LING-2320 Introduction to Linguistics

An introduction to Linguistics, the scientific and systematic study of language. Areas of study in the course include: sound patterns in language (phonetics/phonology), word formation (morphology), word combination to form sentences (syntax) and assignment of meanings to words and sentences (semantics and pragmatics), the change of language over time, and the variation in language according to societal norms and geographical region.

Credits

3