Linguistics 201 - HowLanguageWorks:IntroLingThry
Spring
2019
07
3.00
Ekaterina Vostrikova
UMass Amherst
22812
On-Line
evostrikova@linguist.umass.edu
Introduction to the basic methodology and results of modern linguistics. Focus on developing, evaluating, and improving hypotheses concerning the structure of the language user's unconscious linguistic knowledge. Investigation of sentence structure (syntax), sound structure (phonology), word structure (morphology), and meaning (semantics). (Gen.Ed. R2)
Students in this class will be required to attend a weekly online discussion - either at 7:00 pm Thursdays or 11:00 am Fridays.