LING 127
Syntactic Typology and Universals
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 20. Study of essential similarities and differences among languages in grammatical devices they use to signal the following kinds of concepts: relations between nouns and verbs (case and word order), negation, comparison, existence/location/possession, causation, interrogation, reflexivization, relativization, attribution (adjectives), time (tense and aspect), and backgrounding (subordination). Data from a range of languages presented and analyzed. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2019 - This class was disorganized, but thankfully you don't need to know everything about every language to do well in class. The class revolves around a final project of interviewing a native speaker and analyzing their sentences. This is more work than it is presented, and the amount of time you're expected to commit will increase with every time the project is explained to you. The midterm was the exact same as one of the weekly homeworks, and the final was easy as well. You will need to show up to class because pop quizzes can be given any day at any time in class.
Winter 2019 - This class was disorganized, but thankfully you don't need to know everything about every language to do well in class. The class revolves around a final project of interviewing a native speaker and analyzing their sentences. This is more work than it is presented, and the amount of time you're expected to commit will increase with every time the project is explained to you. The midterm was the exact same as one of the weekly homeworks, and the final was easy as well. You will need to show up to class because pop quizzes can be given any day at any time in class.
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Spring 2022 - I enjoyed taking this class with Professor Silvestri, who is a very kind and approachable professor! The homeworks and exams felt very fair, and discussion sections helped a lot in practicing and reviewing the material. I would recommend knowing or at least being familiar with a second language when taking this class as the entire course is about comparing languages, but it's by no means a requirement.
Spring 2022 - I enjoyed taking this class with Professor Silvestri, who is a very kind and approachable professor! The homeworks and exams felt very fair, and discussion sections helped a lot in practicing and reviewing the material. I would recommend knowing or at least being familiar with a second language when taking this class as the entire course is about comparing languages, but it's by no means a requirement.
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