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LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics: Sounds, Signs, and Perception Units: 3.00
An introduction to the linguistic study of language, focusing on the production and perception of both sounds and signs in human languages (phonetics), and the patterns into which signs or sounds are organized in different languages. We also review topics relating to language acquisition and social variation.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 72 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion LING 100/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe patterns of data in language using standard linguistic terminology.
- Analyze patterns of data (morphological, syntactic, and phonological) by applying the tools and theory introduced in class.
- Compare similar linguistic phenomena across different languages.
- Relate the description and analysis of a language to questions relating to language change, language acquisition, and social aspects of language use.
- Identify predictions made by a particular linguistic analysis, and evaluate those predictions against further data.