Topics in the Syntax-Semantics Interface

In this course, students construct their own language, one that is compatible with what is known about possible human languages. To this end, the course investigates language typology through lectures and examination of grammars of unfamiliar languages. Topics include language universals, points of choice in a fixed decision space, and dependencies among choices.

An introduction to language acquisition in children and the development of related cognitive and perceptual systems. Topics include the nature of speech perception and the specialization to the native language; the structure and acquisition of words; children's phonology; the development of grammar; bilingualism and second language acquisition; language learning impairments; the biological basis of language acquisition; the role in language learning in language change. Intended for any undergraduate interested in the psychology and development of language.

This course is an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. It assumes no prior knowledge, but students who can begin to acquire a reading knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet before class starts will find it extremely helpful. The course is the 1st of a 4-semester sequence whose purpose is to prepare students to take courses in Bible that demand a familiarity with the original language of the text.

This course is an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. It assumes no prior knowledge, but students who can begin to acquire a reading knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet before class starts will find it extremely helpful. The course is the 1st of a 4-semester sequence whose purpose is to prepare students to take courses in Bible that demand a familiarity with the original language of the text.

This course is an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. It assumes no prior knowledge, but students who can begin to acquire a reading knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet before class starts will find it extremely helpful. The course is the 1st of a 4-semester sequence whose purpose is to prepare students to take courses in Bible that demand a familiarity with the original language of the text.

As the Civil War came to an end a concerted campaign formed to re-imagine and revise the origins and reasons for the war. Within just a couple of decades, former enslavers, their sympathizers, everyday southerners, and many northerners had joined forces to rewrite history. All the while, formerly enslaved people and new generations of free Black people pushed back against the rising tide of collective, and voluntary, historical amnesia in the country. From 1865 to the present day, Americans have continued to wage battles in the Civil War. This course examines American history through a variety of mediums, including newspapers, textbooks, court cases, movies, monuments, and holidays to understand for formation of historical memory. We will examine the national memory of slavery and the Civil War, what they did, could, and would mean, and how this process has been integral to creating an American historical and national identity.