Survey of the linguistic properties associated with aphasia, autism, Williams Syndrome dyslexia, and schizophrenia. Emphasis on the implications of these conditions for theories of mind. Prerequisite, Linguistics 150 or permission of the instructor. Prerequisites, Linguistics 30 or 100 or permission of the instructor. This course explores the phonological and morphological structure of selected Amerindian languages indigenous to the Americas.
Emphasis is on the linguistic analysis of original as well as published primary data.
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Introductory linguistic description of modern Mandarin Chinese. Knowledge of Chinese not assumed. For students of linguistics with no knowledge of Chinese and students of Chinese with no knowledge of linguistics. Examines language as a political issue in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.