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LING 20Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

Linguistics · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Introduction to theory and methods of linguistics: universal properties of human language; phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic structures and analysis; nature and form of grammar.

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LING 2012 more beyond

  • LING 102Introduction to Applied Phonetics
    • LING C104Experimental Phonetics
      • LING C111Intonationanother path to it
    • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguisticsanother path to it
    • LING C111Intonationanother path to it
    • LING 115Linguistics and Speech Pathology
    • LING 119AApplied Phonologyanother path to it
    • LING C211Intonation
  • LING 103Introduction to General Phonetics
    • LING C104Experimental Phoneticsanother path to it
    • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguisticsanother path to it
    • LING C111Intonationanother path to it
    • LING 160Field Methods
    • LING C204AExperimental Phonetics
  • ANTHRO M150Language in Culture
  • LING 105Morphology
    • LING 161Language Documentation
  • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguistics
    • LING 175Linguistic Change in English
    • LING 202Language Change
    • I E STD 205Indo-European Phonologyanother path to it
    • LING 253Topics in Language Variation
  • ASL 131Structure of American Sign Language
  • LING 114American Indigenous Linguistics
  • LING 119AApplied Phonology
    • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguisticsanother path to it
    • LING C111Intonationanother path to it
    • LING 130Language Developmentanother path to it
    • LING 132Language Processing
    • LING C140Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
    • LING C235Neurolinguistics
    • LING C244Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
  • ENGCOMP M141Current Methods of Language Teaching
  • LING 120APhonology I
    • LING 110Introduction to Historical Linguisticsanother path to it
    • LING C111Intonationanother path to it
    • LING 130Language Developmentanother path to it
    • LING C135Neurolinguistics
    • LING 165APhonology II1 more beyond
    • LING 203Phonetic Theory
    • LING 233Language Development
  • LING 120BSyntax I5 more beyond
    • LING C111Intonation
    • LING 120CSemantics I1 more beyond
      • LING 165CSemantics II
    • LING C128ARomance Syntax: French
    • LING C128BRomance Syntax: French
    • LING 130Language Developmentanother path to it
    • LING 132Language Processinganother path to it
    • LING C135Neurolinguisticsanother path to it
    • LING 165BSyntax II1 more beyond
  • GERMAN C142Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description
    • GERMAN 264Topics in Communicative, Cognitive, and Functional Approaches to Linguistic Analysis
  • LING 127Syntactic Typology and Universals
    • LING 220Linguistic Areas
    • LING 225Linguistic Structures
  • LING 130Language Development
  • I E STD M150Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
    • I E STD 205Indo-European Phonology
    • I E STD 240Comparative and Historical Grammar of Anatolian

32 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 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
  • Summer 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.