COURSES FOR THE MINOR

(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)

Language and Society

• 150. Language in Society (core course)
• 11N. Accents of English (SIS seminar)
• 30Q. Legal Language (SIS dialog)
• 44N. Living with Two Languages (SIS seminar)
• 64. The Development of Englishes Around the World
• 70/270. The Structure of English Words
• 71. Language of Poetry
• 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
• 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
• 234. Introduction to Discourse Analysis
• 258. Sociolinguistic Variation
• 286. Sociolinguistic Field Methods

Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Teaching English as a Second Language

• 44N. Living with Two Languages (SIS seminar)
• 70/270. The Structure of English Words
• 85. Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language
• 86. Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language
• 140/240 Language Acquisition I
• 152. Introduction to Bilingualism
• 189/289. Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language

Computational Linguistics

• 35Q. Computers and Human Language (SIS seminar)
• 138/138. Introduction to Computational Linguistics

Linguistic Structures
Students are encouraged to focus on two among the four areas of a) phonetics and phonology, b) morphology, c) syntax, d) semantics and pragmatics:

a. Phonetics and Phonology

• 110. Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (core courses)
• 17Q. Slips of the Tongue (SIS seminar)
• 105/205. Phonetics
• 206. Phonology

b. Morphology

• 17Q. Slips of the Tongue (SIS seminar)
• 70/270. The Structure of English Words
• 140/240 Language Acquisition I
• 182. Introduction to Linguistic Typology
• 187/287. Field Methods
• 207B. Morphosyntax

c. Syntax

• 120. Introduction to Syntax (core course)
• 121. Intermediate Syntax
• 124. Lexical Functional Grammar
• 220A. Cross-Linguistic Syntax I
• 227A. Optimality Theory Syntax
• 234. Introduction to Discourse Analysis
• 237. Natural Language Processing

d. Semantics and Pragmatics

• 130. Introduction to Linguistic Meaning (core course)
• 140/240. Language Acquisition I
• 145. Language and Thought (enroll in Psychology 131)
• 182. Introduction to Linguistic Typology
• 234. Introduction to Discourse Analysis