A brief survey of major topics in the linguistics of English, including word, sentence and text structure, the history of English, and variation in English usage.

Non-technical introduction to issues pertaining to language and languages, including language structure, first and second language acquisition, language variation (regional and social), and language change.

Survey of the world’s languages and an introduction to the variety of linguistic phenomena found in different languages.

Introductory, non-technical investigation of miscommunication, including its causes and how it can and cannot be avoided; emphasis on linguistic and cultural factors that may lead to miscommunication.

This course provides an exploration at an introductory level of a specific topic in applied linguistics that is not currently included in the curriculum. May be repeated if topic differs.