LING 181 A-Z - Special Studies in LinguisticsSemester Hours: 1-3
Periodically
Directed investigation of topics in any of the various subfields of linguistics, such as phonological rules and representations, syntactic change, semantics, language and social/psychological behavior, and artificial intelligence and natural language processing.
Current Special Topics:
LING 181C - US Forensic Linguistic Applications
Primarily through the lens of U.S. law enforcement, counter-intelligence, and threat management, this week-long intensive course offers a case-based approach to solving legal and law enforcement problems through linguistic analysis. The course will use data from actual cases taken from the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, U.S., State, and local police, and will discuss the path from investigation to prosecution in U.S. courts. This course demonstrates how forensic linguistics augments legal analysis by applying rigorous, scientifically accepted principles of linguistic analysis to legal evidence such as letters, confessions, contracts and recorded speech.
LING 181P - Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguists have shown that the production and comprehension of even the simplest language is a highly complex process. This course shows how psycholinguistic research can act as a window to the workings of the human mind and the study of consciousness. What do we know when we know a language? How can such a complex system be learned so quickly and universally by children? What is special about our brains that enables this to happen? What is the relationship of language to our broader capacities for thinking and social interaction? This course will introduce you to the ongoing scientific project to tackle these kinds of questions. You will both (1) become familiar with major psycholinguistic research questions and results, and (2) hone your scientific thinking about language and the human mind.
For the QR component, we will cover statistics intended for students in a wide variety of areas of study. Topics discussed include displaying and describing data, the normal curve, probability, statistical inference, with applications in psycholinguistics.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Subjects to be announced yearly. May be repeated when topics vary.
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