Provides students with an introduction to broad areas of linguistic theory and inquiry, including an introduction to the study of morphology, semantics, syntax, phonetics, phonology, and historical linguistics. It also includes an introduction to areas included within the disciplines of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify and define linguistic terms related to morphology, phonology, phonetics,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics and language change. 2. Discuss dialectal variation and development. 3. Compare and contrast linguistic theories. 4. Analyze problem sets and propose solutions.