This course covers three fundamental areas of language description: the analysis of morphology (word structure), syntax (sentence structure), and semantics (the structure of meaning). Examples will be drawn from English and other languages, including Chinese.

CILO-1: Discuss what constitutes a language and how it is organized internally. CILO-2: Discuss how the structure of language can be analyzed and described. CILO-3: Apply concepts discussed in the course to the analysis of linguistic structures. CILO-4: Work with linguistic data to formulate linguistic descriptions.