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Courses and lectures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Royal Skousen general research, 1963-2012

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents Contains research files (with correspondence, articles and presentations, and course materials) on Finnish morphology and general language research, English spelling and spelling research, spelling bees and reform, statistics and probability, Skousen's theory of Analogical Modeling (courses and research group, colleagues' research, talks and conferences, and general/miscellaneous material), computer programming, quantum computing and Quantum Analogical Modeling, and syntax. Materials dated...
Dates: 1963-2012

Royal Skousen papers on Brigham Young University career, 1967-2014

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains career advancement and academic department files, course material files, and student mentoring files accumulated before and while Skousen was employed as an associate/assistant/full professor of English and linguistics at Brigham Young University (1979-present). This includes employment contracts and promotions, memos, committee materials, awards, departmental changes and correspondence, leave arrangements, scholar visits, copyright issues, new technology, annotated periodicals,...
Dates: 1967-2014

Royal Skousen papers on collaborations with linguistics colleagues, 1975-2002

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains research, articles, and presentations from collaborations with linguistic colleagues, including students and relatives. Includes article copies and/or abstracts, symposium or conference announcements and other materials, correspondence, research data, reviews, readings, newsletters, and other pertinent items. Materials dated 1975-2002.

Dates: 1975-2002

Royal Skousen papers on conference and career travel, 1975-2010

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents Contains records of Skousen's travels (primarily around North America and Europe) to present at linguistic conferences held by the Deseret Language and Linguistics Society, International Phonetics Conference, Milwaukee Linguistics Symposium, Round Table on Algorithms for Memory-Based Language Processing, Scandinavian Symposium on Finnish, Qualico, Max Planck Institute, Berkeley Linguistics Society, and others. This includes copies and abstracts of articles, conference programs, proceedings,...
Dates: 1975-2010

Royal Skousen papers on linguistics colleagues, 1951-2010

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Contains an alphabetical filing of works by linguistic colleagues of Royal Skousen (A-Z) on various topics in linguistics (phonology and morphology, voicing, language characteristics and families, grammar, syntax, pronunciation, language acquisition, and syllabification. Materials dated 1951-2010.

Dates: 1951-2010

Royal Skousen papers on teaching and research, 1951-2014

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In particular are university-related professorial files, course and student files, colleague files and collaborative work, conferences, and career research files (on Finnish language, English spelling, statistics and probability, Analogical Modeling, computer programming and quantum computing, and syntax). Materials dated 1951-2014.

Dates: 1951-2014

Royal Skousen papers on University of California, San Diego career, 1981 March-July

 Sub-Series — Carton 13: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232578077], Folder: 37-38
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains two course files created while Skousen was a visiting professor of linguistics at the University of California-San Diego. This includes enrollment data, lecture notes, handouts, quizzes and exams, class schedules, and student assignments. Materials dated March-July 1981.

Dates: 1981 March-July

Royal Skousen papers on University of Tampere career, 1982 January-April

 Sub-Series — Carton 13: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232578077], Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains materials accumulated while Skousen was teaching a Fulbright course in statistical and linguistic probability at the University of Tampere in Finland. This includes lecture notes, class outlines, and similar course materials. Materials dated January-April 1982.

Dates: 1982 January-April

Royal Skousen papers on University of Texas at Austin career, 1973-2005

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains career work done and course files accumulated during and after Skousen's stint as an assistant professor at the University of Texas-Austin. This includes research on phonology and writings on a colleague's theory, as well as files for courses taught on language acquisition, probabilistic linguistics, and general linguistics, and those from an LDS Institute class on the Apostasy (includes course rolls, outlines, syllabi, lecture notes, exams and assignments, etc.). Some of the...
Dates: 1973-2005