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Introduction to World Languages

Offered By: Mt. San Antonio College via California Community Colleges System

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Linguistics Courses Semantics Courses Phonology Courses Morphology Courses Sociolinguistics Courses

Course Description

Overview

Analysis of the linguistic diversity in the world and of methods used to classify languages into families and into types. Detailed examination of representative languages to acquaint students with distinctive features of key language families. Focus on how languages differ and relate to each other structurally and historically. Overview of socio-historical forces driving the development of world languages.

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