May 30, 2026  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

COGS 6560 - Cross-linguistic Perspectives


This course will explore the different strategies used by different languages to fulfill the same needs of human communication. A sampling of topics: quickly learning the basics of a new language using linguistic principles; cross-linguistic knowledge elicitation and engineering; principles of generative grammar; space, time, agency, and other linguistic phenomena viewed cross-linguistically. 

Prerequisite or Corequisite: Graduate standing; background in languages or linguistics expected.

When Offered: FALL TERM ANNUALLY

Co-Listed: COGS 4560 . Students cannot obtain credit for both COGS 4560 and COGS 6560.

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4