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LING 120APhonology I

Linguistics · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Rules, representations, underlying forms, derivations. Justification of phonological analyses. Emphasis on practical skills with problem sets.

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 20, 102 or 103.

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all of
  • LING 20
  • one of
    • LING 102
    • LING 103

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LING 120A

  • LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
  • LING 102Introduction to Applied Phonetics
    • LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysisanother path to it
  • LING 103Introduction to General Phonetics
    • LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysisanother path to it

3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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LING 120A2 more beyond

  • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguistics
    • LING 175Linguistic Change in Englishanother path to it
    • LING 202Language Change
    • I E STD 205Indo-European Phonology
    • LING 253Topics in Language Variation
  • LING C111Intonation
  • LING 130Language Development
  • LING 132Language Processing
  • LING C135Neurolinguistics
  • LING C140Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
  • LING 160Field Methods
  • LING 161Language Documentation
  • LING 165APhonology II
    • LING 198AHonors Research in Linguistics I
      • LING 198BHonors Research in Linguistics II
  • LING 175Linguistic Change in English
  • LING 203Phonetic Theory
  • LING C211Intonation
  • LING 220Linguistic Areas
  • LING 225Linguistic Structures
  • LING 233Language Development

17 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 21 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.