Linguistics Courses | 2024-2025 Graduate Catalog | SIU

This is a course in basic phonetics, including articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Students will learn to make the sounds used in languages of the world, provide articulatory descriptions of those sounds, recognize distinctions among sounds upon hearing them, and use spectrographic software to analyze the acoustic stream.

Credit Hours: 3

Study of English phonology, including phonetics, phonemics, and prosodics. Prerequisite: LING 300 or graduate status or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Regional variation and social stratification of American English. Phonological and syntactic differences among the major dialects of American English. Prerequisite: LING 300 or graduate status or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as PHIL 410) A survey and introduction to theories on the nature of "truth" and "meaning" and their relationship to natural language. Potential topics include: reference, definite descriptions, naming, externalism, modality and possible worlds.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as JPN 410) Introduction to the linguistic structure of Japanese (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, etc.) with particular emphasis on morphology and syntax. This course satisfies the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum requirement.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 415) This course studies the relationship between language and society. The focus in an individual semester may include but is not limited to regional dialectology, language variation, linguistic geography, multilingualism, languages in contact, and/or language planning.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 416) This course offers a survey of the historical, social, political, linguistic, and educational issues surrounding the Spanish language in the United States. Topics to be addressed include Spanish language use and bilingualism, language maintenance and shift, education of Latino populations, Hispanic diversity, and Latino literature.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 417) Introduction to the study of the social conditions under which language contact occurs and the cultural and linguistic consequences of such contact using data from a variety of languages and cultures. Potential topics include: language maintenance and shift, ideologies and attitudes regarding bilingualism, and language development and change.

Credit Hours: 3

This course takes a pragmatic approach to learning Japanese and focuses on Japanese "in context." Students will acquire interpretive skills to understand the contextual particularity and nuance of Japanese in context. They are introduced to various pragmatic concepts and constructs, such as speech act, politeness, face negotiation, speech style shifts, and gender, among others.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as WGSS 426 and ANTH 426) This course is designed for students who have had some exposure to gender studies. It will focus on readings in language and gender in the fields of anthropological- and socio-linguistics. Issues to be addressed are the differences between language use by men/boys and women/girls, how these differences are embedded in other cultural practices, and the various methodologies and theories that have been used to study gendered language use.

Credit Hours: 3

Detailed analysis of the structure of particular languages or linguistic structures. May be repeated to a total of six credit hours with consent of department.

Credit Hours: 3

Survey of the field of language planning: definitions and typologies, language problems, language treatment, attitudes and beliefs about language, relations between language planning processes and other kinds of social and economic planning, linguistic innovations and other processes of language change, implementation of language policies. Prerequisite: LING 300 or graduate status or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as PSYC 445) A broad spectrum introduction to psycholinguistics. Topics to be covered include general methodology for the study of psycholinguistics, the nature of language, theories of human communication, language comprehension and production, first and second language acquisition, meaning and thought, natural animal communication systems, and language and the brain.

Credit Hours: 3

A synchronic or diachronic survey of particular language, language family, sub-family, or macro-family. May be repeated for a total of six credit hours with consent of department.

Credit Hours: 3

Provides a broad overview of the field of bilingual education, including related terminology; historical, political, social, theoretical, international, economic, cultural, and legal aspects of bilingual education; and educational program models for serving English language students. Satisfies the CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Requirement.

Credit Hours: 3

Methods and materials for: bilingual content, biliteracy, sheltered and multicultural instruction, and for ELLs with disabilities; techniques for advocacy for ELLs, writing funding proposals, and conducting program reviews and workshops. Includes materials reviews, lesson planning, and micro-teaching.

Credit Hours: 3

This course covers theoretical and practical issues in the assessment, testing, measurement, and evaluation of second and foreign language learners. It covers the history and development of language testing practices; the relationship between assessment, instruction, and course design; principles of good assessment; the sociocultural context surrounding assessment; and traditional and alternative assessment that can be used for all language skills in diverse K-12 and adult learners. Students get hands-on practice critically evaluating assessments, creating their own assessments, and analyzing and interpreting assessment results.

Credit Hours: 3

The TESOL K-12 internship provides students with the opportunity to work with students of diverse linguistic backgrounds in a classroom at a local school. Students will volunteer for a minimum of two hours per week (for one credit hour), up to eight hours per week (for three credit hours). Students wishing to fulfill the 100-clock-hours requirement for an ESL endorsement will need to register for three credit hours (volunteer at least eight hours per week). Students will complete weekly reports and monthly reflections, observe language educators, and design and teach language lessons. Prerequisite: LING 407 or LING 570 with a grade of C or better.

