LING 441: Field Methods

Linguistics · 5 credits

Development of skills in linguistic fieldwork, including eliciting, recording, transcribing and analyzing data by working with a native speaker of a language unfamiliar to the students. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 10 credits, including original course.

Offered in 4 of the 26 listed terms (Spring 2023 to Winter 2026).

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Prerequisites

LING 311 and LING 321 and (LING 411 or LING 421 or LING 431)

Prerequisite tree

Each course's own prerequisites, down to the first courses in the chain.

LING 311 Phonetics
requires LING 305 or LING 310
- LING 305 Experimental Methods in Language Sciences
  requires LING 201 or HNRS 217 or ANTH 247
  - LING 201 Introduction to Language and Linguistics
  - HNRS 217 Colloquium in Linguistics
  - ANTH 247 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
- LING 310 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
  requires ANTH 247 or LING 201 or HNRS 217
  - ANTH 247 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (shown above)
  - LING 201 Introduction to Language and Linguistics (shown above)
  - HNRS 217 Colloquium in Linguistics (shown above)
LING 321 Syntax
requires LING 310
- LING 310 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (shown above)
LING 411 Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
requires LING 311 and (LING 204 or LING 207 or ANTH 347)
- LING 311 Phonetics (shown above)
- LING 204 Language and Society
- LING 207 Language and Brain
- ANTH 347 The Ethnography of Communication
  requires ANTH 247
  - ANTH 247 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (shown above)
LING 421 Topics in Morphology and Syntax
requires LING 321 and (LING 204 or LING 207 or ANTH 347)
- LING 321 Syntax (shown above)
- LING 204 Language and Society (shown above)
- LING 207 Language and Brain (shown above)
- ANTH 347 The Ethnography of Communication (shown above)
LING 431 Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
requires LING 331 and (LING 204 or LING 207 or ANTH 347)
- LING 331 Semantics and Pragmatics
  requires LING 310
  - LING 310 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (shown above)
- LING 204 Language and Society (shown above)
- LING 207 Language and Brain (shown above)
- ANTH 347 The Ethnography of Communication (shown above)

From Banner's catalog for Spring 2027. Banner lists only the requisites it enforces, so check the catalog entry too.

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Instructors

Instructor	Sections	Terms
Dawson, Virginia	3	Spring 2023 to Winter 2025
O'Leary, Maura	1	Winter 2026

Every offering in the listed terms (4 sections)

Term	CRN	Type	Meets	Instructor	Enrolled	Delivery
Winter 2026	12605	Seminar	TR 2:00pm-3:50pm · BH 403	O'Leary, Maura	12/15	Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2025	13386	Seminar	TR 10:00am-11:50am · BH 403	Dawson, Virginia	5/15	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2024	22872	Seminar	TR 2:00pm-3:50pm · BH 108	Dawson, Virginia	14/15	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2023	23380	Seminar	TR 12:00pm-1:50pm · MH 105	Dawson, Virginia	15/15	Face to Face Instruction