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Course description

This course is an introduction to the study of linguistics as a science. It introduces several components of grammar (morphology, syntax, phonology, phonetics, and semantics) and surveys methods, findings, and theories of linguistic research on the sound system and the structures of human language.
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Instructors

Kevin Ryan

Professor of Linguistics, Harvard University
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