Linguistics
LING 101: Introduction to Language
This course is a survey of the many aspects of human language, including the history of language, similarities and differences among languages, language and culture, dialects, writing systems, child language acquisition, animal “languages,” the use of computers in analyzing languages, and linguistic methods used to describe and relate languages.
Required Textbook
- O'Grady et al., Contemporary Linguistics, 5th edition (2005), ISBN 978-0312451363
You may purchase the textbook at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.
Course Details
- Instructor: Ian Clayton, MA
- Department: Linguistics
- Credit hours: 3
- UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
- View sample course syllabus.
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