50-335 Introduction to Linguistics and Language Development

This course is designed as a non-technical introduction to the study of human language, and its role in human interaction. The course is divided into two parts.  The first part deals with the core theoretical areas of linguistics: syntax (sentence structure), semantics (meaning), phonology (sound) and morphology (word structure).  The second part of the course utilizes the insights of the first half to gain insight into the workings of language use (pragmatics), language variation (sociolinguistics), language change (historical linguistics) and first and second language acquisition (psycholinguistics).

Credits

3

Prerequisite

50-315; 2.75 GPA; Consent of Education Advisor.