This course investigates the role of language in creating and maintaining power asymmetries in society, focusing in particular on the covert ways in which language may help to "persuade" individuals to accept existing power structures as natural and justified. Various types of oral discourse are analyzed to determine the means by which participants create and […]
CROSSLISED COURSE: AP ANTH 2420 This course investigates the relationship between language and culture by exploring analyses of language use in social interaction in both Western and non-Western societies. It investigates the role of language in marking social difference and social change, along dimensions such as gender, ethnicity, class, and religion. It does so by […]
This course explores the relationship between language and sex/gender systems from a feminist perspective. The main areas investigated are language and gender stereotypes; language, power and women's status; and male versus female communicative style in different socio-cultural contexts. Course credit exclusions: None.
CROSSLISTED COURSES: GL EN 3632 & GL LIN 3632 This course provides an introduction to language as a social phenomenon. Topics include: approaches to the study of language in its social context; linguistic diversity and societal multilingualism; language planning and policy (with special focus on Canada); the role of language in social stereotypes and identity; […]
This course introduces students to key aspects of speech sciences, including acoustic phonetics, speech perception, speech production and audition, as well as fundamental concepts in speech-language development and disorders. The relationship between speech and abstract levels of language, such as syntax and phonology, is also considered. Specific topics include phonetic transcription, speech anatomy and aerodynamics, […]
This course offers an introduction to syntactic analysis, building on concepts acquired in Linguistics 1000 and Linguistics 2130, and paves the way for Linguistics 3140. Topics include lexical and functional categories, morphosyntac features, theta-roles and argument structure, the structure of phrases, constituency, clause types and syntactic relationships within the clause. FORMAT: Two 90-minute sessions weekly. […]
This course provides an introduction to the nature and organization of morphological patterns in human languages. Students are exposed to a range of cross-linguistic data, with emphasis being placed on how morphological theory accounts for these data. FORMAT: Two 90-minute sessions weekly. PREREQUISITES: AP/LING 1000 6.0 (or AP/LING 2800 3.0 for CogSci students) with a […]
CROSSLISTED COURSE: GL EN 3601 & GL LIN 3601 This course provides students with the opportunity to develop the analytical skills necessary for more advanced phonological work. Emphasis throughout is on practical analysis and argumentation, drawing on data from a wide variety of languages. COURSE CREDIT EXCLUSIONS: GL/EN/LIN 3601 3.0 FORMAT: Two 90-minute sessions weekly. […]
CROSSLISTED COURSES: GL EN 3603 & GL LIN 3603 This course provides a brief discussion of the anatomical and physiological bases of the production of speech sounds and an introduction to a wide range of sound types from a variety of human languages. Students receive ear-training in the discrimination of many kinds of speech-sounds and […]
CROSSLISTED COURSES: GL EN 2605 & GL LING 2605 This course examines fundamental principles of language structure and interpretation. The focus is on the core areas, specifically, phonology (structure of sounds), morphology (structure of words), and syntax (structure of sentences), but a brief survey of phonetics, semantics, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and language variation is […]