Course Details
| Department & Course Number | 100-201 |
| Class Number | 61519 |
| Course Type | Undergraduate (Milwaukee Campus) |
| Credits | 3 |
| Meets Requirements | Cultural Diversity (CD), Humanities (HU) |
| Instructor | Hamid Ouali |
| Course Dates | May 28 - June 22, 2024 (First 4-Week Session) |
Language is Humans’ most fundamental capacity. The field of Linguistics explores the nature of human language seeking to describe what human languages are like, how they are acquired, how they develop and change, and how they are diverse. In this course, you will learn about the structural diversity of human language mainly: a) the diverse sounds languages have, how these sounds are produced and how they are represented in the mind; b) the diverse words languages use and how these words are formed; and c) the diverse principles that underlie the construction and meaning of words, phrases and sentences. You will also learn about how languages change through time and how they become diverse. By the end of the course you will gain an introductory understanding of what we “know” when we “know” a language, what language can tell us about being human, and how language is entangled in human cultures and societies.
Course Syllabus (PDF)