LING 210
Fall 2020 All Classes
Credit: 3 hours.
Addresses the question "Why does language change?" Specific topics include: the history and origin of writing; why pronunciation changes; change in vocabulary and what it tells us about change in culture and society; the relation between "language" and "dialect"; multilingualism and its consequences, including Pidgins and Creoles; genetic relationship between languages, with focus on the "Indo-European" family (English, German, French, Russia, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, etc.) and the relationships between human languages.
Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the foreign language requirement of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in
Fall 2022 for:
| CRN | Type | Section | Time | Day | Location | Instructor | Section Details | |
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32011
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Online Discussion
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AD1
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2:00PM
-2:50PM
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F
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n.a.
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Casar, A
Hualde, J |
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32014
|
Online Discussion
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AD2
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2:00PM
-2:50PM
|
F
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n.a.
|
Gent, H
Hualde, J |
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32019
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Online Lecture
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AL1
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2:00PM
-2:50PM
|
MW
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n.a.
|
Casar, A
Hualde, J |
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