SPAN 461Intro to Spanish Linguistics

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Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3) Introduction to basic concepts of linguistics and their application to the Spanish language: phonology, morphology, syntax, etymology. Brief survey of the historical development of the Spanish language. Dialects of Spanish and other languages spoken in the Hispanic world. Introduction to a contrastive analysis of English and Spanish. Crosslist: SPAN-661. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: SPAN-322, SPAN-353, or minimum score of 583 on the language placement exam.