Introduces the syntax of languages quite different from English, from various parts of the world. Considers what they may have in common with English and with each other and how to characterize the ways in which they differ from English and from each other.
Linguistics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks
LING-UA 27-000 (19064)09/03/2019 – 12/13/2019 Mon,Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Thoms, Gary · Kayne, Richard
Language is a social phenomenon, but languages share elaborate and specific structural properties. Speech communities exist, exhibit variation, and change within the strict confines of universal grammar, part of our biological endowment. Universal grammar is discovered through the careful study of the structures of individual languages, by cross-linguistic investigations, and the investigation of the brain. Introduces fundamental properties of the sound system and of the structure and interpretation of words and sentences against this larger context.
Linguistics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
LING-UA 1-000 (8354)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Champollion, Lucas
LING-UA 1-000 (8355)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Grosu, Ioana
LING-UA 1-000 (8356)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Okon, Thaddeus
LING-UA 1-000 (9146)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Thoms, Gary
LING-UA 1-000 (9147)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Blix, Hagen
LING-UA 1-000 (9148)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Zhao, Zhuoye
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