Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
1) Students will apply standard tests used in the analysis of the syntactic patterns in specific languages and relate the results of those tests to formal models of syntactic structure.
2) Students will apply principles from phonetics to produce, transcribe, and analyze the sounds of the world’s languages; and to describe the phonetic systems of specific languages. Students will describe and analyze ways in which different sounds can be classified in terms of their articulation, aerodynamics, and acoustics.
3) Students will apply principles of phonological theory across different domains (e.g., segmental structure, syllable structure, or morphophonology) to the analysis of phonological patterns in specific languages and to use phonological data from specific languages to support different theoretical claims about the nature of phonological systems.
4) Students will apply different principles of lexical semantic theory to the analysis of lexical semantic patterns in specific languages and relate the results of those tests to theoretical models of semantic patterns.
5) Students will demonstrate their mastery of basic concepts of linguistic theory and analysis either through the successful completion of a series of exams covering different core subfields of linguistics or through the successful completion of a linguistics research project that they design in consultation with a faculty advisor. Through this work, they will show their mastery of key learning outcomes associated with three different 500-level courses offered through the department or their ability to undertake a substantial independent research project applying key concepts and analytical methods from at least one major subfield of linguistics.
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