2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Linguistics
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
LING 243-0 Sec. 26
Language Evolution
CAESAR Class Number: 42753
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 2:30 - 5pm
Brady Clark
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4335.
This course explores all of the main subdisciplines of linguistics by viewing them from an evolutionary perspective. Topics include: the biological basis of human language and other animal communication systems; a survey of the main issues in the evolution of the human language capacity; sounds, syntactic structures, and meanings in the world's languages; how humans and other animals learn communication systems. This course counts toward the Weinberg College natural sciences distribution requirement, Area I.
LING 250-0 Sec. 26
Cancelled
Sound Patterns in Human Language
CAESAR Class Number: 40308
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 9 - 11am
Kenneth Konopka
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4435.
Introduction to the sound structure of language and the fields of phonetics and phonology. In the study of phonetics, we examine the two physical domains of speech: the articulatory domain (how speech sounds are produced in the human vocal tract) and the acoustic domain (the form and perception of sound waves). Students learn to transcribe speech sounds from languages around the world. In the study of phonology, students learn to recognize the ways in which speech sounds pattern in language to convey meaning and the ways in which these patterns are similar and different across the languages of the world. This course counts toward the Weinberg College natural sciences distribution requirement, Area I.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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