Subject: Linguistics
Credit units: 3
Offered: Either Term 1 or Term 2
Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
College: Arts and Science
Department: Linguistics

Description

This course provides an overview of the major varieties of English. Different geographical varieties of English will be addressed and discussed with respect to core components of their phonology, phonetics, morphology, lexicon, and sentence structure. The course also examines factors in the development of language variation such as language change, language planning, migration, language contact, and second language teaching.

Prerequisite(s): LING 110.3, LING 111.3, LING 114.3, or 24 credit units at the university level.

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