Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
Survey of sounds, structure and development of language in connection with its social and cultural function. Differences and relationships among languages. Recommended for English and foreign language majors, but open to all qualified students. No credit if taken after ENGL 010. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
Origins and development of the English language beginning with its Germanic ancestors then moving through the Old English period to present-day American and British English. No credit if taken after ENGL 011. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
C-ID: COMM 150
Linguistic and cultural patterns; how and what people communicate. Designed to aid both American and foreign students in the development of cross-cultural understanding and linguistically oriented contact skills. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC credit under review.
Study of Standard American English in phonetic terms, including the International Phonetic Alphabet for classification, analysis, and transcription. Consideration for cultural and linguistic variations is explored. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
Sociolinguistics focuses on language, culture, and society, expanding on the role of language in power, ethnic, gender, generational, and ideological relationships. Analyses of regional differences, language change and loss, and multilingualism. For all students but of special interest to linguistics majors. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
Mental processes in production and comprehension of language. First and second language acquisition. Language breakdown due to neurological disease. Recommended for Psychology, English, Linguistics, and Foreign Language majors but open to all qualified students. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
Introduction to first language acquisition, including the early perception and production of speech sounds, early word acquisition, the development of rules for sentence production and comprehension, and the acquisition of communicative skills. Topics include bilingual language acquisition and atypical language development. Total of 54 hours of lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU
Independent, faculty-guided student inquiry, research of a linguistics topic. Total of 54 hours laboratory.