Linguistics (LING)
LING LDEA, UPPER DIVISION ED ABROAD, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
LING 114, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 115, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 116, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 201, +INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND POWER, 4 Credits
Surveys subfields of linguistics, central theories and methodology employed in linguistic research. Examines linguistic diversity as personal and global in scope. Details everyday, ordinary connections between language and identity as processes by which power happens in society. Challenges students to utilize linguistic tools on multiple levels to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze language, bilingualism and multilingualism.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
LING 251, *LANGUAGES OF OREGON, 3 Credits
Basic lessons in languages spoken in Oregon's minority language communities presented by native informants; discussion, language analysis, and assessment facilitated by linguistics faculty. Languages presented will vary. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: LING 251H
LING 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 311, THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY, 3 Credits
Examines key topics in phonetics and phonology ranging from the anatomy of the vocal tract to the cognitive processes behind the comprehension of speech sounds; spoken and non-spoken languages take focus. Explores and evaluates key phonological theories, common phonological processes, and computational techniques for speech analysis. Critically analyzes relationships between phonetics/phonology and sociolinguistic variation, first language acquisition, and second language learning. Provides linguistic tools for examining phonetics and phonology in everyday life.
Prerequisite: LING 201 with C- or better
LING 312, WORDS AND PHRASES: MORPHOSYNTAX, 3 Credits
Examines structure and explores the different ways that languages organize words, phrases, and clauses. Discovers the underlying structural rules across languages. Provides linguistic tools and skills for the linguistic description. Analyzes syntactic and morphological systems within a language and contrastively, across language typologies.
Prerequisite: LING 201 with C- or better
LING 313, MEANING IN LANGUAGE: SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS, AND DISCOURSE, 3 Credits
Examines key topics in semantics, pragmatics, and discourse ranging from word, sentence, and utterance meaning, ambiguity, implication, indirect speech acts, composition, and modality. Explores and evaluates key theories in semantics and pragmatics, common methods of analyzing language meaning and use, and the logics and politics of utterances. Critically analyzes relationships between semantics/pragmatics and society, including informal environments, legal or political discourse, and literature and other media. Provides linguistic tools for examining semantics and pragmatics in everyday life.
Prerequisite: LING 201 with C- or better
LING 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 459, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 459/ES 459/LING 459.
LING 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
LING 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
LING 559, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 559/ES 559/LING 559.
LING 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.