College Bulletin 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LATN 019. Roman Imperial Literature This is an intermediate Latin course that will focus on reading a few key texts in order to give us insight into everyday life and social history in imperial Rome. The primary aim of the class is to improve students’ skills of reading Latin. A secondary goal is to examine the lives of various social groups in imperial Rome, including slaves, recently freed men and women, and freeborn citizens. We will consider their attitudes on a number of issues still relevant today, including gender, grief, slavery, education, administration, love, justice and morality. The principal Latin texts will be Petronius’ Satyrica, the letters of Pliny the Younger, and seleted documents such as inscriptions and papyri. Students with no previous Latin courses at the college level should consult the instructor before enrolling.
LATN 019 may be taken with an attachment LATN 019A as an honors preparation with permission of the instructor. Humanities. 1 credit. Spring 2024. Lefkowitz. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics
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LATN 030. Advanced Survey of Latin Poetry The poems in this course will be chosen in consultation with participants. Depending on interest, texts to be read in Latin may include Catullus, “The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis” and “The Lock of Berenice”; Lucretius; Vergil, Eclogues or Georgics; Ovid, esp. Ars Amatoria; the Pervigilum Veneris; selections from the Anthologia Latina; selections from the Carmina Burana or other medieval texts. Students will read modern critical scholarship and write a number of critical essays. Students interested in this course should contact the instructor, preferably before the start of classes. This course is intended for students who have completed Intensive First Year Latin (Latin 001-002) or the equivalent in summer programs or high school.
Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for CPLT. Fall 2023. Turpin. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics
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Linguistics |
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LING 003. First-Year Seminar: Multilingualism and Language Contact · Are bilingual people more creative?
· If you use more than one language at the same time, does it mean you are not fluent in those languages?
· What’s the difference between bilingualism and multilingualism?
Come explore these questions and other myths about multilingualism, from a linguistic point of view, to gain an understanding of what it means to be multilingual at the individual, community and societal level. You will also get a chance to edit Wikipedia pages as part of the Wikipedia Student Program and learn about multilingualism in various regions: Latin America, Canada, the United States etc.
Social Science 1 credit. Eligible for GSST, LALS. Fall 2022. Fuller Medina. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics
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LING 022. Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (Cross-listed as JPNS 022 ) This course introduces various aspects of Japanese linguistics, such as Japanese phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics. Through obtaining theoretical insights on the structural organization of the Japanese language and examining linguistic data, the course aims to broaden students’ knowledge of the structural aspects of the language and to cultivate their ability to analyze linguistic facets of Japanese communicative culture.
In class, we will go over the main concepts and data analyses from weekly readings and discuss relevant data, questions, and counter-examples, while going over study questions and exercises. Students are encouraged to share their own experiences and compare the Japanese linguistic structures and communicative practices with those of English and other languages.
Students who take this class will develop their understanding of the differing layers of the Japanese language by solving concrete linguistic problems, enhance their ability to learn new grammatical structures in the Japanese language by analyzing them linguistically, and receive guidance in producing an objective linguistic analysis of a facet of the Japanese language.
Readings and discussion will be in English. Prerequisite: Completion of JPNS 001 or permission of the instructor. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: https://swarthmore.edu/linguistics
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LING 040. Semantics (Cross-listed as PHIL 040 ) In this course, we look at a variety of ways to represent meaning in language, including via logic “languages” such as propositional logic, set theory, predicate logic, and lambda calculus. We address truth-functional semantics, lexical semantics, speech act theory, and pragmatics, among many other topics. We additionally discuss applications of these theories, such as the implications of pragmatics in legal situations and in communications with AI.
This course counts for distribution in humanities under the philosophy rubric and in social sciences under the linguistics rubric. Social sciences. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for COGS Fall 2022. O’Leary. Spring 2023. O’Leary. Fall 2023. O’Leary. Spring 2024. Staff. Fall 2024. Staff. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics
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LING 047. Evolution of Language and Culture The study of language and culture from an evolutionary perspective. We will think about how linguistic and cultural traits evolve, and how changes can be “undone” with to reconstruct the past. This course applies computational methods originally developed for evolutionary biology to language and culture.
No programming experience required. No formal prequisite, but at least one of the following is recommended: LING 001 , ANTH 001 , LING 052 , BIOL 034 , or an interest in quantitative and computational methods. Social Sciences. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: Linguistics
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LING 066. Structure of Thai
Thai is the national language of Thailand, and a language in the Kra-Dai language family. In this course we will embark on a deep dive into the linguistic study of Thai, including components of its phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics. Topics of special focus may include (but are not limited to) its intricate system of pronominal reference, how Thai came to be a tonal language, and how the Thai writing system acts as a kind of ‘fossil record’ for studying its history. We will compare aspects of Thai to related languages in its family, such as Lao, Shan, Tai Khamti, and more. We will also zoom out to mainland Southeast Asia as a linguistic convergence area, the geographic and cultural crossroads within which Thai has both influenced and been influenced by many neighboring languages and cultures.
The aim of the course is to expand the skills you have gained in other linguistics courses by applying them to all parts of the Thai language. You will have some freedom to explore the areas of the language that most interest you. You will also have the chance to interact with Thai speakers as you build your skills of linguistic analysis and reasoning, and as we get up to our elbows in both primary data and the existing linguistics literature about Thai. Prerequisite: Any two of LING 001, LING 025, LING 040, LING 043, LING 045, LING 050, or permission of the instructor. Social sciences. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA. Fall 2022. Dockum. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics
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LING 068. Structure of Kyrgyz Kyrgyz is a Turkic language which is spoken throughout the Tien-Shan mountains and surrounding areas of Central Asia and has been influenced by Mongolian, Persian, Arabic, and Russian.
Students will examine all main areas of Kyrgyz grammar, with a focus on the major phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of the language. Some of the topics we’ll look at in depth include vowel harmony, sonority effects across syllable boundaries, morphological and syntactic strategies for using one part of speech as another, and intricate systems for marking tense, aspect, mood, voice, and evidentiality. We’ll also talk about historical and contemporary social and cultural topics of relevance to Kyrgyz, including the postcolonial context in Central Asia.
Assignments and class activities will involve hands-on exploration of primary and secondary printed and digital materials and interaction with Kyrgyz speakers, with the aim of building students’ skills in linguistic analysis and reasoning, as well as their understanding of the range of perspectives involved in linguistic study of a language and the community it’s used in. There will also be opportunities to explore other modern and historical Turkic languages. Prerequisite: Any two of LING 001, LING 045, LING 050, LING 052, or permission of the instructor. Social sciences. 1 credit. Eligible for ESCH, ASIA. Spring 2023. Washington. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics
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Linguistics - Seminars |
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LING 004B. First-Year Seminar: Internet Linguistics Despite claims to the contrary, it seems that the internet has not destroyed English. But how has the internet changed language use, and the study of linguistics? This course will be an exploration of the various forms that language takes online and other digital formats, such as texting. We will explore questions such as: Why do my parents insist on texting in full paragraphs? Is the internet good or bad for the future of indigenous and minority languages?
Is there a difference in meaning between :), :-), ^_^,? What are the differences and similarities between face-to-face and online communication? We will look at a range of sources and methods for investigating language use online, and use some of these methods in our own investigations of internet language. Social sciences. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Linguistics Department website: Linguistics
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