Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Humanities Exploration
Course Attribute:
Flexible Schedule
Description
An introduction to the nature of human language primarily for education majors. Focus on the organization of sounds, words, and sentences through analysis of data from English and various other languages. Topics include English spelling, social and geographical variation (linguistic diversity in the U.S.), language and culture, first- and second-language acquisition.