HUMAN LANGUAGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students with credit for LINGUIS/ANTHRO 301 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and write phonetic transcriptions of speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet.Describe the mechanisms at work during the production of human speech sounds. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the distinctive features of the sounds of English, and be familiar with the phonetic features of many non-English sounds. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and represent the structure of English words and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax in analyzing linguistic datasets from a wide variety of unfamiliar languages. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and write phonetic transcriptions of speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet.Describe the mechanisms at work during the production of human speech sounds. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the distinctive features of the sounds of English, and be familiar with the phonetic features of many non-English sounds. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and represent the structure of English words and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax in analyzing linguistic datasets from a wide variety of unfamiliar languages. Audience: Undergraduate