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Kant Seminar: The Three Critiques — PHI4266.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Paul Voice
Credits: 4
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) describes his own work in metaphysics by analogy with Copernicus’s revolution in astronomy. He constructs a system of thought that attempts to move beyond the empiricism of Hume and the rationalism of Leibniz and Wolff. His method - critique - and his theory - transcendental idealism - have profoundly influenced all subsequent philosophy. In three
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Kant Seminar: The Three Critiques — PHI4266.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Paul Voice
Credits: 4
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) describes his own work in metaphysics by analogy with Copernicus’s revolution in astronomy. He constructs a system of thought that attempts to move beyond the empiricism of Hume and the rationalism of Leibniz and Wolff. His method - critique - and his theory - transcendental idealism - have profoundly influenced all subsequent philosophy. In three
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Knowing the self and the other: Critical explorations of psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic case studies — PSY2121.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course serves as an introduction to psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic theory and practice. We will focus on clinical case studies and associated theoretical literature, tracing from psychoanalytic foundations to contemporary evidenced-based models. The course prioritizes engagement with original sources, including case studies, provider and client reflections, and
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Language Across Time and Space — LIN4114.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Alexia Fawcett
Credits: 4
This course explores the dynamic processes of language change: how languages evolve over time and influence each other when its users come into contact. Students will examine the mechanisms of phonetic, morphological, and syntactic change, along with phenomena such as grammaticalization and semantic shifts. Special attention will be given to the effects of language contact,
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Language and Culture in the Pacific — LIN2108.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Leah Pappas
Credits: 4
There are approximately 2,000 languages spoken on the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and they tell us a story of impressive migrations, millennia of contact, and island resilience. We will explore this story by discussing the two primary language groups in the Pacific: the Austronesian language family and the non-Austronesian languages of New Guinea. Tracing two
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Language and Society in Vermont and its Neighbors — LIN4102.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
The purpose of this course is twofold: first, to immerse students in the rich linguistic setting of Vermont and its immediate neighbors, and, second, to introduce them to the basic methodologies of field research in sociolinguistics and related disciplines. Thematically, the course will consider language diversity at three different scales. We will begin by examining the
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Language and Space — LIN4113.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
The physical space around us may seem to be universal, but differences in how people interact with/in their environment (e.g. via settlement patterns, architecture, or agriculture) have long been topics of scholarly inquiry. This course continues this legacy by studying how humans perceive, conceptualize, and describe spatial relationships and their surrounds through the
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language as System and Social Behavior — LIN2101.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this course, students will examine the building blocks which make up the interlocking systems of language and observe how those systems are enacted and granted layers of meaning through social practice. Beyond developing an understanding of the basic mechanics of sound systems, word-meaning relations, and the expression of grammatical values in languages of the world, we
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Language at the Margins — LIN2111.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Alexia Fawcett
Credits: 4
Do emoji count as language? What about birdsong? How about the gestures of people and other primates? Can we consider ‘boom’ and ‘pow’ words of the English language? This course investigates forms of communication often considered peripheral to the linguistic system, focusing on how meaning is created and shared through “marginal” language practices. We will analyze how systems
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Language Contact and Shift — LIN2107.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Leah Pappas
Credits: 4
Languages shift and change over time, and while much of this is due to new innovations by speakers, languages can also change due to contact with other languages. Throughout the course, we will examine various situations of contact and how the sociocultural factors shape the languages. We will examine English’s own history of contact, particularly with the French language, and
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Language Documentation and Description — LIN4111.01) (cancelled 10/9/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Leah Pappas
Credits: 4
This course is designed to equip students with the basic methodologies necessary to carry out linguistic fieldwork on un(der)documented languages. Students will be trained in the skills and tools of language documentation and description by working with a speaker of a language previously unknown to them. Students will learn techniques of data collection, elicitation, management
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Language Documentation and Description — LIN4109.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Leah Pappas
Credits: 4
In this course, we will learn about the current language endangerment crisis and methods that can be implemented to mitigate it. The course will be both theoretical and practical, starting with a discussion of the reasons for the loss of linguistic diversity around the world and what linguists are doing as a response. Students will concurrently learn language documentation
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Language Evolution, Extinction and Survival — LIN2102.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
In this class, we will explore the life cycles of human languages: their genesis, their continual change, how they give rise to descendants and how they, in many cases, come to disappear. The 21st century represents a watershed moment in the history of the world’s language population, as expert estimates predict that anywhere from 40-80% of its 7,000+ languages may cease to be
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Language in Greater Vermont: Diversity and Relationships — LIN4102.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
In this course, students will utilize primary and secondary sources to explore language and language use in Vermont and surrounding regions.  Our exploration will span from the pre-Columbian era till present, and address the diversity and inter-relationships of the languages and language varieties utilized in and around Bennington, and how these link to broader phenomena
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Language in the Mediterranean: Integration, Fragmentation and Movement — LIN4103.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
The Mediterranean represents a critical site of interaction between speakers of three of the world’s largest language families; nevertheless, linguists typically treat this contact and cross-pollination as an incidental, even distorting product of the families’ southern/northern/western peripheries, rather than as constituting a dynamic center of gravity for linguistic and
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Language typology: Patterns and universals in language — LIN4110.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Leah Pappas
Credits: 4
Linguistic typology refers to the classification of languages based on their features. In this course, we’ll conduct a cross-linguistic examination of various concepts pertaining to the sounds, grammar, and meanings of words and phrases. We’ll further consider possible language universals—features that may belong to all languages. Through this focus on linguistic code, we’ll
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Language, Culture, and Society — LIN2112.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Alexia Fawcett
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This course examines the complex relationship between language, culture, and society through an interdisciplinary lens, incorporating perspectives from linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. Students will explore how linguistic practices both reflect and shape identities, power dynamics, cultural norms, and worldviews as we cover

Linguistics Sociolinguistics Anthropology

Language, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa — LIN4101.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
This course addresses the ways in which language defines and projects power and identity, as well as its role as a societal force with the capacity to embrace or marginalize individuals and entire communities. The course will consider what language is in these contexts as well as public and official conceptions of what it ought to be, and will utilize a combination of primary
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Language, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa — LIN4101.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Credits: 4
This course addresses the ways in which language defines and projects power and identity, as well as its role as a societal force with the capacity to embrace or marginalize individuals and entire communities. The course will consider what language is in these contexts as well as public and official conceptions of what it ought to be, and will utilize a combination of primary
Languages Society Culture and Thought