Special attention is given to theoretical framework at each level. Students will solve language problems from English and other languages. Veteran missionaries who have mastered their field language may choose to complete another course with the Department's permission. This is a prerequisite for all other linguistic courses. This course focuses on the inventory, organization, and variation of sounds in human languages.
Special attention is given to the formulation of rules to explain phonological variation.
Special attention is also given to syllable structure. This course is taught during the fall semester. This course deals with the structure, semantics and principles of the sentence. The theoretical basis is Chomskian Linguistics. Special attention is given to universal structure and principles that occur across languages.