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  • LING 3190: Intro Psych Lang

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course provides an introduction to the psychology of language for undergraduate students with introductory backgrounds in linguistics,psychology, and/or speech and hearing science. Topics include language learning by infants and adults, spoken and signed language perception and production, word and sentence processing, and memory and language. Prerequisites: LING 1200 OR LING 2200 OR PSY 1010 OR CSD 1010
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  • LING 3191: HON Intro Psych Lang

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course provides an introduction to the psychology of language for undergraduate students with introductory backgrounds in linguistics,psychology, and/or speech and hearing science. Topics include language learning by infants and adults, spoken and signed language perception and production, word and sentence processing, and memory and language. HON credit requires additional assignments. Prerequisites: LING 1200 OR LING 2200 OR PSY 1010 OR CSD 1010
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  • LING 3195: Social Percept Speech

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course explores speech perception from a social-cognitive perspective and examines how social influences affect how we process, understand and evaluate spoken language. Topics include variable speech perception, perceptual learning, perception of regional and sociolectal varieties, processing costs and biases associated with unfamiliar accents, voice perception and attractiveness, accentism and linguistic stereotyping. Prerequisites: LING 1200 OR LING 2200 OR PSY 1010 OR CSD 1010
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  • LING 3196: HON Social Percpt Spch

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course explores speech perception from a social-cognitive perspective and examines how social influences affect how we process, understand and evaluate spoken language. Topics include variable speech perception, perceptual learning, perception of regional and sociolectal varieties, processing costs and biases associated with unfamiliar accents, voice perception and attractiveness, accentism and linguistic stereotyping. Prerequisites: LING 1200 OR LING 2200 OR PSY 1010 OR CSD 1010
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  • LING 3220: World Englishes

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The purpose of this course is to investigate the spread of English as an international language: its historical development, socio-cultural diversity, and linguistics variation. In addition to numerous readings on varieties of English, which can be found throughout the world (e.g., Indian English, Singaporean English, Chicano English, etc.), topics related to educational linguistics within a World Englishes paradigm will also be addressed in order to better understand considerations related to the English language teaching in international contexts.
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  • LING 3340: Intro Comp Ling

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    An introduction to computational linguistics for students with previous programming experience. This course explores the models, algorithms, and techniques that dominate modern-day language technology, and it evaluates them from a linguistically informed perspective. Topics include corpus-based methods, finite-state approaches, word vectors, computational models of cognitive processes, and model evaluation techniques. Great emphasis is put on discussing the limitations of existing techniques and how they might benefit from linguistic insights. We also discuss Ethics in AI and in Natural Language Processing, and the way fairness considerations should inform data collection and algorithm design. Students will also hone their programming skills and develop familiarity with state-of-the-art software packages for computational linguistics. Prerequisites: LING 2200 AND (LING 2300 OR CS 1420)
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  • LING 3480: Lang & Social Justice

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines the role of language in social justice. Employing methodological approaches from the field of Linguistics, the course will explore topics such as standard and non-standard varieties, accent bias, minority language rights and policies, educational access and immersion/bilingual education, signed languages, pidgins and creoles, and language death. Students will analyze how language attitudes can translate to societal power and privilege, and discrimination, and explore how language inequity manifests itself in their immediate environment, and different societies, including examples from different communities and societies around the world.
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  • LING 3500: Intro English Grammar

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course offers a descriptive overview of the forms and functions of North American English grammatical structures with guidance in standard usage. The course focuses on the terminology that is commonly used to describe the grammar of English, as well as common prescriptive usage.
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  • LING 3510: Grammar and Stylistics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course is designed for anyone interested in the "nuts and bolts" of writing, and it approaches writing from a linguistic perspective. Its premise is that when writers know how language works, they write better. Topics include sentence structure, information structure, argument structure, coherence and cohesion, formal vs. informal language, spoken vs. written language, genre, Grice's Cooperative Principle, punctuation, and ethics. Over the course of the semester, students apply the lessons to writing and revising their own research paper. Prerequisites: WRTG 2010 OR LING 1200 OR LING 3500 OR Instructor Consent
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  • LING 3950: Service Learning

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Students will be working individually under the direction of a Linguistics faculty member. Students must make arrangements directly with the faculty member with whom they are interested in working. Approval form is available on Department Website - https://linguistics.utah.edu/graduate/current-students/graduate%20forms.php . Students may only enroll in one section of this course per semester for a maximum of three credit hours to count towards major. Course allows students to use their expertise in Linguistics and/or first/second language skills to provide a variety of services for members of the campus and local communities. Prerequisites: Department Consent.
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