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Freshman level
Language, Thought & Reality: Words & Pictures LING 1100-001
- βοΈ Maus: A Survivorβs Tale by Art Spiegelman
- What Great Paintings Say: Masterpieces in Detail by Hagen & Hagen
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Intro. to Linguistics LING 1101
- Language Files: Materials for an Intro. to Language & Linguistics
Junior level
Intro. to Syntax & Semantics LING 3303
- Meaning: A Slim Guide to Semantics by Paul Elbourne
Old Norse I LING 3315
- An Intro. to Old Norse by E.V. Gordon
History of Romance Languages I LING 3321
- Romance Languages: A Historical Intro. by Alkire & Rosen
Cayuga Language & Culture LING 3324/6324
- Wadewayestanih: A Cayuga Teaching Grammar by Mithun & Henry
Superlinguistics: Comics, Signs & Other Sequential Images LING 3344
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud