Specialization spring 2019: Super Linguistics: an Introduction

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of what we may call 'super linguistics' (using the term ‘super’ in its original latinate meaning ‘beyond’, as in ‘supersonic’), which we define as the application of formal linguistic methodology and methodology inspired by formal linguistics (especially from the perspective of syntax and semantics) to diverse non-standard objects. In this course we will examine such methodology as applied to to gestures, dance and animal calls.