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2020/2021 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LING 503 - Functions of Language

Units: 3

Prerequisite(s): LING 501 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

Empirical methods in linguistics. Phonological structure of English and other languages. Functional and discourse related approaches to language patterns. Connections between morphosyntactic concepts and functional/discourse concepts to conduct text analysis.