Robert Englebretson

A hands-on, data-oriented approach to how different languages construct words and sentences. Students will develop skills in linguistic problem solving and the foundations for pursuing grammatical description. Topics: word classes, morphology, tense-aspect-modality, clause structure, word order, grammatical relations, existentials/possessives/locatives, voice/valence, questions, negation, relative clauses, complements, causatives. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for LING 300 if student has credit for LING 500.

This course introduces students to the perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, and social underpinnings of braille. It provides a brief introduction to the field of Disability Studies and the history and social construction of disability, with a focus on blindness and visual impairment. It explores the place of braille literacy in the reading sciences, and the role of the reading sciences in braille pedagogy and development. The course is conducted as a seminar, focusing on discussion and analysis of source readings, videos, and hands-on experience with braille.

Repeatable for Credit.

Repeatable for Credit.

Independent directed research toward preparation of an undergraduate honors project or thesis. Repeatable for Credit.