Philosophy 236 - LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES

Fall
2013
01
4.00
Jill de Villiers

TTh 09:00-10:20

Smith College
19971-F13
MCCONN B05
jdevil@science.smith.edu
Introduction to the issues and methods of modern linguistics, including morphology, syntax, semantics, phonology and pragmatics. The focus will be on the revolution in linguistics introduced by Noam Chomsky, and the profound questions it raises for human nature, linguistic universals, and language acquisition.
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