Credit Hours: 1-3

The TESOL international internship provides students with the opportunity to work in an international English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Students will complete weekly reports and monthly reflections, observe language educators, and design and teach language lessons. Students will also be observed and receive feedback from the teaching staff at the international placement institution. Students will leave the course with practical knowledge regarding classroom organization, management, instructional strategies, international education, and language program organization. Prerequisite: LING 407 or LING 570 with a grade of C or better.

Credit Hours: 1-3

(Same as PHIL 502) Discussion of the formal mechanisms used to encode meaning in natural language. Potential topics include: predication, definiteness, quantification, and semantic modeling.

Credit Hours: 3

An examination of phonological theory and application from a cross-linguistic perspective. Data analysis from the perspective of different theories. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Basic concepts and methods of general linguistics. Fundamentals of the nature, structure and functioning of language. Data analysis and problem solving. Introduction to professional standards and resources available for linguistic research. Course satisfies introduction to linguistics requirement.

Credit Hours: 3

Theories and methods in the study of the history and prehistory of languages and language families. The course includes the study of the linguistic and social histories that lead to language change. Prerequisite: LING 505 with a grade of B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

An examination of the major concepts and issues in generative syntax from a cross-linguistic perspective. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

The history of linguistic inquiry from classical times to the present. Prerequisite: one previous course in linguistics or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Detailed discussion of the theories and methods in modern morphological theories. Emphasis is on current work in morphology, its impact on other subareas of linguistics, and application of theory to data, and implications for current work. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

An introduction to current theories of ESL/EFL composition and pedagogical grammar, as well as principles and techniques for teaching composition and grammar in a second language. Course will combine understanding of theory with evaluation of published materials and original development of high-quality teaching materials. Prerequisite: LING 570 or concurrent enrollment with a B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Selected topics in linguistics. May be repeated as topics vary to a total of 6 credit hours per term and 9 credit hours toward the degree. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-6

(Same as PSYC 577) Introduction to key concepts and major theoretical and methodological issues in second language acquisition. Major developments in SLA in phonology, morphology, lexis, syntax, semantics and discourse and provides students with hands-on experience in describing and accounting for second language data. Opportunity to design and implement a data-based SLA study in an area of interest to students. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Research seminar in second language acquisition on selected topics such as universal grammar in SLA, language transfer, variation in SLA, second language learnability, etc. Prerequisite: LING 541 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as PSYC 578) A comprehensive introduction to the study of bilingualism. Course will examine the linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, and educational aspects of bilingualism, particularly as pertaining to the care and education of bilingual children. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 544) Survey of major approaches to the analysis of spoken or written discourse including speech act theory, pragmatics, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, conversation analysis, variation analysis, and critical discourse analysis. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 546, WGSS 546) This course examines the study of language in society with a particular focus on how linguistic practices are part of the construction of gender and sexuality identities, ideologies, social categories and discourses. Anthropological theories applied to the study of language, gender and sexuality will be covered along with a variety of methodological approaches.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 548) This course examines the role of language in education through a critical anthropological lens, examining educational institutions across cultures and times. Topics to be covered include the teaching of literacy, language policies and ideologies in education, the linguistic construction of identities in school settings (including national, ethnic, gender, sexuality, age, religious, and social class identities) and modes of intervention to improve educational endeavors. Ethnographic studies of education in a variety of national, cultural, and linguistic contexts will be covered, as well as other discourse analysis approaches to the study of educational processes and institutions. The course is designed to bring together a wide range of material of interest to graduate students in anthropology, linguistics, education, and other related fields.

Credit Hours: 3

This course examines basic concepts and principles of quantitative and qualitative methods in Linguistics and TESOL. It prepares students to critically read and understand related research as well as design and carry out their own research projects. It includes analyses of research articles, writing literature reviews, making informed decisions about appropriate methodology and data analyses procedures. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Guided advanced research in syntax and semantics. May be taken only once. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 3

Guided advanced research in phonology. May be taken only once each. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 3

Guided advanced research in sociolinguistics. May be taken only once each. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 3

