GERMAN 264Topics in Communicative, Cognitive, and Functional Approaches to Linguistic Analysis
German · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Readings, discussion, analyses, and validation procedures within sign-based linguistics, cognitive grammar, and discourse-functional approaches to language. Consideration of impact of grammaticalization theory on various nonformal approaches to synchronic linguistics. Discussion of work by Contini-Morava, Diver, Garcia, Goldberg, Janssen, Lakoff, Langacker, and Verhagen, as well as Bybee, Traugott, Hopper, and others.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course C142 or C238.
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GERMAN 264
- GERMAN C142Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description
- GERMAN 140Language and Linguistics
- LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
- GERMAN C238Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.