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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 185618
Full Title: Introduction to Linguistics
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 4502 Anthropology

AANT 220
Introduction to Linguistics

0 to 3 credits

Introduction to the study of language, including examination of the characteristics and structural principles of natural language. After exploring the basic characteristics of sound, word formation and sentence structure, these principles are applied to such topics as language variation, language change, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, and animal communication. Only one of A ANT 220, A LIN 220, & A ENG 217 may be taken for credit.