Selected research topics in communication sciences will be presented. Credit 3 units. This graduate-level survey course treats basic topics in the philosophy of language, as this discipline is understood in the analytic tradition. Meaning, reference, and truth are focal themes. We shall explore these topics by working directly on selected writings of such philosophers as Austin, Burge, Davidson, Donnellan, Frege, Grice, Kaplan, Kripke, Quine, Mill, Putnam, Russell, Salmon, Searle, Strawson, Tarski, and Wittgenstein.
Emphasis is on class discussion, critical reading and effective expository techniques.
Credit 3 units. Basic physiologic and acoustic phonetics, including systems of orthography. Credit 3 units. This is a survey course covering the description of language development in typical and atypical circumstances. Discussion will focus on the child's development in the areas of phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, and metalinguistics.