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the study of what languages are and how they operate. Exercises in the analysis of fragments from various languages supplement the theoretical lectures and readings. M.J. Connolly SL 322 The Structure of Modern Russian (Fall: 3) Prerequisite: Previous experience with an inflected language. Offered Biennially A systematic review coverage of the phonology and grammar of Contemporary Standard Russian with attention to specific topics in the linguistic analysis of the language, especially phonological structure, accentuation, and morphological patterning. Open to upper-division students requiring a very intensive introduction to Russian, as well as to students in Linguistics or Slavic looking to see what makes the language tick. M.J. Connolly SL 323 The Linguistic Structure of English (Fall: 3) Cross Listed with EN 121 Offered Biennially An analysis of the major features of contemporary English with some reference to earlier versions of the language: sound system, grammar, structure and meanings of words, and properties of discourse. Mariela Dakova SL 324 The History and Structure of Latin (Fall: 3) Prerequisite: Prior study of Latin Cross Listed with CL 286 Offered Periodically An introduction to the phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures and history of Latin from the earliest inscriptions through the classical and medieval periods up to neo-Latin. M.J. Connolly SL 327 Sanskrit (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Familiarity with an inflected language highly recommended Cross Listed with CL 332 The grammar of the classical language of India, supplemented through reading selections from the classical literature and an introductory study of comparative Indo-Iranian linguistics. M.J. Connolly SL 362 Language in Society (Fall: 3) Cross Listed with EN 122, SC 362 Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically This course provides an introduction to the study of language in its social context: varieties of language associated with social class, ethnicity, locale, and age; bilingualism; pidgin and Creole languages; proposals about the relationship of language, thought, and culture; and the structure and role of discourse in different cultures. Sociolinguistic issues of contemporary interest, including language and gender, language planning, and language and public policy will be studied. The Department SL 367 Language and Language Types (Spring: 3) Prerequisites: SL 311/EN527 and at least one other course in Linguistics recommended Cross Listed with EN 127 Researches the diversity of natural languages and the limits of that diversity. How are human languages similar, and how are they different? What factors control the attested range of cross-linguistic variation? Focus is on morphological and syntactic data, with some discussion of the genetic (historical) relationships among the worlds languages, and of methodological problems facing modern linguistic typologies. Gregory Garretson SL 375 Jewish Writers in Russia and America (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with EN 175 Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement All readings and classes conducted in English The experience of Jewish writers living in Russia and America from the 1880s until the present, examined through prose, poetry, drama, and memoirs written in English or translated into English from Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. The responses of Jewish writers to Zionism, the Russian Revolution, and the Holocaust with attention to anti-Semitism, emigration, limits of assimilation, and the future of Jews in Russia and America. The works of authors such as An-sky, Babel, Bagritskii, Bellow, Bialik, Erenburg, Malamud, Arthur Miller, Ozick, Philip Roth, Sholom Aleikhem, and Ulitskaia. Maxim D. Shrayer SL 378 Second Language Acquisition (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with RL 495 An introduction to what it means to learn, and know, a second or foreign language. The course focuses on research carried out since the development of the interlanguage hypothesis : the role of the learners native language, Krashens Monitor Model; application of Greenbergian language universals in the analysis of learner language; generative grammar-based proposals; debate about the role of input and interaction; research on the social and psychological factors that bear on second language learning. Emphasis is on the acquisition of second-language morphology, grammar, and vocabulary by adults, with some treatment of child language acquisition. The Department Graduate Course Offerings SL 575 Seminar: Nabokov (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with EN 775 All readings are in English. The bilingual and bicultural achievement of Vladimir Nabokov. A polemical examination of Nabokov writings, with particular attention to connections among his aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics and to issues of gender, sexuality, authorship, and exile. Readings include selected Russian and English novels and short stories, as well as poetic, autobiographic and discursive works. Maxim D. Shrayer Sociology Faculty Severyn T. Bruyn, Professor Emeritus; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois John D. Donovan, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Harvard University Charles Derber, Professor; A.B., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago Lisa Dodson, Research Professor; B.A., M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Brandeis University William A. Gamson, Professor; A.B., Antioch College; A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan 240 The Boston College Catalog 2005-2006 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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