INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS: DESCRIPTIVE AND THEORETICAL

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing. Not open to students with credit for LINGUIS 101 . Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and write phonetic transcriptions of speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the mechanisms at work during the production of human speech sounds Audience: Undergraduate 3. List from memory the distinctive features of the sounds of English, and be familiar with the phonetic features of many non-English sounds Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use appropriate tests to determine the morphological and syntactic structure of English words and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply knowledge of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax in analyzing linguistic datasets from a wide variety of unfamiliar languages Audience: Undergraduate 6. Use basic linguistic terms and concepts to read and summarize academic research in linguistics Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read and write phonetic transcriptions of speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the mechanisms at work during the production of human speech sounds Audience: Undergraduate 3. List from memory the distinctive features of the sounds of English, and be familiar with the phonetic features of many non-English sounds Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use appropriate tests to determine the morphological and syntactic structure of English words and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply knowledge of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax in analyzing linguistic datasets from a wide variety of unfamiliar languages Audience: Undergraduate 6. Use basic linguistic terms and concepts to read and summarize academic research in linguistics Audience: Undergraduate