LIN150-2014fa
LIN 150 Introduction to Linguistics
Tiffany Erin Judy http://romancelanguages.wfu.edu/faculty/Tiffany%20Judy.html
http://linguistics.wfu.edu/linguists_and_program_WFU.html
The social phenomenon of language: how it originated and developed, how it is learned and used, its relationship to other kinds of behavior; types of language (oral, written, signed) and language families; analysis of linguistic data; social issues of language use. (Counts as either Linguistics 150 or, in Division 4, Anthropology 150; also satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement under either designation.)
textbooks
Contemporary Linguistics
by William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller
Paperback: 688 pages
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; Sixth Edition edition (August 13, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0312555288
ISBN-13: 978-0312555283
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Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Author: Steven Pinker
http://stevenpinker.com/publications/language-instinct
Series: Perennial Classics
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; 1 edition (November 7, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0060958332
ISBN-13: 978-0060958336
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