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Ling 415/811 Neurolinguistics (formerly Ling 481/811 Language and the Brain), Fall 2009 In this course, we'll explore language as a system of the human brain. How is language represented and organized in the brain? How does language affect thought? How do we process language? Which part of the brain is working when we produce and comprehend language? What are the brain mechanisms that underlie language learning? What are the effects on language of neurological disease in humans? What are the techniques that are used learn about brain and language? We'll discuss these issues from a variety of disciplines, including neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and language disorders. Specific topics include neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of language; language production, perception and processing; bilingualism, language learning and brain plasticity; aphasia, dyslexia, deafness and sign languages; mapping brain and language; language, cognition and thought; animal communication.
Ling 851 Research Techniques and Experimental Design, Fall 2009 This course discusses the use of experimental methods and laboratory techniques for carrying out research in speech and language sciences. The goal is to provide a foundation for designing and conducting your own research as well as to assist in reading critically the research literature in your particular area of linguistics. We will begin by discussing how testable hypotheses can be used to address theoretical questions, and then examine how a hypothesis becomes the basis for designing and carrying out an experiment. From there we will discuss how descriptive and analytic statistics can be used to objectively evaluate the hypothesis being tested and how results can be interpreted in light of prior research. By the end of the course you should be familiar with the critical components of empirical research and have a basis for incorporating these into your own research.
Ling 100 Communication and Language , Spring 2009 This course introduces the study of language. Topics to be covered in this course include: the biological basis of human language, relations of language to cognition, culture and thought, the neurological basis of language and language disorders, language acquisition, computers and language, language in history, languages of the world, human language vs. animal communication, evolution of human language, language in society, and writing systems.
Ling 330 Phonetics, Fall 2008 This course follows up on Ling 130 Practical Phonetics. Topics to be covered include speech anatomy and physiology; transcription, production, and identification of speech sounds; acoustic phonetics and computerized methods for speech analysis; auditory phonetics and speech perception; neurophonetics and applied speech sciences.
Ling401/821 Topics in phonetics, Fall 2008 This is an advanced-level phonetics course. The goal is to develop students' skills in carrying out independent phonetics experiments, as well as scientific writing skills. In addition to discussions on various theoretical aspects of phonetics research, students are expected to conduct 3 hands-on projects in a step-wise manner. The first two are directed projects with assigned topics, to prepare students with the necessary skills in speech acoustics and perception analyses. The third project requires that students carry out an experiment on a topic of their own choice.
Ling 130 Practical phonetics This course introduces phonetics as the study of human speech in its physiological, physical and auditory aspects. Students will learn how speech sounds are discribed, produced, and perceived, as well as how to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to transcribe speech.
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