Courses in Romance Linguistics (Division 460) Rom. Ling. 300. Introduction to the Romance Languages. French, Spanish, or Italian: five terms at college level or equivalent. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl). An introduction to the concepts and principles of linguistic analysis and application of these principles to the study of the Romance Languages and their development from Latin. Rom. Ling. 410/Spanish 410. Spanish Phonetics and Phonology. Spanish 275 and 276. Spanish 405 is strongly recommended. (3). (Excl). Offers a solid theoretical foundation in Spanish phonetics and phonology, including articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, phonological theory, distinctive feature analysis, practice in transcription, contrastive analysis of English and Spanish, the consonantal system and its process, syllable, linguistic atlases, metrics, origins. Rom. Ling. 413/Spanish 413/EducationD 455. Teaching Spanish/Applications of Linguistics. Spanish 275 and 276. (3). (Excl). Principles of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic analyses applied to the teaching of Spanish. Rom. Ling. 414/Spanish 414. Background of Modern Spanish. Spanish 275 and 276, and three additional 300-level courses. (3). (Excl). A general history of the Spanish language based on the political and cultural history of Spain and Spanish America. The history of the sounds and forms, word borrowings, and changes in meaning. Rom. Ling. 450. Independent Study. Permission of department. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit. Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. Rom. Ling. 456/French 438/EducationD 456. Topics in Learning and Teaching French. French 232, and 2 courses numbered between French 250 and 299. (3). (Excl). Study of theories of language acquisition, teaching methods, and practical applications to the learning and teaching of language, literature, and culture. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index | Department Homepage Queried: 6:01 PM EST on Thu, May 4, 2000 This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.