 505R / RUSS 598G: Structure of Russian
Section 1 MWF 12:20-1:10 (Instructor: Ford)

LING 512 French Phonology [= FREN 516] (3)
The sound system and its functioning in the morphological system of French from the point of view of current phonological theory.

LING 514 Contrastive English-Spanish Phonetics and Phonology [= SPAN 517] (3)
Introduction to the study of phonetics and phonology and their application to the sounds and sound systems of English and Spanish. Includes transcription practice and discussion of relevance to teaching.

LING 530 Language Change (3)
Major ways in which phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, and semantics change through language history; social factors which promote innovation.

LING 540 Language and Culture (3)
Introduction to sociolinguistic issues, focusing on a single language. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. May be repeated as topics vary for six credits.

LING 541 Language and Gender [= ANTH 555, WOST 555] (3)
Approaches to gender and language emphasizing the social grounding of both; how language reflects sociocultural values and as a tool for constructing different types of social organization.

LING 542 Language and Colonialism (3)
Anthropological approach to issues of language and colonialism in comparative perspective. Linguistic consequences of colonialism under consideration include communicative patterns, linguistic change, and linguistic choices of post-colonial writers.

LING 543 Discourse, Gender, and the Politics of Emotion (3)
Anthropological approach to issues of discourse, gender and emotion. Issues under consideration include the social control, force, and forms of emotional discourse, and the relationship between emotion and culture from gender-oriented perspective.

LING 565 Philosophy of Language [= PHIL 517] (3) (Prereq: PHIL 202 or consent of instructor)
Section 1 MW 3:30-4:45 (Instructor: Bezuidenhout)
An examination of concepts and problems such as meaning, reference, analyticity, definition, and the relation between logic and philosophy.

LING 567 Psychology of Language [= PSYC 506] (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Theories of speech perception, linguistic theories of syntax and semantics, the brain mechanisms underlying language, the development of language in children, and the role of language in thought.

LING 570 Introduction to Language Development [= COMD 570] (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
The language acquisition process in normal children, including the development of semantics, morphology, syntax, phonology, and pragmatics; American dialects and bilingualism.

LING 600 Survey of Linguistics [= ENGL 680] (3)
Major approaches to language study and linguistics related to other disciplines; required as first course for any program of study in linguistics.

LING 610 Introduction to Phonology (3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600)
The phonetic basis of phonology; phonological structure; lexical representation; cross-linguistic survey of major types of phonological processes; emphasis on data analysis.

LING 620 Introduction to Syntax (3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600)
Section 1 M 11:45-2:15 (Instructor: Marrano)
Foundations of generative grammar, focusing on the syntax of English; universal principles of basic clause structure and derived constructions; emphasis on syntactic argumentation and cross-linguistic generalization.

LING 627 Introduction to Semantics. (3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600) Introduction to the study of linguistic meaning, including the following topics: meaning, reference, and truth; the connections among language, thought, and reality; word meaning and sentence meaning; possible worlds and modality; thematic roles; meaning and context; presupposition and implicature; speech acts; formal semantics; and cognitive semantics.

LING 650 Introduction to Morphology. (3) (Prereq: LING 300, 301, or 600) Foundations of generative morphology, focusing on morphological data collection and analysis; the structure of the lexicon; and the interfaces between morphology and phonology, semantics, and syntax.

LING 698 Practicum in Teaching ESOL (3) (Prereq: LING 600, 795)
Observation and supervised teaching of English as a foreign language in an individually designed classroom setting. May not be taken by M.A. or Ph.D. students as part of their required courses.

LING 711 Phonological Theory (3) (Prereq: LlNG 600, 610)
Advanced study of theoretical issues in phonology.

LING 715 Applied English Phonetics (3)
Introduction to English phonetics. Basic concepts of acoustic phonetics, properties of English speech sounds, and their acoustic variability in varying types of linguistic context. Includes laboratory component.

LING 721 Syntactic Theory (3) (Prereq: LlNG 600, 620)
Advanced exploration of a principled model of the syntactic component of universal grammar and the interface between this module and semantic interpretations and lexical information. Competing hypotheses are compared.

LING 725 Applied English Syntax [= ENGL 783] (3)
Practical survey of the syntactic structures of English; usage, social and regional variation; emphasis on data.

LING 728 Formal Semantics. (3) (Prereq: LING 600 or 627) The formal study of linguistic meaning, including the following topics: Fregean truth-conditional semantics; lexical decomposition; predication, modification, and definite descriptions; generalized quantification; intentional and extensional contexts; tense, aspect, and modality; propositional attitudes; and indexicality, deixis, presupposition, speech acts, and implicature.

LING 730 Historical Linguistics (3) (Prereq: LING 600, 610)
Section 1 TTh 3:30-4:45 (Instructor: Disterheft)
Innovation in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics; evidence from texts, social and regional dialects; emphasis on theories of language change.

LING 731 History of the English Language [= ENGL 781] (3)
The historical background of modern English with attention to the major linguistic and cultural developments which distinguish English from other related languages. No prior knowledge of Old English or Middle English is required.

LING 732 History of the French Language [= FREN 715] (3)
Development of the French language from its origins to 1600.

LING 733 History of the German Language [= GERM 705] (3) (Prereq: reading knowledge of High German)
Relationship of German to the other Germanic Languages. Phonological and morphological development of German. Attention also to syntax, vocabulary, and dialects.

LING 734 History of the Spanish Language [= SPAN 715] (3)
Development of the language from its origins to the present day.

