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• LAT 405: Medieval Latin

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Prose and poetry from the fourth to the 17th centuries. Prerequisite:    LAT 405 requires prerequisite of LAT 202
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• LAT 406: Latin Tutorial Course

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Required of majors in Latin or Classics; open to other students accepted by the instructor. Introduction to the history of the alphabet; principles of historical and comparative linguistics, especially as applied to Greek and Latin; and history of the Latin language as seen in ancient authors and inscriptions. Prerequisite:    LAT 406 requires a prerequisite of LAT 202.
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• LAT 410: Independent Studies in Language and Literature

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Special topics for advanced students only. Prerequisite:    LAT 410 requires a prerequisite of LAT 202.
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• LIN 130: The World's Languages

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Language diversity is a central part of the human experience. How many languages are there in the world, where are they spoken, and where do they come from Why are some languages very similar, while others are very different Why have some languages disappeared, while other languages are thriving This course presents a general survey of language diversity in the world from the perspectives of language structure, language use, and language history. The core of the semester consists of a panoramic view of the world's main language families and the main languages in each of them. Other topics covered include: the origin of language among humans; language fragmentation and the birth of languages; language families; language contact; language endangerment and death; the main writing systems; and the meaning of bilingualism and multilingualism.
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• LIN 140: Language, Power, and Ideology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course investigates the relationship between language and power as it is manifested in a variety of contexts. It examines the discourse of politics, the language of advertising and journalism, and the discourse of institutions and organizations to uncover ideological biases towards socioeconomic class; sexuality and gender; and race, ethnicity, and age. It also examines how these marginalized groups resist oppression and use language as an agent to speak against and subvert exclusion and discrimination in the United States and globally. Students will look at marginalized groups, including women, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, speakers of low prestige dialects, such as Pittsburghese and African American English, and low prestige languages, such as creoles and pidgins, and they will examine how these groups use language to resist and subvert dominant ideologies. The course aims to introduce students to the basic principles of critical discourse analysis, critical stylistics, and sociolinguistics, enabling them to conduct their investigations of issues related to language and power as well as foster an informed and reasoned openness to, and understanding of, difference.
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• LIN 211: Language Communities in the US and Canada

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Exploration and analysis of how aspects of language usage (dialect, "accent," bilingualism) relate to language-based discrimination in the U.S. and Canada generally. Emphasis is on bias, discrimination, and profiling based on race, class, gender, religious affiliation, and ethnicity. Examples will be drawn from mainstream media, including popular film and television.
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• LIN 230: Introduction to Linguistics

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Basic concepts of language description, classification, change, reconstruction, dialectology, and sociolinguistics.
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• LIN 300: Language and the Internet

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course focuses on how language is used online and investigates different forms of electronically-mediated communication. Students will look at the language of text messaging, social media, and other genres of online interaction to understand both the structural and social functions of digital communication from a linguistic perspective. To achieve this goal, students will examine research from various sub-fields of linguistics, including semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. This course will also offer students practice in identifying a range of perspectives on ethical issues in linguistics pertaining to both researchers as well as citizens in online spaces. Coursework will involve not only learning about linguistic approaches to examining language online, but also learning to put yourself in another's shoes to investigate issues of ethical problem-solving. Students will be introduced to different ways of analyzing digital language data and will critically discuss various research methodologies used in the field and some ethical dilemmas that accompany doing linguistic research in the digital age.
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• LIN 332: Phonetics and Phonology

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduction to the basic concepts of phonetic and phonological analysis in the world's languages. The aim of this course is to provide students with theoretical and practical skills in the scientific description and explanation of language sound systems. Areas covered include: the production and perception of sounds; the gestural organization of speech and theories of speech perception; the physiological and acoustic description of sounds; the IPA transcription system; and basic principles of phonological contrast, alternation and contrastive feature representation. It also covers applications of phonetics and phonology to other areas of linguistics: typology; sociophonetics; and historical linguistics; and the basics of phonetics and phonology in sign languages. Prerequisite:    LIN 332 requires a prerequisite of LIN 230/ENG 230 or LAN 327 or introductory linguistics coursework at another university.
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• LIN 333: Conversation Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  How do people use language to communicate and accomplish social action This course will introduce students to the field of conversation analysis, a branch of discourse analysis that focuses on the structural organization of naturally occurring talk. Though initially developed as a sociological framework for examining the production of social order in everyday life, conversation analysis is a widely used research methodology in linguistics, communication studies, social psychology, and other allied fields, and its development over the past fifty years reflects the interdisciplinary coalitions of scholars that have adopted it as a research methodology. Students in this course will learn to look beyond the commonsense or stereotypical answers to questions about how and why we behave as we do, and will learn specific details of ways in which speakers use language to accomplish mundane activities of everyday life and institutional tasks. This class will also introduce the role of some nonverbal behavior and ecology--including gesture, eye gaze, head nods and shakes, and features of the surrounding environment--in accomplishing mutual understanding and negotiating relationships.
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