USC Schedule of Classes

Discourse patterns among diverse social groups in institutional and interpersonal settings; interrelationships among language practices and gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity; social structures and cultural values as reflected in language policies and practices.

Empirical study of the sounds and structures of human language;syntax and semantics; language change; linguistic universals.

Language within cognitive science: speech physiology and acoustics, language acquisition, reading, language disorders, perception and mental representation of words, linguistic diversity and computer analysis of speech.

Study of human linguistic competence and technologies that simulate it. Phonetics, vibration and signal processing, speech recognition, neural networks.

A survey of topics in syntax.

Study of language as a complex natural system that requires elaborate mental computation.

Advanced study of topics in phonology.

Universal characteristics of child language; stages of acquisition of phonology, syntax, semantics; processes and dimensions of development; psychological mechanisms; communicative styles.

Principles of cognitive development, learning, and motivation applied to the development of literacy; includes tutoring a child 2 hours per week. Prerequisite: PSYC 336L.

The nature of communication, meaning, reference, truth, necessity, speech acts, convention, and language.

Introduction to speech synthesis and speech recognition technologies from both a phonetics point of view and a computational point of view.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

(LING-505abc) Exploration of the professional world of linguistics for first semestr graduate students.Graded CR/NC.

Preparation and presentation of M.A./Ph.D. screening papers; discussion of student research. Graded CR/NC.

Colloquium for presentation and discussion of student research paper. Graded CR/NC.

Introduction to syntax ; transformational-generative syntax.

Traditional views of phonology; generative phonology; current developments in phonological research and theory.

Current linguistic approaches to the semantics of natural language; analysis of concepts of meaning and reference.

Introduction to morphology: words versus sentences, the grammar of words, the various notions of "lexicon," the architecture of the phonological component. This course is in preparation for advanced work in linguistic theory.

Theories of acquisition; sentence and discourse processing; language and thought.

Familiarization with articulation, transcription, production, and acoustic analysis of the speech sounds found in the world's languages. Also speech technology, perception, and disorders. Includes laboratory exercises.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Graded CR/NC. Open only to doctoral students.

Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.