LING 739 History and Methodology of Linguistics (3) (Prereq: LING 600, 610, 620)
Introduces basic resources of the discipline and focuses on the development of linguistics in terms of dominant issues and analytical methodology with emphasis on "paradigm shifts."

LING 740 Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3) (Prereq or coreq: LING 600)
Section 1 TTh 2:00-3:15 (Instructor: Weldon)
An examination of choices speakers in the same community make between styles, dialects, and languages; their association with social group memberships; speakers' perceptions of interpersonal relationships.

LING 742 Analysis of Conversation [= ANTH 756] (3)
Types of interactive organization found within conversation and the methods and procedures used by participants to achieve order.

LING 744 Language Contact Phenomena (3) (Prereq: LING 600)
The structural effects of contact between speakers of more than one language on the language involved. Borrowing, code-switching, convergence, language death, development of pidgins and creoles.

LING 745 Varieties of American English [= ENGL 782] (3)
Social and regional variation in American English since the colonial period.

LING 747 Language as Social Action [=ANTH 757] (3)
Examines language as a social, cultural, and political matrix. Topics include ideology, gender, race, power, agency, and resistance. Students will apply linguistic theories in their own analyses of everyday speech.

LING 765 Studies in Philosophy of Language [= PHIL 718] (3)
An examination of concepts and problems such as meaning, reference, analyticity, and translational indeterminacy; evaluation of accounts of speech acts, the semantics of propositional attitudes, and metaphor and other pragmatic phenomena.

LING 780 Discourse Analysis (3) (Prereq: LING 600)
Underlying principles of how phonological, syntactic, and lexical features are organized above the sentence level; alternative choices of these features and how they contribute to the speaker's/writer's goals.

LING 781 Stylistics [= ENGL 788] (3)
Linguistic Analysis of literary texts. Linguistic definition of style; stylistic choices as the author's voice.

LING 790 Second Language Acquisition (3)
Study of current theory and research in second language acquisition and exploration of relationships between such work and classroom second language learning and teaching. Examination of research techniques used in applied linguistics.

LING 791 Theory and Methodology in Second Language Acquisition (3) (Prereq: LING 600, 790)
Section 1 T 5:00-7:30 pm (Instructor: Schulz)
Current issues and research in adult second language acquisition, with special attention to developments in theory and to methodological issues and considerations.

LING 795 Principles and Strategies for Teaching ESOL (3) (Prereq: LING 600)
Problems in learning and teaching English pronunciation, word morphology, syntax, and vocabulary including supervised practice in tutoring non-native speakers of English.

LING 796 Teaching Reading and Writing to ESOL Learners: Theory and Practice (3)
This course surveys research on the mental processes and linguistic contexts involved in reading and writing in a second language. Pedagogical implications for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary learners are discussed.

LING 797 Technology in Foreign Language Education (3) [= FORL 772] )
Introduction to technology in language teaching and the connection between language acquisition and the implementation of Internet and multimedia technologies.

LING 799 Thesis Preparation (1-9)

LING 805 Topics in Linguistics (3)
Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study. May be repeated with different suffix.

LING 806 Directed Reading and Research (3 each semester)

LING 820 Seminar in Syntax (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Advanced exploration in syntactic theory involving either cross-theoretical examination of specific linguistic phenomena or in-depth study of a particular theoretical model.

LING 830 Seminar in Historical Linguistics (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Special topics in historical and comparative linguistics, such as historical phonology or syntax; Indo-European linguistics; and comparative Germanic or Romance linguistics.

LING 840 Seminar in Language Variation (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Current theories relevant to specialized consideration of the social functions of linguistic choices at any level of analysis; variation as a reflection of region and social group membership or interpersonal relationships.

LING 890 Seminar in Language Acquisition (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Special topics in the acquisition of language such as first language acquisition of English or other languages, cross-linguistic effects on acquisition, cross-linguistic effects on acquisition, or issues in acquisition theory.

LING 891 Seminar in English as a Second Language (3) (Prereq: consent of instructor)
Special topics in teaching English as a second language such as materials design, program design and evaluation, or teaching a particular language skill.

LING 899 Dissertation Preparation (1-12)
 

ANTH 703 Anthropological Inquiry (3)
Section 1 TTh 12:30-1:45 (Instructor: Fenigsen)
A discussion of the general topics of anthropological inquiry, theories, and methods.

ANTH 719 Field Problems in Ethnology (3)
Advanced graduate seminar on methods of ethnology, including research design, field methods, and interpretation of data, and the development of theory from data. Includes class and field sessions.

ENGL 789 Poetics (3)
The question of meaning in poetry with special attention to linguistic structure as the source of that meaning; also prosody and related formal effects.

ENGL 791 Introduction to Research/Composition Studies (3)
This course will be taught in the manner of a practicum, focusing on research methodologies. Readings will include how to do both qualitative and quantitative research studies, in addition to exemplary descriptions of these kinds of studies. The major course project will be research project, including a proposal, data collection, and a research report. Several textbooks will be available at the South Carolina Bookstore, and selected articles will be copied. There will be no exams; grades will come from extensive informal writing (such as reading response journals) and a formal report on the research project.

GERM 710 Middle High German (3)
A study of Middle High German language and literature with special emphasis on lyric and epic poetry of the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

PSYC 820 Seminar in Developmental Psychology (3)
Theoretical and empirical issues in an area of current interest in developmental psychology. May be repeated with different topics.

PSYC 822 Seminar in Cognitive Psychology (3)
Theoretical and empirical issues in an area of current interest in cognitive psychology. May be repeated with different topics.