LING 127

Syntactic Typology and Universals

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

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Study of essential similarities and differences among languages in grammatical devices they use to signal the following kinds of concepts: relations between nouns and verbs (case and word order), negation, comparison, existence/location/possession, causation, interrogation, reflexivization, relativization, attribution (adjectives), time (tense and aspect), and backgrounding (subordination). Data from a range of languages presented and analyzed.

P/NP or letter grading.

Requisites

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Requisite: course 20.

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LING 20

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LING 127

LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

LING 127

LING 220Linguistic Areas
LING 225Linguistic Structures

2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.