LING 638G - Foundations of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of the forms and functions of human language. The study of language forms includes the description and analysis of phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic units. The study of language functions includes the analysis of the role of dialects and registers in society. Other topics to be covered in this graduate level course include language classification, language acquisition and development, and pragmatics.

Credit(s): 3

Repeatable for Credit? No
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University Graduation Requirement(s):
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