More than anything else, homo sapience is distinguished by its ability to use language. To an extra terrestrial who might come here one day to investigate us, surely that will seem like our most salient wondrous property, the one that offers the best window to our mind and our brain. In Linguistics 100 you will be afforded a glimpse into our amazing linguistic ability. You will come to understand that our ability to produce sound and sentences consists of, and finally, you will look at what breaks down when language abnormalities emerge. Additional readings are assigned in the syllabus and are available on reserve in the linguistics department office, GFS 301.
All assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the date specified.
Late assignments will be penalized in the following way. Students are expected to uphold the USC Student Conduct Code. Because violations of the code harm every student in the class, the instructors will penalize any student who cheats on an exam or homework or who allows others to cheat on an exam or homework.