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Department: Linguistics

CODE

NAME

DESCRIPTION

LING-105

American Sign Language

Introduction to basic American Sign Language (ASL) skills and to Deaf history and Deaf culture. Covers fingerspelling, basic vocabulary and grammatical structures, and the development of visual receptive and gestural expressive skills. Designed for s...

LING-203

Introductory Linguistics

General introduction to the study of language as a medium of cognition and perception and as a social institution. The course focuses on phonetics; word formation; historical linguistics; syntax; semantics; cultural assumptions coded in texts; variat...

LING-297

Selected Topics

Selected topics in linguistics.

LING-390

Independent Study

Topics independently pursued under supervision of faculty member.