INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LINGUISTICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate Chinese sounds Audience: Undergraduate 2. understand the development of the Chinese writing system Audience: Undergraduate 3. figure out word formation in Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 4. understand sentence structure in Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 5. interpret different semantic dimensions of Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 6. work out the underlying rules of Chinese sounds Audience: Graduate 7. know the differences in Chinese dialects Audience: Graduate 8. analyze sentence structure in Chinese Audience: Graduate 9. discuss pragmatic functions and contexts Audience: Graduate 10. synthesize research materials related to pragmatics Audience: Graduate 11. improve critical and analytical thinking skills Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate Chinese sounds Audience: Undergraduate 2. understand the development of the Chinese writing system Audience: Undergraduate 3. figure out word formation in Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 4. understand sentence structure in Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 5. interpret different semantic dimensions of Chinese Audience: Undergraduate 6. work out the underlying rules of Chinese sounds Audience: Graduate 7. know the differences in Chinese dialects Audience: Graduate 8. analyze sentence structure in Chinese Audience: Graduate 9. discuss pragmatic functions and contexts Audience: Graduate 10. synthesize research materials related to pragmatics Audience: Graduate 11. improve critical and analytical thinking skills Audience: Graduate