Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4G · CSU GE Area D7DescriptionLING 101 provides an introduction to the terminology and methodology used in the modern study of human language. The course emphasizes structural analysis of the sound systems of languages (phonetics and phonology), the composition of words and sentences (morphology and syntax), and the meanings of utterances (semantics and pragmatics). The course also covers current issues in other areas of language, suchasfirstandsecondlanguageacquisition, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics.Drawing on a variety of modern linguistic concepts, students will be able to analyze, reason, and generalize from linguistic data representative of the diverse and varied languages of the world. 