Spring 22 Senior Capstone Course

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Each semester, a small group of senior Linguistics majors engages in a special course which culminates their studies in language sciences at UW–Madison. In the Linguistics “Capstone” course, students develop advanced linguistic research skills such as data collection, hypothesis testing, and analysis.

In Spring 2022 the course was offered as Ling 427: Field Methods II, and was taught by Professor Yafei Li. Students worked directly with a Cantonese native speaker consultant throughout the semester to collect linguistic data. The focus of the class this semester was Cantonese morphosyntax.

A different capstone topic is offered each semester, and various research methodologies are utilized. Starting in the Fall of 2022, the capstone will be offered with a new course number – Linguistics 690: Capstone in Lingusitics. We are happy to be able to offer this unique and interactive experience to our undergraduate majors!