Spring 2008
Linguistics 114 - Introduction to General Linguistics (Spring) 4 credits Scientific description of the language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Contributions of various schools: traditional, descriptive, and generative-transformational grammars. Survey of the subdisciplines psycho- and sociolinguistics. For those who have a general interest in language and those who need some acquaintance with linguistics for their studies in other fields. VAN AUKEN
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH), Room 120
Newell Ann Van Auken
vanauken@grinnell.edu
English 230 - English Historical Linguistics* (Spring) 4 credits+Study of the history of the English language through examination of phonological, grammatical, and semantic changes in the language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English with attention to "external" history. Prerequisite: second-year standing or permission of instructor. DOBBS.
Tuesday, Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH), Room 224
Elizabeth Dobbs
dobbs@grinnell.edu
Sociology 248 - Self and Society* (Spring) 4 creditsThe study of human social interaction. Focuses on how people interact in small groups, change their beliefs, interpret behavior, develop a sense of identity, and construct their social worlds. Attention to the social psychology of collective behavior and of everyday life. Prerequisites: Sociology 111 or permission of instructor. HUNTER
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.ARH 325
Chris Hunter
hunter@grinnell.edu
Philosophy 256 - Philosophy of Language and Cognition (Spring) 4 credits+ A survey of the major issues in contemporary philosophy of language as well as an examination of the major assumptions of empirical theories of language and cognition. Readings include works by Frege, Russell, Carnap, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Putnam, Quine, Davidson, and Chomsky. Topics include theories of meaning, the nature of reference, and the cognitivist approach to mind and language. Prerequisite: Philosophy 102 or 111 or Linguistics 114, or permission of instructor.
Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.Steiner Hall, Room 305
Staff
Anthropology 260 - Language, Culture, and Society* 4 credits+ Language in its sociocultural context. Cultural behavior as communication. Language in relation to cultural systems of cognition, values, and symbols. Prerequisite: Anthropology 104, or Linguistics 114, or permission of instructor. FRENCH.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3:15 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.Goodnow Hall, Room 105
Brigittine French
frenchb@grinnell.edu
Psychology 260 - Cognitive Psychology (Spring) 4 credits+ A survey of the experimental research on human thinking, knowing, and remembering. Topics include attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and language. Laboratory work is required. Prerequisite: Psychology 113 and Mathematics/Social Studies 115 or Mathematics 209. GIBSON
Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.Noyce Science Center, Room 1302
Janet Gibson
gibsonj@grinnell.edu
Wednesday 1:15 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.Noyce Science Center, Room 1515(lab)
*Not offered every year.
