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List 1: Linguistics courses offered at UNBSJ

LING 1102 - English Syntax
Familiarization with traditional concepts in English syntax. Covers two areas:  grammatical categories (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.) and sentence structure (subjects, predicates, complements; main vs subordinate clauses).  No writing elements are included, as the course is a purely theoretical presentation of grammatical concepts.

LING 2102 - Linguistics 1
Basic concepts of phonetics, phonology, morphology, language change and language variation.  Pre-requisite:  Two term-courses at the 1000 level.

Ling 3111 - Language Acquisition (English)
Theories of first and second language acquisitionwith the focus on the stages of language acquisition and parametric setting.

LING 3113 - Phonetics and Phonology
Articulatory phonetics and phonology with comparative application to English, French, and other languages.  This course is the equivalent to LING 3411 (Phonetics & Phonemics) at UNB Fredericton.

LING 3114 - Syntax
The generative grammar approach to sentence structure.  Comparative applications to English, French and other languages.

LING 3202 - Linguistics 2
Basic concepts of syntax, semantics, language acquisition and compuater applications of language.  Prerequisite:  LING 2101.

LING 3212 - The History of the English Language
The methodology of historical linguistics and an overview of Indo-European languages form the background for the discussin of chagnes in English:  changes in consonant and vowel systems, transition to a non-case system, settingof parameters in syntax.

Ling 3223 - Semantics
Meaning through language: word and sentence meaning, context, inference, speech acts.  Comparative applications to English and French.

LING 3224 - Cognition and Language
Language as a cognitive system; focus on the work of Steven Pinker.


List 1 - Courses offered in Fall 2010      

 

Course ID Course Title Time    
Ling 1102 English Syntax Tu Th 1430-1600
Ling 2101 Linguistics I Th 1630-1900
Ling 3224 Cognition & Language Tu 1630-1900

 

List 2 - Courses offered in Winter 2011                      

Course ID Course Title Time
Ling 2101 Linguistics I W 1900-2130
Ling 3212 The History of the English Language W 1630-1900