LANG 1120 Understanding Human Language

This foundational course examines human language in terms of its structure, variation, and inherent complexity. Knowledge of the core theoretical concepts of morphology, phonology, syntax, and semantics is applied to various questions about and approaches to the nature of child and adult language acquisition, language processing and impairment, and language contact and change. Tools of linguistic analysis will be used to develop and test hypotheses, and several methodological approaches will be explored. Interdisciplinary in nature and empirically based, the course touches on topics of relevance to social and behavioral sciences, humanities and education.
Credits: 3.0