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Instruction offered by members of the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Culture in the Faculty of Arts.

Note: A student may not register in any Linguistics course unless a grade of at least "C-" has been achieved in each prerequisite for that course.
 
Junior Courses
 
Linguistics 201       Introduction to Linguistics
Introduction to the scientific study of language, including the analysis of word, sentence, and sound structure, and the exploration of language as a human, biological, social, and historical phenomenon.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Linguistics 201 and either 205 or 207 will not be allowed.
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Linguistics 223       Language and Advertising
An investigation of the nature of persuasive messages from the perspective of linguistic theory. Topics may include truth and falsity, implication, ambiguity, and context-dependence.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
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Senior Courses
 
Linguistics 301       English Syntax
Introduction to syntax, using the structure of English as an illustration. Emphasis on tree-drawing and basic argumentation skills. Topics may include: syntactic categories; grammatical, thematic, and structural relations; syntactic movement.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 303       Phonology I
Theory and practice of phonological analysis: the classical phoneme; distinctive features and their organization; methods of analysis; underlying and surface representations; rules and derivations.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
Notes: Linguistics 341 should be taken either before or concurrently with Linguistics 303.
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Linguistics 309       Language and Power
The nature of the linguistic resources used to create, enhance and justify positions of dominance or subordination, or to influence and persuade populations. Examples drawn from the discourse of gender and ethnic relations, government and business.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
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Linguistics 311       Second Language Acquisition
Introduction to second language acquisition from both a linguistic and psycholinguistic perspective.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 313       Classroom-Oriented Second Language Research
Second language acquisition research that focuses on the second language learner in a variety of formal learning environments.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 319       Introduction to Semantics
Introduction to the study of conventional meaning. Topics may include: word meaning, propositional and predicate logic, properties of quantifiers, definite and indefinite descriptions, and pragmatics.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 321       Modern English Grammar
A comprehensive exploration of contemporary English. The course is based on modern linguistic analysis, but also includes traditional grammatical terminology, as well as language change, attitudes to language varieties and problems in usage.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Linguistics 321 and 301 will not be allowed.
Notes: Does not count towards the Linguistics Major.
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Linguistics 331       First Language Acquisition
An overview of major issues and developmental patterns in child language acquisition.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201 or Psychology 200.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Linguistics 331 and Psychology 349 will not be allowed.
Notes: Students without Linguistics 201 will have to complete some supplemental reading in phonetics.
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Linguistics 337       Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology
A comprehensive overview of the subject including: basic components of speech and language, normal language development, communication disorders, and current professional issues.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
Antirequisite(s): Linguistics 437
Also known as: (formerly Linguistics 437)
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Linguistics 341       Phonetics I
Intensive practice in the perception, production and transcription of speech sounds accompanied by an introduction to the physiology and acoustics of speech.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
Notes: Preference in enrolment is given to students who have declared a Major in Linguistics. Registration information can be found on the Enrolment Services website: ucalgary.ca/registrar/. Linguistics 341 should be taken either before or concurrently with Linguistics 303.
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Linguistics 349       Language and Mind
An overview of central issues in the study of language and its relationship to the human mind. Topics may include the nature/nurture debate, human specialization for language, and theories of mental representation.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 353       Historical Linguistics I
Central topics in the study of language change including: principles and methods of linguistic reconstruction; universals, typologies, and the explanation of language change; sources of language change with a consideration of acquisitional and sociolinguistic factors.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 373       Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Social differentiation of language in terms of the gender, socio-economic status and geographical distribution of speakers.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 377       Introduction to Pragmatics
An introduction to the study of context-dependent meaning. Topics may include: deixis, reference, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and information structure.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
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Linguistics 381       The History of English
An introduction to important changes and stages in the history of English including its Indo-European and Germanic origins and a consideration of Modern English grammar and orthography from a historical perspective.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
Also known as: (English 381)
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Linguistics 401       Syntactic Analysis I
A theoretically grounded approach to syntax using data from a variety of languages. Constructing and evaluating syntactic hypotheses. May involve collecting data from a native speaker of a foreign language.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 301.
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Linguistics 403       Phonology II
Recent issues in phonological theory.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 303.
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Linguistics 407       Morphology I
An introduction to the study of word-structure, inflectional and word-formation morphology, morphological processes, morphological organization, interfaces with phonology and syntax. Practical problems in word analysis.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Corequisite(s): Prerequisite or Corequisite: Linguistics 303.
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Linguistics 411       Second Language Acquisition II
Current issues in the acquisition of a second language. Focus may be on phonology, syntax, semantics, or processing.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 311.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 419       Advanced Semantics
Continuing study of conventional meaning accompanied by an introduction to some technical tools used in the field of semantics. Topics may include: compositionality, sets and functions, tense, aspect, modality, and event semantics.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 319.
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Linguistics 431       Child Language: Syntax and Morphology
Current topics in the fields of syntactic and morphological acquisition.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201 and 301.
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Linguistics 433       Child Language: Phonology and the Lexicon
Current topics in the fields of phonological and lexical acquisition.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 303.
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Linguistics 435       Old English and its Closest Relatives
An introduction to the linguistic features of the early Germanic languages, with focus on Old English, Old Saxon, Old High German, and Gothic.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): At least one of English 381, 401, German 353, 469.04, Linguistics 353, or 381.
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Linguistics 441       Phonetics II
Continuing study of the anatomy, physiology, and acoustics of speech and related issues in speech research, paralleled by laboratory work in the acoustic and physiological analysis of speech.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 341.
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Linguistics 451       History of Linguistic Thought
A survey of major schools of linguistic thought. Focus on the origin and development of concepts central to contemporary linguistic theory.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 301 or 303.
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Linguistics 453       Historical Linguistics II
Current topics in the field of historical linguistics.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 353.
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Linguistics 455       Typology
Study of the unity and diversity of the world's languages. How do the grammars of individual languages differ from each other, and in what ways are they all alike? Which characteristics are common across languages, and which are rare? An overview of the methodology and main results of typological research. Students work with data from unfamiliar languages.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201 and 301.
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Linguistics 467       Experimental Psycholinguistics
Exploration of the cognitive, neuropsychological, and social processes that underlie language abilities, with reference to linguistic theory. A laboratory component provides experience with methodologies used to study language behaviour.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-2)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 201.
Also known as: (Psychology 467) (formerly Linguistics 439)
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Linguistics 491       Indo-European Linguistics
An introduction to the comparative study of the older stages of the principal Indo-European languages, and the reconstruction of the proto-language.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 353.
Also known as: (formerly Linguistics 541)
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Linguistics 505       Field Methods for Indigenous Languages
Principles and techniques of collecting, editing and analyzing elicited linguistic data and associated problems. Practical experience with language consultant(s).
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 301 and 303.
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Linguistics 507       Morphology II
A survey of issues in morphological theory.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 401 and 407.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Linguistics 507 and either 551.02 or 599.13 will not be allowed.
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Linguistics 511       Syntactic Analysis II
A survey of current work in syntactic theory.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 401.
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Linguistics 519       Formal Semantics of Natural Language
Central issues in the logical semantics of natural language, focusing on topics such as quantification, scope, and the interpretation of pronouns.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Philosophy 279 or 377.  Philosophy 371 or Linguistics 319 recommended.
Antirequisite(s): Credit for Linguistics 509 will not be allowed.
Also known as: (Philosophy 519)
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Linguistics 531       Survey of Indigenous Languages of the Americas
A survey of the indigenous languages of the Americas, including classifications of language families and structural analysis of selected languages.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 301 or 303.
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Linguistics 551       Linguistic Analysis
Linguistic analysis of a language or language family.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 301 or 303.
Notes: Consult Department regarding topics offered in any given year.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 560       Statistics for Linguistic Research
Introduction to basic statistical concepts, methods of analysis, and quantitative modelling techniques, with a focus on their application to the unique properties of language research and linguistic data.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Linguistics 598       Independent Research
Open only to Honours students who are in the last year of their program. Students are expected to carry out a specific research project under the supervision of a staff member and submit a thesis acceptable to the Department.
Course Hours: 6 units; F(3S-0)
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Linguistics 599       Conference Course
Directed research in areas of special interest to advanced students.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Graduate Courses

Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599. Admission to all 600-level courses is with consent of the Department in addition to any other prerequisites which may be stated.
 
Linguistics 600       Introduction to Graduate Studies in Linguistics
This course provides an introduction to areas of research and theoretical orientations in which faculty in this department specialize, as well as to research and professional skills.
Course Hours: 1.5 units; Q(2-0)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Linguistics 605       Field Methods

Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 611       Advanced Syntactic Analysis
An advanced course in syntactic theory with focus on analytical and critical skills required for conducting syntactic research.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 511 and consent of the Department.
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Linguistics 613       Advanced Phonological Analysis
An advanced course in phonological theory with focus on analytical and critical skills required for conducting phonological research.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Linguistics 403 and consent of the Department.
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Linguistics 631       Topics in Linguistic Theory

Seminar in any area of theoretical linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

631.01. Phonetics

631.02. Phonology

631.03. Morphology

631.04. Syntax

631.05. Semantics
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
Notes: Consult the Department regarding topics offered in any given year as topics vary. Not offered every year.
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Linguistics 633       Topics in Language Acquisition

Seminar in language acquisition.

633.01. First Language Acquisition

633.02. Second Language Acquisition
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
Notes: Consult the Department regarding topics offered in any given year as topics vary. Not offered every year.
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Linguistics 635       Analysis of a Language or Language Family
Seminar in the analysis of a selected language or language family
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
Notes: Consult the Department regarding topics offered in any given year as topics vary. Not offered every year.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 651       Topics in Historical Linguistics
Seminar in historical linguistics.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Notes: Consult the Department regarding topics offered in any given year as topics vary. Not offered every year.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 660       Quantitative Modelling of Linguistic Data
Introduction to basic statistical concepts, methods of analysis, and quantitative modelling techniques, with a focus on their application to the unique properties of language research and linguistics data.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Linguistics 697       Thesis Research Development

Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
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Linguistics 699       Conference and Reading Course

Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Linguistics 797       Senior Doctoral Seminar
A forum for discussing and presenting candidacy paper research, thesis research, and conference presentations/publications in preparation.
Course Hours: 1.5 units; Q(2-0)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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