Special Topics in Linguistics Credit Hours: 3-9 hours. Repeatable for a maximum of 9 hours. Experimental Methods An introduction to experimental methods to linguistics, including discussion of experimental design, and stimulus creation. Methods covered include informal vs. formal acceptability judgments (‘experimental syntax’), psycholinguistic methods (categorization tasks, lexical decision, self-paced reading, eye-tracking), and neurolinguistic techniques (neuroimaging basics; event-related designs; encoding/decoding analyses; RSA). Students will develop and run an in-class behavioral experiment in small groups. This will include formulating hypotheses, designing stimuli, running participants, and analyzing and reporting results. NOTES: A new course number for this class (LING 4410) is currently pending. If approved in time, this dedicated course number will be substituted for LING 4940. For Fall 2023, this course can be used to satisfy either the Area I or Area II requirement for the Linguistics major. CRN 57082 MWF 10:20-11:10 Prerequisites: LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250 Semester Offered: Spring Level: Graduate Undergraduate
