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Apr 16, 2026
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LIN 230 - Languages of the World
An introduction to the diversity and common properties of the more than six thousand languages spoken in the world today. This course will discuss how the languages of each family are related to each other, and what these relationships say about human origins and the peopling of the globe. The course will also analyze the world’s languages in terms of the structures of their sentences, sounds, and words, and will discuss a number of global questions: Does your language affect your thought? What is the relation between politics and languages? What is writing? How do completely new languages emerge?
3 credits
Advisory Preq: LIN 101
DEC: J
SBC: DIV, GLO
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