INTRODUCTION TO THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Introduction to structural similarities and differences apparent in major Romance languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) and to their historical developments, with reference to basic linguistic features of each language: phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: SPANISH 226 , FRENCH 228 , ITALIAN 311 , or PORTUG 226 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize linguistic features within the Romance languages. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply these concepts and features to the linguistic analysis of language, in general, and of the Romance languages, in particular. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the structure and evolution of sounds, words and sentences in the Romance languages. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess critically different claims about how language is organized, how it is used, how it varies and how it changes over time (using specific examples from French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese). Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize linguistic features within the Romance languages. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply these concepts and features to the linguistic analysis of language, in general, and of the Romance languages, in particular. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the structure and evolution of sounds, words and sentences in the Romance languages. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess critically different claims about how language is organized, how it is used, how it varies and how it changes over time (using specific examples from French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese). Audience: Undergraduate
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- INTRODUCTION TO THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES · 3 credits.