Introduction to Language

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Cross-listed as Anth 121 An introduction to the study of language from an anthropological per- spective. Broad topics include ethnolinguistics (language and culture), sociolinguistics (language and society), psycholinguistics (language and cognition), and core subfields in linguistics; phonology (sound system), morphology (word structure), and syntax (sentence structure). More emphasis will be given to anthropological methods and cultural concepts in Anth/Ling 121 than in Ling 102, where linguistic approaches are emphasized. Ling 235—Intermediate Linguistic Analysis: Regional Survey of Austronesian Languages (3) Cross-listed as Anth 235 Building on skills acquired in Linguistics 102 or Ling/Anth 121, this course emphasizes intermediate phonological, morphological, syntactic, and historical-comparative analyses of language; it typologically surveys the Austronesian (AN) language family (including several Polynesian languages), focusing on its geographical distribution, major languages, the branching of its family tree, and its linguistic/cultural diversity. Data from non-AN Southeast Asian and Indo-European languages will be included to introduce key concepts and provide contrast. Machine, Welding, and Industrial Mechanics