Guided advanced research in selected topics. May be repeated as topics vary. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as ANTH 551) An investigation of language use in context; this incorporates both social and psychological aspects of language use. Topics to be covered in this course include speech acts; implicature; conversation analysis; and the acquisition of communicative competence by both first and second language learners. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Focus on the methods of eliciting and evaluating data to construct a detailed linguistic description of a language or dialect by working with a native speaker or speakers of the language/dialect. Additional discussion on preservation and wider linguist-community responsibility. Prerequisite: LING 505 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Emphasis is on current work in phonology, its impact on phonological theory, and application of theory to data, and implications for current work. Prerequisite: LING 503 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Emphasis is on current work in syntax, its impact on syntactic theory, and application of theory to data, and implications for current work. Prerequisite: LING 508 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Requirement for Illinois ESL/Bilingual Approval. Methods/materials to teach ESL/EFL in the United States (K-adult) and abroad. Promotes eclecticism through reflective practice; overview of methods from early grammar translation to cognitive and communicative, integrated skills, technology, and content-based approaches. Lecture, readings, discussion, demonstration, materials review, lesson planning, micro-teaching.

Credit Hours: 3

This course examines a variety of technologies that can be used to support and enhance second language learning. In addition to building students' practical skills and comfort with a range of technologies, the course encourages critical thinking about if/when to use technologies in the classroom and how to best integrate them.

Credit Hours: 3

Selected topics in special areas of teaching English to speakers of other languages. May be repeated as topics vary. Prerequisite: LING 570 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-6

A review of issues and procedures in the design and implementation of courses for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Particular attention is given to recent developments such as content-based instruction. All major course components such as setting of objectives, syllabus design, content specification, and evaluation are considered. In addition, resources available for addressing these issues will be discussed. Prerequisite: LING 570 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Class observation and supervised teaching of English to speakers of other languages; meets concurrently with Linguistics 454: Observation and Practice in TESOL and Linguistics 100: Instruction in ESL. Prerequisite: LING 570 or consent of department.

Credit Hours: 3

Course will focus on the advanced study of grammatical features in English and their applicability to the writing and composing process of ESL/EFL writers. Additionally, stylistic and rhetorical factors, including cross-cultural rhetoric, will be considered, with the focus guided by student and instructor interests. Course will include reading the primary research literature, student development of a research project, and implications for supporting second language writers. Prerequisite: LING 431 or LING 531 with a B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

An introduction to current theories, principles, and techniques for teaching second language listening and speaking skills. Students will gain practical experience in developing meaningful listening and speaking activities/materials. Prerequisite: LING 570 or permission of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

A course designed to familiarize students with key components of English language courses designed for speakers of other languages with specific needs or in well-defined settings. Case studies and sample courses are reviewed and students develop individual projects related to a content area or course component of their choice, e.g., needs assessment, syllabus design, materials development, or teacher training. Prerequisite: LING 570 or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

An introduction to current theories of reading and vocabulary learning, as well as principles and techniques for teaching reading and vocabulary in a second language. Course will combine understanding of theory with evaluation of published materials and original development of high-quality teaching materials. Not open to those who have taken LING 487. Prerequisite: LING 570 with a B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

This course explores the various ways in which culture informs and interacts with teaching and learning in the additional language classroom. Materials and assignments are designed to advance students' understanding of theory, practice, and research in the wider field of intercultural communication with a focus on how such knowledge can be applied to pedagogical practices in language teaching. Considerations will include the effects of cultural identities and cross-cultural experiences on language, perception, and world view and how these factors inform the larger language learning experience. Current and future teachers will be equipped with the tools to develop their individual intercultural competence and to foster intercultural awareness in their own classrooms.

Credit Hours: 3

Course will focus on the advanced study of reading processes and lexical knowledge in first, second and additional languages. All levels of reading skills and lexical knowledge, from letter recognition to discourse processing, will be considered, with the focus guided by student and instructor interests. Course will include reading the primary research literature, student development of a research project, and implications for supporting second language readers. Prerequisite: LING 487 or LING 587 with a B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Course will focus on aspects of second language acquisition specific to second language phonology along with attention to the phonology of English. Course will be research focused with extensive reading in L2 pronunciation topics and student development of a research project. Prerequisite: LING 485 or LING 585 with a B or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

(Same as LCIS 592) This hands-on course builds on LING 573 (Introduction to Computer-Assisted Language Learning) and covers language learning in virtual worlds, creating a presence on the Web, course management systems, developing apps for mobile devices, making instructional videos as well as hypermedia learning units. New developments in CALL are introduced as the state of the art progresses. Prerequisite: LING 573 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Individual research under graduate faculty guidance. Special approval needed from the instructor.

Credit Hours: 1-4

Individual readings in linguistics under graduate faculty guidance. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 1-8

Minimum of three hours to be counted toward a Master's degree. Special approval needed from the department.

Credit Hours: 1-6

For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.

Credit Hours: 1