3 hours, half course. 3 hours, half course. This survey is for anyone interested in why we speak the way we do. Taught in English. 3 hours, half course.
Students also have to apply their analytical skills to data from a variety of languages.
Taught in English. This course surveys the basic principles and areas of French linguistics including semantics, phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, theory of sign, dialectology, lexicology and sociolinguistics. French 020E or 021, or permission of the Department, based on Placement Test. 3 lecture hours. This course provides an introduction to comparative linguistics. Issues to be discussed will include the study of historical relationships, reconstruction of proto-languages and the implications of linguistic reconstructions for culture history.