CL 1722 Language Acquisition
Language is one of the fundamental capacities of the human species, and one of the great projects of modern science has been the inquiry into how we acquire it. Introduction to Linguistics (Ling 170) provides students with an appreciation for the underlying systematicity of language, with tools for analyzing its structure and function, and with an awareness of its diversity—the foundation for understanding interdisciplinary ideas and research in many other fields. Second Language Acquisition (Ling 466) considers the theoretical and practical issues raised by acquiring multiple languages under a variety of circumstances at ages ranging from infancy to adulthood.
2 of the following courses are required for completion:
- L44 Ling 170D Introduction to Linguistics
- L44 Ling 466 Second Language Acquisition
- L33 Psych 358 Language Acquisition
- L38 Span 417 Spanish Phonetics, Phonology, and Dialectology
- L38 Span 467 Grammar and Vocabulary Acquisition
- L38 Span 469 Reading and Writing in a Second Language