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Program Requirements
Students who wish to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs".
Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary research project (if applicable).
Joint Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 (B+ average) in their program courses and a minimum grade of B+ must be obtained in three out of four of the following courses: LING 330, LING 331, LING 360, LING 371, as well as in the Joint Honours Thesis, LING 481D1/D2. According to Faculty of Arts regulations, Joint Honours students must also maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
The requirement for First Class Honours is a CGPA of 3.50 and a minimum grade of A- in the Joint Honours Thesis. Inquiries may be addressed to the departmental office or to the Adviser for Undergraduate Studies.
Required Courses (21 credits)
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LING 201 Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Primarily for students intending to take further courses in linguistics. Topics include: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Students will be introduced to techniques of linguistic analysis.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2014
Instructors: Coon, Jessica; Simonenko, Alexandra (Fall) Shimoyama, Junko; Pedersen, Walter (Winter) Buccola, Brian Anthony (Summer)
Fall and Winter
No prerequisite.
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LING 330 Phonetics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Transcription, identification, and production of speech sounds. Introduction to the acoustic properties of speech sounds, acoustic analysis of speech, and auditory phonetics.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Sonderegger, Morgan (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: LlNG 201
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LING 331 Phonology 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to phonological theory and analysis.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Elfner, Emily (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisite: LING 330.
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LING 360 Introduction to Semantics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to the rudiments of semantics, focusing on those aspects of meaning that are invariant across contexts and the ways in which the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituents.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Gillon, Brendan S (Fall)
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LING 371 Syntax 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to the study of generative syntax of natural languages, emphasizing basic concepts and formalism: phrase structure rules, transformations, and conditions on rules.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Travis, Lisa De Mena (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: LING 201.
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LING 481D1 Joint Honours Thesis (1.5 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Research and writing of the Joint Honours thesis on an approved subject.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Students must register for both LING 481D1 and LING 481D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both LING 481D1 and LING 481D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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LING 481D2 Joint Honours Thesis (1.5 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Research and writing of the Joint Honours thesis on an approved subject.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Prerequisite: LING 481D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both LING 481D1 and LING 481D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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PHIL 210 Introduction to Deductive Logic 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
Terms: Fall 2013, Summer 2014
Instructors: Hallett, Michael Frank (Fall) Guindon, Bruno (Summer)
Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
15 credits in Linguistics (LING) selected as follows:
9 credits must be at the 400 or 500 level, 3 of which must be selected from the following list, and
6 other credits in Linguistics, usually at the 200 or 300 level.
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LING 425 Historical Linguistics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : An examination of how languages change over time and the methods that allow us to study linguistic history. Topics include: types of language change (sound change, anology, etc.) linguistic reconstruction, the origins of modern languages.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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LING 450 Laboratory Linguistics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Students with a background in some core area(s) of linguistics will learn how to test linguistic theories in the lab. The focus is on learning by doing: Students will design and carry out their own experiments, and will learn some basic statistics to evaluate them.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Wagner, Michael (Fall)
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LING 451 Acquisition of Phonology (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Exploration of the development of prosodic and segmental structure in children, with an emphasis on current theoretically-informed work in this area.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: LING 331; a course in language acquisition highly recommended.
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LING 455 Second Language Syntax (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : The nature of the linguistic knowledge acquired by second language learners, focusing on description and explanation of second language syntax and morphology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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LING 520 Sociolinguistics 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : A seminar on variationist "micro-sociolinguistics", including a survey of the most important primary literature on sociolinguistic variation and introduction to sociolinguistic fieldwork.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: LING 320 or permission of instructor.
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LING 521 Dialectology (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : An introduction to the theory and methods of dialectology (the study of regional variation in language) with an emphasis on connections with linguistic theory. Students will also acquire a practical knowledge of major differences among dialects of English, and will gain hands-on experience in the planning, implementation and analysis of a dialect survey.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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LING 530 Acoustic Phonetics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : This course will introduce students to the fundamental principles of acoustic phonetics, focusing on an acoustic model of sound production by the vocal tract and the principles and techniques of acoustic analysis of speech. Classes will be a mix of lectures and hands-on lab-based activities and class discussions.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Clayards, Meghan (Fall)
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LING 555 Language Acquisition 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : A detailed overview of recent experimental work on first language acquisition of syntax within the principles and parameters framework, concentrating on both theoretical and methodological issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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LING 590 Language Acquisition and Breakdown (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Theoretical and experimental perspectives on an imperfect language faculty, in the context of current linguistic theory and state-of-the-art experimental methods and techniques. Comparison of linguistic abilities of normally developing children, children with language disorders (e.g., SLI), and adults with disrupted linguistic abilities (e.g., aphasic patients).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Bachelor of Arts & Science—2013-2014 (last updated Aug. 21, 2013) (disclaimer)