Term: Summer 2022
Session: Summer Session II: June 30 – August 5, 2022
Subject Area: LINGUISTICS (LING)
Course Number: LING 0001 920
Schedule:
- Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
- Thursday 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Instructor: CHEN, YIRAN
Primary Program: School of Arts and Sciences
Course Note: Online Course with synchronous and asynchronous elements
Course Description:
A general introduction to the nature, history, and use of human language, speech, and writing. Topics include the biological basis of human language, and analogous systems in other creatures; relations to cognition, communication, and social organization; sounds, forms, and meanings in the world's languages; the reconstruction of linguistic history and the family tree of languages; dialect variation and language standardization; language and gender; language learning by children and adults; the neurology of language and language disorders; the nature and history of writing systems. Intended for any undergraduate interested in language or its use, this course is also recommended as an introduction for students who plan to major in linguistics. This course has a shorter synchronous meeting time but will expect 4 hours of asynchronous participation every week.
