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LING 60 - Word Origins

Linguistics College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

Word Origins

Instructor Name(s)

CAMPBELL

Course Description

An introduction to the origin and evolution of words: language families, sound correspondences, and cognates; word-formation and loanwords; changes in meaning and form; etymology; dialectal differences in lexicon; vocabulary as historical and comparative evidence.

Unit Value

3

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

0

Maximum Units

3