MAJOR CONCENTRATIONS

Students select one of the following areas of concentration or develop one themselves in consultation with an Undergraduate Studies Advisor in Linguistics. All areas of concentration should be designed in advance.

Below are suggested courses. Many are offered alternate years.

Language and Society
The focus of this concentration is language in its social dimension. Courses of particular relevance as electives are:

Freshman and sophomore seminars such as:

• 15N. Rhythm in Language, Poetry, and Music
• 17N. Slips of the Tongue.
• 30N. Language and Law.
• 44N. Living with two languages.

Courses designed for pre-majors such as:

• 62. History of the English Language
• 64. The Development of Englishes Around the World
• 70/270. The Structure of English Words
• 71. The Language of Poetry
• 72. Language of Short Stories
• 73. African American Vernacular English
• 77. The Literary History of English
• 78. Language and Literary Theory
• 85. Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language
• 86. Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language

Courses designed for majors such as the following:
(if a course is cross-listed at the 200 level, enroll at that level if you wish the course to count toward the two 200-level course requirement)

• 105/205. Phonetics
• 140/240 Language Acquisition I
• 146. Language and Gender
• 152. Introduction to Bilingualism
• 187/287. Field Methods
• 189/289. Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language

Courses at the graduate (200) level such as:

• 240. Language Acquisition I
• 234. Introduction to Discourse Analysis
• 250. Sociolinguistic Theory and Analysis
• 251. Pidgin and Creole Sociolinguistics
• 258. Sociolinguistic Variation
• 270. Structure of English Words
• 286. Sociolinguistic Field Methods
• 287. Field Methods
• 289. Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language

With the approval of an Undergraduate Adviser in linguistics, courses in other Departments such as:

• Anthropological Sciences 5. The Biology and Evolution of Language
• Anthropological Sciences 111. Language and Prehistory
• Anthropological Sciences 112. Human Diversity: A Linguistic Perspective
• Anthropological Sciences 119. Language and Culture
• Anthropological Sciences 227. Linguistic Anthropology
• Asian Languages 71N. Language and Gender in Japan - Myths and Reality (SIS course)
• Asian Languages 73/173. Chinese Language, Culture, and Society
• Asian Languages 71N. Writing and Writing Systems (SIS course)
• Asian Languages 95. The Japanese Language in Culture and Society
• Asian Languages 281. Japanese Pragmatics
• Cultural and Social Anthroplogy 4. Language and Culture
• Cultural and Social Anthropology 104. Race and Language in the U.S.
• Education 275. African American English in Educational Context
• Psychology 10. Introduction to Statistical Methods
• Spanish and Portuguese 115N. Growing up Bilingual (SIS course)
• Spanish and Portuguese 203. History of the Spanish Language
• Spanish and Portuguese 204. Second Language/Second Dialect Acquisition
• Spanish and Portuguese 205. Dialectology of the Spanish Language
• Spanish and Portuguese 206. Spanish Use in Chicano Communities
• Spanish and Portuguese 207/Education 149/249. Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism

Language Structures
The focus of this concentration is language in its cognitive dimension. Courses of particular relevance as electives are:
Freshman and sophomore seminars such as:

• 11N. Accents of English
• 17Q. Slips of the Tongue
• 35Q. Computers and Human Language
• 44N. Living with Two Languages
• 54Q Language, Mind, and Computation

Courses Designed for Pre-Majors such as:

• 62. The History of The English Language
• 64. The Development of Englishes Around the World
• 70/270. The Structure of English Words
• 71. Language of Poetry

Courses designed for majors such as the following
(if a course is cross-listed at the 200 level, enroll at that level if you wish the course to count toward the two 200-level course requirement):

• 105/205. Phonetics
• 121. Intermediate Syntax
• 124. Lexical Functional Grammar
• 137. Symbolic Systems Seminar
• 138/138. Introduction to Computational Linguistics
• 140/240. Language Acquisition I
• 145. Language and Thought (enroll in Psychology 131)
• 182. Introduction to Linguistic Typology
• 187/287. Field Methods

Courses at the Graduate (200) Level such as:

• 206. Phonology
• 207. Morphosyntax
• 220A. Cross-Linguistic Syntax I
• 227A. Optimality Theory Syntax
• 230A/B. Semantics and Pragmatics
• 234. Introduction to Discourse Analysis
• 237. Natural Language Processing
• 238. Introduction to Computational Linguistics
• 240. Language Acquisition I
• 270. Structure of English Words
• 287. Field Methods

With the approval of an Undergraduate Adviser in linguistics, courses in other Departments such as:

• Asian Languages 171/271. The Structure of Korean
• Philosophy 159. Basic Concepts in Mathematical Logic
• Philosophy 160A. First-Order Logic
• Philosophy 169. Intensional Logic
• Philosophy 181. Philosophy of Language
• Psychology 10. Introduction to Statistical Methods
• Psychology 132. Language Processing
• Spanish and Portuguese 203. History of the Spanish Language

General Linguistics
This program provides a broad education in Linguistics and is advisable for students interested in advanced degrees in Linguistics.

All five core courses are required. Electives must be chosen from both concentrations above.

Language Specialization
Students are encouraged to propose areas of language specialization that draw on the resources of the University. To date, the Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish language specialization programs have been preapproved. Other language concentrations can be arranged on an ad hoc basis if appropriate courses are available in the relevant departments.

Specialization in Chinese: in addition to the core courses in Linguistics, and LINGUIST 197, Undergraduate Research Seminar, students must have competence in Chinese at the level of six quarters of language study at Stanford, and complete at least two courses in Chinese linguistics, one of which must be at the 200 level, from among:

• CHINGEN 73/173. Chinese Language, Culture, and Society
• CHINLIT 191/291. The Structure of Modern Chinese
• CHINLIT 192/292. The History of Chinese

Specialization in Japanese: in addition to the core courses in Linguistics, and LINGUIST 197, Undergraduate Research Seminar, students must have competence in Japanese at the level of six quarters of language study at Stanford, and complete and least two courses in Japanese linguistics, one of which must be at the 200 level, from among:

• JAPANGEN 71N. Language and Gender in Japan
• JAPANLIT 177/277. The Structure of Japanese
• JAPANLIT 281. Japanese Pragmatics

Specialization in Spanish: in addition to the core courses in Linguistics, and LINGUIST 197, Undergraduate Research Seminar, students must have competence in Spanish at the level of six quarters of language study at Stanford, and complete at least three courses in Spanish linguistics from among:

• SPANLIT 203. History of the Spanish Language
• SPANLIT 205. Dialectology of the Spanish Language
• SPANLIT 206. Spanish Use in Chicano Communities
• SPANLIT 207. Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism