Language Studies

LANG-205 Foreign Language Diction
Designed to prepare students interested in vocal performance, news reportage, and foreign affairs to pronounce words and phrases in French, German, Spanish, and Italian. The study encompasses diction, intonation, and other pronunciation factors.

LANG-340 Medieval Studies
Study of medieval life, thought, and culture as expressed in the literature of France, Spain, and Germany and reflected in art, music, and religion from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The course is conducted by the Language Department with assistance from other departments. The course is taught in English and is open to non-language majors. Foreign language majors and minors read works in the original language.

LANG-360 Cultural Linguistics
Beginning with a survey of linguistics, the course follows with a series of directed investigations into various aspects of the pivotal relationship between human languages and human cultures, and examines several aspects of how one's language use reflects one's culture as well as the cultures of other societies. (Cross-listed as ANTH-360.)

LANG-400 Modern Language Community Service
Community service in a targeted language (French, German, or Spanish).

Bust of L'Abbé Prévost, a writer from the 18th century from Hesdin, France.