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LING177 - Language Myths and Facts

Description

Explores puzzles, problems and ideas that shape what linguistics studies. Topics may include: whether emojis or Klingon are real languages; how many languages there might be; how languages differ; whether languages have structure; how human beings know language; what language is for; whether languages have power or economic value; whether languages can sleep; how language is connected to culture and place; what counts as language data and how it is documented.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Course offered by

Department of Linguistics

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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