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LING 803 - Advanced Conversation and Discourse Analysis
This course will introduce graduate students to advanced concepts in discourse analysis. The course will outline the role of discourse in social and ideological constructs. It will cover multiple theoretical approaches to discourse as well as practical tools of discourse analysis with examples from different disciplines. The subject matter will also include Conversation Analysis as well as some concepts in pragmatics, such as speech acts, and politeness theory. Students will be introduced to current research paradigms including Critical Discourse analysis (CDA) and Critical Discourse Studies (CDS).
LING 804 - Research Methods in Linguistics
This course introduces graduate students to methods employed in linguistic research. This course has two primary concentrations: one on language documentation and the other on quantitative and/or qualitative linguistic analysis. Concepts covered in course include building hypotheses, empirical data analysis, developing critical thinking skills using the scientific method. All data used in this course comes by way of natural language data.
LING 806 - Syntax and Morphology for Applied Linguistics
This course introduces students to contemporary theories of syntax and morphology, discusses their role in foreign language teaching and learning, and introduces teaching methodologies for teaching morphological and syntactic rules. We will learn about contemporary theories of syntax and morphology, such as the Minimalist Program, HPSG, LFG, and the Easier Syntax approach. After considering the role of grammar in various teaching paradigms, we will examine theories of syntactic and morphological acquisition in second language learning and consider how to integrate these theories into a modern foreign language syllabus.
LING 810 - Language and Gender
This course focuses on the role of languages in constructing and sustaining gender in different societies around the world. Students will also examine linguistic mechanisms of creating gender divisions and stereotypes, as well as remedying gender-related inequality.
LING 811 - Advanced Sociolinguistic Theory and Method
This course surveys modern sociolinguistic theories as well as methods of conducting sociolinguistic research, collecting and analyzing sociolinguistic data. The theoretical approaches include linguistic relativism, language variation, sociology of language, social psychology of language, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnomethodology, and variationist sociolinguistics.
LING 815 - Topics in Language Structure
This course addresses varying topics in the analysis and description of formal phenomena in language from syntax, phonetics/phonology, morphology, semantics.
LING 816 - Topics in the Grammar of Non-Indo European Languages
Media Lengua is a language spoken in the Ecuadorian highlands. Most linguists describe it as a bilingual mixed language because of its split between roots and suffixes. It was primarily formed through the process of relexification whereby nearly all lexical roots, from Quichua, including core vocabulary, were replaced by their Spanish counterparts. Impressionistically, the Spanish-origin lexicon in Media Lengua conforms to Quichua phonology while maintaining Quichua word order and the vast majority of Quichua’s agglutinating suffixes. This course invites both graduate and undergraduate students to explore the fascinating linguistic nuances of Media Lengua utilizing corpus material, dictionaries, and academic literature as we delve into the processes of language mixing that have resulted in Media Lengua's unique structure. The course aims to equip students with a broad understanding of this unique language from structural, historical, and comparative perspectives.
LING 817 - Topics in Typology and Areal Linguistics
This course will allow students to examine linguistic structures in detail from a typological and/or areal viewpoint. The typological perspective will inform students about the prevalence of those structures in the languages of the world, whereas the areal perspective will address how those structures are diffused across languages that are in close contact with each other.
LING 818 - Topics in Second Language Studies
This course introduces the theories in second language acquisition (SLA) as well as SLA theory-informed practices in second language pedagogy. Students will also learn how to design second language research and analyze language learner-related data quantitatively and qualitatively.
LING 819 - Bilingualism and Multilingualism
This course addresses sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism with a focus on Canadian context. The topics include language dynamics in immigration (official versus home language use and attitudes); heritage language speakers, language and cultures interactions, language and identity, family language policies.
LING 820 - Topics in Applied Linguistics
This course addresses subjects of general interest to applied linguists and linguists.
LING 821 - Topics in Language Culture and Society
This course will examine topics from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Possible topics include variationist sociolinguistics, language contact, language ideologies, ethnography of speaking, the conceptualization of space and time, metaphor, etc.