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LING 405 -  Descriptive Linguistics

Fall and Spring (4) Staff, Reed Prerequisite(s): ENGL 304, ENGL 307 and ENGL/ANTH 418 , or consent of instructor. (GER 3)

A study of contemporary methods of linguistic analysis, with emphasis on data drawn from a wide variety of languages; in-depth analysis of a single language. Language universals, language types and field methods are discussed. (Cross listed with ANTH 412 )