LING 130

Language Development

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

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Survey of research and theoretical perspectives in language development in children. Discussion and examination of child language data from English and other languages. Emphasis on universals of language development. Topics include infant speech perception and production, development of phonology, morphology, syntax, and word meaning.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Fall 2026
Spring 2027

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

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 20, 119A or 120A, 119B or 120B.

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

LING 130

LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
LING 119AApplied Phonology
- LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysisanother path to it
- LING 102Introduction to Applied Phonetics
  - LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysisanother path to it

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