Linguistics (Ling)
Undergraduate Courses
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100-Level Courses
LING 110 : Introduction to Human Language.
200-Level Courses
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduces students to the basic principles of language. The course considers language as part of our human, biological heritage, as wel as critical for our social and intellectual development. |
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LING 201 : Introduction to Linguistics (Modern).
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Basic understanding of linguistic systems. Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. |
Course Outcomes
LING 210 : Sounds of Language.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the description and analysis of speech sounds. |
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LING 220 : Structure in Language.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the analysis of word and sentence structure. |
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LING 230 : Meaning in Language.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the analysis of meaning in words, grammar, and discourse. |
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LING 240 : Linguistic Tools 1.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods in linguistics. |
Course Outcomes
LING 299R : Academic Internship: English Language Teaching.
300-Level Courses
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 377R |
| DESCRIPTION: | Students with focused training teach specific English skills to speakers of other languages in the U.S. or abroad. |
Course Outcomes
LING 310 : Phonetics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 |
| DESCRIPTION: | General inventory of speech sounds possible in language, from both an acoustic and articulatory point of view. |
Course Outcomes
LING 315 : Phonology.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 & LING 210 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Study of natural language sound systems from a variety of theoretical perspectives. |
Course Outcomes
LING 320 : Morphology.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 & LING 210 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theory and analysis of word structure in human language. |
Course Outcomes
LING 325 : Theoretical Syntax.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 320 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theoretical comparison and contrast of different sentence types. Methods of argument to develop and critique generative theories of lexical categories, grammatical roles, and syntactic structure. |
Course Outcomes
LING 377R : Basic Training in TESOL.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Planned participation in IAS- or U.S.-based English teaching experience. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Basic preparation to teach English to speakers of other languages in particular settings. |
| NOTE: | Especially for international service volunteers who plan to teach ESL or EFL. |
Course Outcomes
LING 399R : Academic Internship: Linguistics.
400-Level Courses
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Program coordinator's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | On-the-job experience and education related to linguistics. |
Course Outcomes
LING 427 : Phonology and Morphology.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 330; or ELANG 223 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to phonology and morphology in the world's languages emphasizing the analysis of English. |
Course Outcomes
LING 440 : Linguistic Tools 2.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 240 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Linguistic research tools and methods; resources, literature, and synthesis of techniques. |
Course Outcomes
LING 450 : Introduction to Historical-Comparative Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 330; or ELANG 223 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theory and method of language change via comparison of daughter languages and reconstruction of their ancestral language: phonological, morphological, semantic, and lexical. |
Course Outcomes
LING 460 : Typology.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 201 & LING 220 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the study of language universals and linguistic typology. |
Course Outcomes
LING 478 : Language Teaching Methods: MTC.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELANG 223 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Instructional methods and strategies for teaching second and foreign languages at the Missionary Training Center (MTC). |
Course Outcomes
LING 480 : Problems in Translation.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Proficiency in a second language. |
| DESCRIPTION: | History, theory, and practice of human and machine translation. |
Course Outcomes
LING 485 : Corpus Linguistics.
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 330 & ELANG 273; or ELANG 223 & ELANG 273 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Using large collections of texts for teaching and particularly for research, including many types of linguistic variation |
Course Outcomes
LING 490 : Senior Seminar.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 330 |
| RECOMMENDED: | Ling 420, 427, 430, 450. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading and discussing major issues in linguistics, writing a senior paper, and reviewing content of core courses. |
Course Outcomes
LING 495 : Senior Capstone.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | LING 210 & LING 220 & LING 230 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Integrative, culminating experience for linguistics majors; topics vary. |
Course Outcomes
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
LING 501 : Advanced Research and Writing Techniques for Second Language Writers.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | For graduate international ESL students. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Non-native English speaking students will develop research and writing techniques necessary for graduate-level writing. |
Course Outcomes
LING 545 : Psycholinguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELang 223 or Ling 330 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | How the mind interprets, stores, retrieves, and produces language. Anatomical structures and physiological processes of the brain dealing with language. |
Course Outcomes
LING 550 : Sociolinguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ELang 223 or Ling 330 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Research and theory in anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics. |
Course Outcomes
LING 551 : Anthropological Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION: | Language in culture and society: development, typology, and description. |
Course Outcomes
LING 558 : Historical-Comparative Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Ling 450 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Learning theory and method of language change via comparing daughter languages and reconstructing ancestral languages. Language universals and typology. |
Course Outcomes
LING 580R : Problems in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced research in language acquisition, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, linguistics field study, applied linguistics. |
Course Outcomes
LING 581 : Natural Language Processing.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Good programming skills in at least one language (preferably LISP, Prolog, C, C++, Perl, or Java) and a knowledge of basic, discrete math. Upper-division linguistics/computers and the humanities students with less programming experience may enroll with instructor`s consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Intensive overview of natural language processing, including computational techniques, hands-on experience with linguistic technologies and corpora, language modeling approaches, and readings from current research. |
Course Outcomes
LING 590R : Readings in Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Individual study of current linguistic literature. Occasional discussion sessions with instructor and other class members. |
| NOTE: | Pass/fail grade only. |
Course Outcomes
LING 599R : Academic Internship: Linguistics.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION: | On-the-job experience under faculty supervision, with department approval. |
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Graduate Courses
For 600- and 700-level courses, see the BYU 2013–2014 Graduate Catalog.
For more information, please visit http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2013-2014ucat/departments/Linguistics/LingCourses.php